" She smiled and nodded just as footsteps hit the wooden staircase and it creaked gently as Dick came walking down the stairs in a robe similar to mine." She smiled and nodded just as footsteps hit the wooden staircase and it creaked gently as Dick came walking down the stairs in a robe similar to mine. He walked across the frozen flagstones on bare feet and kissed Susan. "Good morning, sweetheart," he said cheerfully. "Morning," she said. If she was hiding her concern, she did so successfully; her kiss to him was as friendly and as passionate as I could have imagined. He leaned over to me and gave me a friendly peck on the cheek. "You can do better than that," I said. "Not in front of my wife I can't," he replied, smiling. "Well, I'm not afraid of giving your wife a decent kiss in the morning," came Ken's voice from the top of the staircase. He sat down on the railing and rode it all the way down, a big smile on his face the whole ride. |