good for twenty minutes, half an hour tops, and that was before Sarah was born and we had all the time in the world. All weekend?” she repeated in a whisper.
Eve nodded. “You start an affair with William, I bet that from the minute you drop Sarah off at Billy’s on Friday to when he brings her back Sunday afternoon, William won’t let you see the light of day.”
“Wow. All weekend,” Maddy repeated, looking toward the barn. “I can’t imagine spending two full days in bed with a man.”
“And nights,” Eve added with a snicker.
Maddy stepped away and lifted her boobs, then watched gravity drop them back into place. “Holy hell, I’m going to have to start working out.”
“So does that gleam in your eye mean you’re going for it?” Eve asked.
Maddy looked toward the barn again, and saw Kenzie and William leading three huge horses out of the barn—two with a saddle and one without.
And damn if William didn’t have his cuffs rolled up even farther.
She looked back at Eve. “Hell yes, I’m going for it. I have six years of repressed hormones threatening to explode.” She shot her a smile. “If for no other reason, I have to do it for my health.”
“Are ye ready for a good ride, Maddy?” William asked, stopping at the bottom of the steps to grin up at her. “We’ll take it slow and easy the first few times, so ye don’t get too sore, and then we’ll really get daring.” His eyes sparkled in the low-hanging sun. “I promise, lass, once ye see how fun it can be, you’ll be begging me to do it every chance we can.”
Maddy grabbed Eve when she heard her friend gasp. “I’ll get Sarah,” she said with a strangled gasp of her own, pulling Eve into the house. She barely got the door closed before she bent over in full-blown laughter even as she pointed at Eve, who was laughing so hard she was sputtering. “Don’t say it!” Maddy yelped, wiping her eyes with the back of her hand. “Omigod, I think I just peed my pants!”
Chapter Eight
“I ’m going to be sick,” Maddy whispered, clutching her stomach.
Eve laughed, pushing her hands out of the way to finish buttoning her blouse. “You are not. That’s just your hormones doing a happy dance.”
“I can’t believe I let Lois and Charlotte badger me into asking William on a date. I swear when he said yes I nearly threw up. And I couldn’t do a damn thing right the rest of the day.” She gave a nervous laugh. “I think I put Mem’s dentures to soak in ginger ale, and I know I sent Hiram home on the Lynx bus without any socks.”
“It’s August. He probably wasn’t even wearing socks.”
“But Hiram’s not a day camper; he lives there!” Maddy covered her face with her hands. “What have I gotten myself into? It’s been so long since I’ve been on a real date that I’ve forgotten what to do!” She dropped her hands when she heard Eve laughing again. “You think this is funny ?”
“I think this is payback,” Eve said with a lingering chuckle. “Or are you forgetting helping me dress for my date with Kenzie not that long ago? I have about as much sympathy as you had for me that night. Come on,” she said, pulling Maddy over to her old vanity. “I need to dab concealer on that bruise—you know, the bruise you won’t tell me how you got?”
“I fell off the porch.”
“Who slapped you, Maddy?”
Maddy stared at herself in the mirror, eyeing the faded bruise near her hairline, and then walked over and plopped down onto her bed. “Okay, but I don’t want this getting back to Mom. Promise me she won’t find out.”
“I promise,” Eve said, sitting on the bed beside her.
Maddy wrapped her arm around Eve. “You are my very best friend in the whole world, you know that? And I’m sorry for not telling you, but I . . .” She took her arm away and shrugged. “But I was embarrassed that my snotty little brother got the best of me.”
“ Rick hit you?”
Maddy nodded. “It happened when he came home
Eve nodded. “You start an affair with William, I bet that from the minute you drop Sarah off at Billy’s on Friday to when he brings her back Sunday afternoon, William won’t let you see the light of day.”
“Wow. All weekend,” Maddy repeated, looking toward the barn. “I can’t imagine spending two full days in bed with a man.”
“And nights,” Eve added with a snicker.
Maddy stepped away and lifted her boobs, then watched gravity drop them back into place. “Holy hell, I’m going to have to start working out.”
“So does that gleam in your eye mean you’re going for it?” Eve asked.
Maddy looked toward the barn again, and saw Kenzie and William leading three huge horses out of the barn—two with a saddle and one without.
And damn if William didn’t have his cuffs rolled up even farther.
She looked back at Eve. “Hell yes, I’m going for it. I have six years of repressed hormones threatening to explode.” She shot her a smile. “If for no other reason, I have to do it for my health.”
“Are ye ready for a good ride, Maddy?” William asked, stopping at the bottom of the steps to grin up at her. “We’ll take it slow and easy the first few times, so ye don’t get too sore, and then we’ll really get daring.” His eyes sparkled in the low-hanging sun. “I promise, lass, once ye see how fun it can be, you’ll be begging me to do it every chance we can.”
Maddy grabbed Eve when she heard her friend gasp. “I’ll get Sarah,” she said with a strangled gasp of her own, pulling Eve into the house. She barely got the door closed before she bent over in full-blown laughter even as she pointed at Eve, who was laughing so hard she was sputtering. “Don’t say it!” Maddy yelped, wiping her eyes with the back of her hand. “Omigod, I think I just peed my pants!”
Chapter Eight
“I ’m going to be sick,” Maddy whispered, clutching her stomach.
Eve laughed, pushing her hands out of the way to finish buttoning her blouse. “You are not. That’s just your hormones doing a happy dance.”
“I can’t believe I let Lois and Charlotte badger me into asking William on a date. I swear when he said yes I nearly threw up. And I couldn’t do a damn thing right the rest of the day.” She gave a nervous laugh. “I think I put Mem’s dentures to soak in ginger ale, and I know I sent Hiram home on the Lynx bus without any socks.”
“It’s August. He probably wasn’t even wearing socks.”
“But Hiram’s not a day camper; he lives there!” Maddy covered her face with her hands. “What have I gotten myself into? It’s been so long since I’ve been on a real date that I’ve forgotten what to do!” She dropped her hands when she heard Eve laughing again. “You think this is funny ?”
“I think this is payback,” Eve said with a lingering chuckle. “Or are you forgetting helping me dress for my date with Kenzie not that long ago? I have about as much sympathy as you had for me that night. Come on,” she said, pulling Maddy over to her old vanity. “I need to dab concealer on that bruise—you know, the bruise you won’t tell me how you got?”
“I fell off the porch.”
“Who slapped you, Maddy?”
Maddy stared at herself in the mirror, eyeing the faded bruise near her hairline, and then walked over and plopped down onto her bed. “Okay, but I don’t want this getting back to Mom. Promise me she won’t find out.”
“I promise,” Eve said, sitting on the bed beside her.
Maddy wrapped her arm around Eve. “You are my very best friend in the whole world, you know that? And I’m sorry for not telling you, but I . . .” She took her arm away and shrugged. “But I was embarrassed that my snotty little brother got the best of me.”
“ Rick hit you?”
Maddy nodded. “It happened when he came home
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