"
With a sardonic chuckle, she said, "Well, hell, I've managed this long,
haven't I?" and opened the restaurant bag to begin unpacking it on the desk.
As she sat down to eat, she eyed Cade and asked, "Am I going to be the only
naked person in this room?"
Pretending vast surprise, Cade said, "Oh! Yes'm, I'll get right to that.
Very sorry, ma'am. I was so wrapped up in eyeballing your gorgeous bod that I
just completely forgot. You know how it is, don't you?"
Laughing, Beth said, "Yeah, sure. I know how it is," and dug into her food.
A few bites later she asked, "Hey, Cade. If I'm so gorgeous, how come all
the other guys don't act like you?"
"Simple ignorance, ma'am. They don't know how."
"So how did you become so knowledgeable?"
"I had a good teacher early in life."
"Who was she?"
"One of my teachers in high school."
Glancing up incredulously, Beth asked, "Really?"
"Yup. I was sixteen. She was twenty-six and kind of pushy, just like you. I
learned a lot at that lady's knees."
Beth nearly choked with laughter. "At her knees...? Uh, yeah, well, I
suppose..
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