SIXTY-TWO
When dinner was finished and people were picking at the remains of dessert, Ali announced that she was off to bed. Everyone took that as the signal to disperse, heading off alone or in twos and threes for the bar, the pool table and the movie theatre.
"Shall we go?" Jean asked Audra, hoping she hadn't changed her mind. She seemed unusually interested in the proposed movie marathon.
"Please," she replied with a roguish wink that hit Jean right in the groin.
It truly was the best night of his life. Audra had agreed to marry him, and if he'd guessed right, the moment they got some privacy, the clothes were going to come off and what happened this afternoon would be nothing but mild foreplay. They'd make love for the first time with his ring on her finger. Jean glanced down and
