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Demetrius
Later that day at the hotel, after a room service dinner of Scrod ala Oscar and a bottle of Chardonnay, soft music and quiet conversation, Amara refreshed herself with a shower.
Demetrius tried to assimilate the recent drama that changed his life; learning that George was his brother and learning to perceive Amara as a woman unrelated. It demanded conscious effort but he liked the way it felt. He had always admired her physical qualities and their closeness. Could she forgive his past and love him?
The bathroom door had been left ajar allowing Demetrius to see Amara emerge from the shower. Like a blast of furnace heat, the sight of her nakedness inflamed his youthful passion. He probed the dark, crevices of his mind to the first time he had seen her unclothed, an image he
