She had to get up and get Tara ready for school, but his fingers teased her flesh and her body vibrated from his powerful, rhythmic strokes. He possessed her still. I’m in deep trouble. He hasn’t quite forgiven me for not telling Allen Krenner of my relationship with his daughter. What will I do when he learns I’m that girl who humiliated him, that I lied because I was so embarrassed? She crawled out of bed, half drunk on the memory of him in her arms. “I’ll be in Baltimore today,” Telford told her at breakfast. “I’ll take Tara to school, but she’ll have to come back on the bus.” “I can pick her up this afternoon,” Russ said. He looked at Alexis. “When do you think Melanie will get in touch with her folks?” Alexis sensed in Russ an ally, and she expected to need one. “She should already have done that by the time I got back here yesterday. If she doesn’t call them soon, I’m going to phone her.” Telford concentrated on his grits, eggs and sausage, but Russ leaned back in the chair, sipped coffee and seemed to scrutinize her.
