Still in bed, he caressed her lips.
"I have things to organize. Let's take a shower. This conversation will have to wait."
Laura knew he was avoiding it, clinging to his and Berta's promise that her husband wasn't a liar. People could get hurt when rejected by someone they liked. And she hoped the woman had been hurt emotionally and not physically.
When she got up, the twinge in her lower abdomen bothered her.
Marco noticed.
"Baby, are you hurt?"
"No, I'm just sensitive."
Marco looked at her, knowing he wasn't patient in bed, much less gentle, but he was doing for Laura what he had never done before, taking care not to hurt her; she was small compared to him.
"Are you sure?"
"I am, I'm just not used to it."
The redness was still there.
They showered together, and Marco left the
