Some minutes later she whispered,
“You realise what else I’d like in my mouth?”
“We’ve been too impatient so far.”
“We couldn’t help it. From now on we’ll improve at waiting.”
They turned towards each other and put their arms around each other. Isabel added,
“Both tonight and on later nights.”
“For the immediate future. I’m off to New Mexico in three months’ time.”
Isabel blinked and raised her head. She gazed at him, startled. Travis added,
“In my role as an astronomer. I’m to spend time in an observatory there.”
“Just time? You’re not emigrating?”
“I’ll be there for six months. No, I’ll be back here then. I’m employed by a university department.”
He’d leave in three months – precisely the life expectancy of Sonia.
“Let’s rest awhile,” Travis said. He got up off the bed and pu
