CHAPTER FIFTEEN –––––––– * * * * THE PHONE HAD THE COURTESY not to ring that night, so Bryony and McNamara enjoyed a peaceful night for a change. They woke up nested one into the other and enjoyed prolonging the feeling of intimacy they experienced. They lingered in bed for more than half an hour afterwards. They stroke each other, sating their skin with sensations. They shared breakfast in Bryony’s kitchen at seven in the morning, which was quite a late hour for McNamara. He would usually leave the house before seven every day. Yet, that morning, he didn’t care about that. He put aside the thought that he should have hurried to the headquarters even though he had a lot on his to-do list for that day. They talked about everything and nothing in particular over a lot of coffee and a h

