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The sun touched the bedroom window looking south about noon, waking Jim up. He threw an arm across his face to shield his eyes and felt around with his other hand. The bed was a complete mess, all the covers fallen to the floor, and he was sprawled on it flat on his back. His hand landed on Silvia’s shoulder and slid down her skin in no hurry, as he registered his sore back, his stiff thighs, the exhaustion nesting in every muscle.
The night before had been just crazy.
He and Silvia had a pending conversation about her promise to come back, and Jim didn’t want to leave it for long-distance communications. But looked like she didn’t want to talk about it, so every time he tried to bring it up, she managed to distract him. And after those three weeks sleeping together, she knew how to keep him distracted alright.
Until he’d just given up trying to have that conversation and sought some payback for so much distraction. Which was why now he f
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