Seventy Seven

They sat in front of the fire that Cameron lit on the balcony of his room, on the recliner, in each other’s arms.

He had had the recliner custom made and brought just for the purpose of sharing it with Ruby, looking at the moonlight and talking about their day.

Although, this was their first time together like this but he was looking forward to many other nights like this one. Smiling, he glanced at the woman in his arms to see her staring up at the sky with her focus unwavering. He could tell that she had something on her mind, something he wanted to understand and get in on.

Instead of wondering what it was or might be, he decided it was better to ask her what it was that was on her mind, and that was what he did.

“A penny for your thought, baby? What's going on in that pretty head of yours?” he asked.

Ruby looked down from the sky and then she glances at him from over her shoulder, before turning in his arms to face him. "It's nothing important.” She said simply, but he knew t