The threesome took a break from less intimate play while Johnny and I doled out oranges. Esmerelda looked around but, to my relief, didn’t ask for Casey right off.
I kissed Johnny goodbye with a reminder. “You get a lunch break now.”
“We’ll dine together.”
That made sending him off to report to his post much easier.
I decided to look in on Casey before getting down to writing, but stopped at my desk first. The box from CVS was waiting there, so I tore it open to show the pillow to him before I showed it to Esmerelda.
“Looks just like you.” I’d never seen a handsomer surfer dude or a sexier Casey bear. I’d also never kissed a pillow. Well, not since adolescence when I pretended mine was Bo Brady.
The elevator seemed slow. Either that, or I was impatient.
“You in?” I knocked on the cl
