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“Me too,” Jane said. “I wish you could have known her before, Luke. She was the most amazing woman. She and Walter fostered over fifty kids. Did I tell you that?”
He shook his head, and she snuggled closer to him. “She did. She had pictures of all of them in a big photo album. She kept in touch over the years with at least thirty of them. They would email her pictures of their kids, which made her so happy. A lot of them would still visit her until she went to the care home.”
“Do any of them visit her at the care home?” Luke asked.
“Not anymore. They did at first. It helped her to remember, I think. Seeing all those familiar faces visiting her. But then it stopped helping, and the others they – they just drifted away.”
He muttered a curse under his breath. Knowing that Jane had to deal with this alone made him sick.
“I don’t blame them,” Jane said. “It’s horrible to watch what’s happening to her. I wish every day that I could just remember her the way she was. Does that make me an awful person, do you think?”
“No, honey. Not at all.” He pressed a kiss against the top of her head.
“She had this way of making you feel special, you know? You could have the worst day in the world, and Mama J would find a way to make you smile and feel better about it. She had a gift that way. I wish – I wish she’d been able to have kids of her own. If anyone deserved children, it was Mama J.”
“She had you and the other kids,” Luke said.
“It’s not the same,” Jane said. “She gave so much to us but never got what she wanted the most.”
“I don’t think she believes that,” Luke said.
Jane didn’t reply, and he rubbed her back as they sat silently. After a while, Jane sat up and gave him a small smile. “What time will Amy be home?”
“Late,” he said. “She’s also coming in late tomorrow. I said I’d give you a ride to work in the morning.”
“I’ll take the bus,” Jane said.
“I’m going to be here. It makes sense for you to drive in with me,” he said.
“You’re staying the night?”
“Yes. I’ve spent the last two nights here. Why would tonight be different?”
“I’ve spent the last half hour sobbing into your shirt. My eyes are puffy, and my nose is swollen and bright red. That’s not exactly a sexy look,” she said.
He pressed a kiss against the tip of her nose. “I find you sexy no matter what.”
She smiled. “Spoken like a man who is looking to get laid tonight.”
He shook his head and gave her a solemn look. “No, I’m being honest. You’re the sexiest woman I’ve ever met, Jane Smith.”
She swallowed and licked her lips before her gaze dropped to his mouth. He cleared his throat and tried to think of a reason to get Jane off his lap before she felt his rapidly hardening cock. She’d had a horrible evening, and she wasn’t interested in having sex. He knew that and was more than happy to just sleep in the bed with her again, but his damn dick had different ideas.
The problem was solved when she slid off his lap. “I know it’s early, but do you mind if we go to bed?”
“No, of course not,” he said. “I need to grab my bag from the car. Go to the bedroom. I’ll lock up and be upstairs in a few minutes, okay?”
“Okay,” she said.
She stood on her tiptoes and pressed a quick kiss against his jaw. “Thank you, Luke.”
“You’re welcome.”
* * *
Jane stared at the ceiling of the bedroom. She kept the covers pulled to her chin. She was naked, and she wondered for a moment if she was being too bold. She knew Luke thought she wanted to go to bed early to sleep, but the truth was, she was unbelievably horny for him.
A part of her knew she was using her lust for Luke as a coping mechanism. If she was fucking him, there was no room for sorrow or fear.
