their
relationship matured to that step. That step, in his opinion, came
after marriage.
He thrust his hands behind his head
and stared at the ceiling, trying to envision her asleep on her bed
with his dog snuggled up against her. It wasn't hard. Except that
they wouldn't be sleeping now as they were hours behind Kuwait.
She’d be eating or seated in front of her computer, typing out a
message or working on a project. Lainy might even be opening the
door for Bentley to chase squirrels. Or she could be corralling the
herd. Smiling, Mitch's eyes drifted shut and soon he was enveloped
into a deep sleep.
He dreamed of laughing children
colored like butterflies chasing brown dogs and a tall, lusciously
curved woman with intelligent eyes who directed them with an
electronic device and a sweet smile.
Chapter Ten
After reading Mitch's newest e-mail,
Lainy groaned. Of course her crazy brother had sent him the videos.
And of course Mitch would be excited to see them. She hoped if she
featured in any of these family movies, she had combed her
hair.
Lainy tried not to think that whenever
she went to the lake, she usually didn't bother to brush her hair.
Why hadn't she taken into consideration the fact her wacky brother
always brought his camcorder? She’d forgotten Mitch was a new
viewer and therefore could be subject to anything.
Frantically, she tried to
remember when she'd seen Ed with his camera and with a blink came
up with ... nothing . She hadn't seen him with his camera at all. She'd seen him
get knocked into the lake a few times by Bentley and she couldn't
think of a meal he'd missed, but otherwise she didn't remember
seeing the camera in his hands.
Pursing her lips she tried
to think of his children, but they were all too young to be
entrusted with a camera. Especially Ed's pride and joy new DVD
camcorder. Not happening. She tried to think back to whether or not
another brother had wielded the thing. Nope .
She didn't dare breathe a sigh of
relief until after Mitch told her what he'd seen on those DVDs.
Then she'd stop worrying. In the mean time, perhaps she'd better
let Bentley outside for a romp and work on the computer program
she'd yet to finish debugging.
*****
Mitch awoke feeling rested and
content. Rolling over he saw the photo of Lainy and Bentley on his
nightstand and smiling, he reached for the picture. What a great
way to start the day. Staring at the two beings who were most
important to him, he saw their happy faces and the emotion grew in
him.
He rolled out of bed and padded to the
bathroom. He only encountered about eight other men, which was
nice, and finished quickly. Before he left the sleeping quarters,
he swiped a couple packages of popcorn from Al's stash and slid
them into the drawer with his cookie supply. He intended to watch
Morrison Family videos all day long. There was a moment of
satisfaction when he had trouble closing the drawer, since the
contents almost exceeded capacity.
Whistling, he headed for
breakfast. Twenty minutes later found him on his way back to his
quarters. Still whistling, he opened his overfilled drawer and
selected a cookie while he booted up his computer. He spent the
time waiting by sorting through the precious discs and found one
that sounded intriguing. Lainy's Detour
Routine . Hhhmm.
The video began and Mitch had a good
view of the inside of one of the cabins. They progressed down a
hall lined with doors and into the kitchen. He caught a stealthy
movement to the right at the same time the cameraman did. The
camera swung in time to see a mid-thirtish couple peek furtively to
the left and right before sneaking into what he assumed was a room,
but he couldn’t tell for sure. The woman giggled, and he heard the
man hiss, “Hush, Laurie, or the kids or Lainy'll hear
us.”
Which set off more giggles, muffled
this time, from the woman. Mitch wondered if this was Steve's mom
and Lainy's sister. The cameraman stepped back and the view
relationship matured to that step. That step, in his opinion, came
after marriage.
He thrust his hands behind his head
and stared at the ceiling, trying to envision her asleep on her bed
with his dog snuggled up against her. It wasn't hard. Except that
they wouldn't be sleeping now as they were hours behind Kuwait.
She’d be eating or seated in front of her computer, typing out a
message or working on a project. Lainy might even be opening the
door for Bentley to chase squirrels. Or she could be corralling the
herd. Smiling, Mitch's eyes drifted shut and soon he was enveloped
into a deep sleep.
He dreamed of laughing children
colored like butterflies chasing brown dogs and a tall, lusciously
curved woman with intelligent eyes who directed them with an
electronic device and a sweet smile.
Chapter Ten
After reading Mitch's newest e-mail,
Lainy groaned. Of course her crazy brother had sent him the videos.
And of course Mitch would be excited to see them. She hoped if she
featured in any of these family movies, she had combed her
hair.
Lainy tried not to think that whenever
she went to the lake, she usually didn't bother to brush her hair.
Why hadn't she taken into consideration the fact her wacky brother
always brought his camcorder? She’d forgotten Mitch was a new
viewer and therefore could be subject to anything.
Frantically, she tried to
remember when she'd seen Ed with his camera and with a blink came
up with ... nothing . She hadn't seen him with his camera at all. She'd seen him
get knocked into the lake a few times by Bentley and she couldn't
think of a meal he'd missed, but otherwise she didn't remember
seeing the camera in his hands.
Pursing her lips she tried
to think of his children, but they were all too young to be
entrusted with a camera. Especially Ed's pride and joy new DVD
camcorder. Not happening. She tried to think back to whether or not
another brother had wielded the thing. Nope .
She didn't dare breathe a sigh of
relief until after Mitch told her what he'd seen on those DVDs.
Then she'd stop worrying. In the mean time, perhaps she'd better
let Bentley outside for a romp and work on the computer program
she'd yet to finish debugging.
*****
Mitch awoke feeling rested and
content. Rolling over he saw the photo of Lainy and Bentley on his
nightstand and smiling, he reached for the picture. What a great
way to start the day. Staring at the two beings who were most
important to him, he saw their happy faces and the emotion grew in
him.
He rolled out of bed and padded to the
bathroom. He only encountered about eight other men, which was
nice, and finished quickly. Before he left the sleeping quarters,
he swiped a couple packages of popcorn from Al's stash and slid
them into the drawer with his cookie supply. He intended to watch
Morrison Family videos all day long. There was a moment of
satisfaction when he had trouble closing the drawer, since the
contents almost exceeded capacity.
Whistling, he headed for
breakfast. Twenty minutes later found him on his way back to his
quarters. Still whistling, he opened his overfilled drawer and
selected a cookie while he booted up his computer. He spent the
time waiting by sorting through the precious discs and found one
that sounded intriguing. Lainy's Detour
Routine . Hhhmm.
The video began and Mitch had a good
view of the inside of one of the cabins. They progressed down a
hall lined with doors and into the kitchen. He caught a stealthy
movement to the right at the same time the cameraman did. The
camera swung in time to see a mid-thirtish couple peek furtively to
the left and right before sneaking into what he assumed was a room,
but he couldn’t tell for sure. The woman giggled, and he heard the
man hiss, “Hush, Laurie, or the kids or Lainy'll hear
us.”
Which set off more giggles, muffled
this time, from the woman. Mitch wondered if this was Steve's mom
and Lainy's sister. The cameraman stepped back and the view
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