Richard sensed Pearl wasn't asleep yet. He called her again, but she didn't answer.

Refusing to give up, he dialed her number once more.

"Hello," came the reply, with two voices somehow in the background. Richard wondered if he had missed her too much and brushed it off as his own tipsiness. "Pearl," he said lovingly. "Why are you calling so late?" Pearl's voice sounded on the other end.

"

"I miss you."

"Have you been drinking?" she asked.

"I did... because I missed you."

"Nonsense."

I do miss

conversation did not match Richard's style, so Pearl chuckled,

her

home?" he asked, trying to keep calm as they continued

"Yeah."

thought you were staying at

They were too

She had actually insisted on leaving. Esther had tried

better, though. She had responsibilities in her marriage and had

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and Richard understood, leaning down for a kiss. It was

tenderly and kissed her gently, as if he were begging for her

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