“You know, there’s a bed here and the door’s already closed. It’d be a damn shame not to take advantage of the situation.” I laughed and the action took me off guard, but, oh, it felt good.”

“She laughed. I closed my eyes. It sounded damn mournful, that laugh of hers echoing off the square.”

“You know there’s plenty of love to go around. It takes the right situation to bring it out of people – and all situations are right.”

“The softest things in the world overcome the hardest things in the world.Through this I know the advantage of taking no action.”

“I don’t know, Sage. You threw yourself in the line of pepper spray for me. You must like me just a little bit.” “I— I figured it’d be a shame to ruin your pretty face,” I stammered.”

“Right here?" he echoed, his voice breaking with surprise. "Right now?"Susanna couldn't help but laugh a little. It felt good to catch him off guard, lighten the sadness in his voice. "It can be accomplished in the water, can't it?"He nodded numbly. "It can.""Unless you have some objection."He shook his head, just as numbly. "I don't.""Good.”