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My eyes snap open and I look up and around. It seems the boat drifted ashore while we slept, and Brody is standing over us with his hand covering his eyes.
“Shit. Beth, wake up.”
She mumbles, “No. I’m happy right here.” She wiggles her ass onto me. “I’m never moving.”
“The kids are coming.”
She starts to sit up, but I hold her down. I turn to Brody. “Go delay them. Tell them you saw a bear. Buy us time.”
“Yep. I will.” He jogs back toward the trees.
Beth turns her head to me and smiles. “Whoops. I guess we fell asleep.”
“Whoops? That’s all you have to say right now? You’re very unaffected by the current situation and the possibility of many people seeing us naked in a boat.”
She sits up and starts to dress, as if in no rush. “I’m learning not to sweat the small stuff. When you experience the pain I went through last year, it gives you a certain amount of perspective. We’re in love. This is what people in love do.”
“I guess you’re right. Nothing says love like a little sodomy in the middle of a lake.”
She giggles. “Maybe I’ll have that embroidered onto a pillow.”
I smile.
We quickly dress, me much quicker than her. I start to get out of the boat when she grabs me around the waist and squeezes me as she looks up and into my eyes. “Last night was the best night of my life.” She buries her head in my chest. “I don’t want it to end.”
I kiss her head. “Soon, my love. Now let me take care of the boat.”
She nods and removes her arms. I drag the boat to tether it back to the dock just as the kids come within view.
Luke runs to Beth, and I hear him say, “Mommy, where were you? You weren’t there when I woke up.”
She hugs him. “Sorry. I didn’t want to wake you. Dominic and I went for a morning walk.”
He gives her a giant grin. “Does that mean he’s your boyfriend again?”
She smiles and tickles his stomach. “I don’t know. We’ll talk about it.”
He turns his head to Valentina and shouts, “I think our plan worked!”
Valentina’s face lights up.
Beth looks at me and winks.
* * *
BETH
“Yes, Rachel, I slept in the tent. You were asleep when I got back and asleep when I woke up early. You’re a very sound sleeper.”
“And where did you go?”
“For a walk.”
“With who?”
This fucking woman.
I look for Dominic across the camping area. He’s talking to Brody, but he sees me. I widen my eyes and motion my head toward chatty Cathy.
