Lying in Bed

phone rang, and he knew it was his partner without even looking. “Jeannie Foster. How’s my favorite witness for the State?”
“Shut up, you bastard,” she said, her voice echoey, as if she were speaking in a vast hall

He pulled her into a kiss that stole her breath but not her reason. This unlikely man was the one for her. She’d want to kiss him for the rest of time.

“I’d rather stay here. Near you.

“If I were any other man, I’d never let you go again. I’d move heaven and earth to make you happy.”

You’re everything I didn’t know I was missing.”

“You, my love, have been causing quite a stir.”