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Even through his orgasm, Tobias noticed that something had shifted with Carolyn. He waited for her to explain, but she fell asleep as soon as they crawled into her bed. He knew he wouldn't be able to focus on conversation while she was naked next to him, so the next morning he took her to the Milky Way for breakfast.
The Milky Way Ice Cream Parlor was not only famous for the "galaxy's best ice cream sundae," but for their banana walnut pancakes. It was a sunny place with a wall-size mural of cheerful cows wandering through a cartoonish galaxy. With its daffodil-yellow curtains and bright cutouts of animated ice cream cones and talking pancakes, Tobias felt as if he was sitting in a children's book.
"Have you ever noticed that pancakes solve most problems?" he asked as they scanned th
