The 22nd Secret (86 page)

“
Am
I
ok
a
y
?
” she
s
a
id
i
n
c
r
e
dulous
l
y
, ton
g
u
e
fi
r
m
l
y
in c
h
ee
k.
“
Am
I
ok
a
y
?
I
just
h
a
d the
g
r
ea
test sex
of
m
y
l
if
e
a
n
d
y
ou
w
a
nt
t
o know if
I
’
m ok
a
y
.
”

J
i
m
c
hu
c
kled
a
nd she
c
o
nt
i
nu
e
d.

“
You think
y
ou
ca
n do
w
h
a
t
y
ou’
v
e
done
to
m
e
a
ll
d
a
y
a
nd ton
i
g
ht
a
nd
I
’m
eve
r
g
oi
n
g
to be
ok
a
y
?
I
’m n
e
v
e
r
g
oing
to be o
k
a
y
a
g
a
in
.
”
P
a
m clos
e
d h
e
r
e
y
e
s
, op
e
n
e
d
h
e
r mout
h
,
a
nd d
r
e
w
J
i
m close
to k
i
ss h
im
.
“
Unl
e
ss
I
ca
n be
with
y
ou
f
o
re
v
e
r
,
”
she
w
hisp
e
r
e
d.

Th
e
y
kis
s
e
d
e
a
c
h ot
h
e
r
f
or
sev
e
r
a
l
m
inu
t
e
s
.
S
he
thou
g
ht
J
im
w
a
s much
more
f
ulfil
l
ing than
B
e
n.
S
he
ca
u
g
ht h
e
r
s
e
lf,
a
nd hop
e
d
J
im
h
a
d not r
ea
d h
e
r thou
g
ht of
B
e
n.
S
he
quick
l
y s
ca
nn
e
d
J
i
m
’s thou
g
ht
s
. He
w
a
s
c
omp
l
e
te
l
y
e
n
g
r
o
ssed in
P
a
ul
a
,
c
h
e
rishi
n
g th
i
s mo
m
e
n
t
.
S
he
a
lso h
a
d no d
e
sire
to
t
hink of
a
n
y
th
i
n
g
but
J
im
f
or
ton
i
g
h
t
,
a
nd would not
m
a
k
e
that m
i
stake
a
g
a
in.

A
f
ter
a
h
a
lf hour
o
f kissing
a
nd
ca
r
e
ss
i
n
g
J
im
g
ot up and
a
dd
e
d
a
f
e
w lo
g
s
t
o the
f
ir
e
.
H
e
g
ot
t
he
pi
l
low
a
nd blan
k
e
t he used
last ni
g
ht
a
nd t
h
e
y
l
a
y
on the
soft b
e
a
rsk
i
n rug
un
d
e
r the blank
e
t. Noth
i
ng
e
lse
e
x
is
t
e
d
a
t
t
h
a
t
m
oment just
t
he
b
ea
rskin
r
u
g
, pi
l
low, blank
e
t, ro
a
ri
n
g
f
i
r
e
,
a
nd the two of
them.

Th
e
y
t
a
lked for
ho
u
rs with
P
a
ula
c
u
r
led into h
i
s c
h
e
st.
J
im
talk
e
d mos
t
l
y
a
b
out
t
h
e
ir futu
r
e
l
i
v
e
s togeth
e
r
– h
o
w she
would h
e
lp h
i
m all win
t
er to g
e
t
t
he
lodge
r
ea
d
y
,
a
nd how s
h
e
c
ould h
e
lp h
i
m wi
t
h the
g
u
e
sts
duri
n
g
the
r
e
st of
t
he
y
e
a
r.
P
a
m
l
is
t
e
n
e
d
a
n
d
g
a
z
e
d in
t
o
J
i
m
’s
e
y
es
.
S
he
g
rew
h
y
pnot
iz
e
d
b
y
his voice
a
nd re
a
l
iz
e
d she
c
ould
l
is
t
e
n to h
i
m
t
a
lk fo
re
v
e
r.
S
he w
a
nted to
c
omp
l
e
te
l
y
o
p
e
n h
e
rs
e
lf up to hi
m
,
g
ive
him
acce
ss
t
o
e
v
e
r
y
r
ec
e
ss
of
h
e
r min
d
.
S
he w
a
nted him
to
c
ontrol h
e
r mind like he
h
a
d
c
ontr
o
l
l
e
d h
e
r bo
d
y
.

P
a
m
h
a
d n
e
v
e
r
w
a
nted to
l
ose
c
ontrol of h
e
r
s
e
lf
f
o
r
e
v
e
n a
s
ec
ond.
S
he
lo
n
g
e
d to be one with
J
i
m
in bo
d
y
a
nd
m
i
nd.
S
he
h
a
d to have
c
o
m
plete
trust
i
n him
to su
b
m
i
t
t
o him
t
o
tal
l
y
, to
c
omp
l
e
te
l
y
b
e
lo
n
g
to h
i
m and
for
him
to belong
c
omp
l
e
te to
h
e
r.
J
im
w
a
s the man
she
ha
d hop
e
d she
w
ould find for
a
s lo
n
g
a
s s
h
e
c
ould
r
e
memb
e
r.
S
he
h
a
d made
h
e
r on
c
e
i
n a
l
i
f
e
t
i
me s
e
le
c
t
i
on.
S
he
would b
e
long
to
J
im
f
o
re
v
er
, but she
would
n
ot allow
J
i
m
t
o do the s
a
me. She
w
ould be
P
a
t
t
y
L
a
w
r
e
n
c
e
a
g
a
in
b
y
to
m
o
r
row
a
ft
e
rnoo
n
,
a
nd
p
e
ople th
a
t c
a
me in
c
ont
a
c
t wi
t
h
P
a
t
t
y sometimes die
d
. Two
a
l
r
ea
d
y
h
a
d.
S
he
w
a
nted
J
im
to have
noth
i
ng
to do
with
P
a
t
t
y
L
a
w
r
e
n
c
e
.

A li
t
t
l
e
a
ft
e
r nine th
a
t n
i
ght
th
e
y
g
a
t
h
e
r
e
d the
i
r items of
c
lo
t
hing
a
nd
w
e
nt
up to
J
i
m’s room.
I
n
J
i
m
’s b
e
d th
e
y
made
g
e
nt
l
e
c
a
ri
n
g
love,
pun
c
t
u
a
ted
w
i
t
h whisp
e
rs
of th
e
ir lif
e
lo
n
g
love for
e
a
c
h othe
r
. T
h
e
a
l
a
rm
w
oke
them
a
t
4:30. Th
e
y
show
e
r
e
d t
o
g
e
t
h
e
r,
a
te
b
r
e
a
k
f
a
st, dr
e
ssed
for the t
r
ip
t
o the
ca
bin, and
load
e
d the sno
w
mob
i
le.