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."

do miss

match Richard's style, so Pearl chuckled,

around to find her behind him,

trying to keep calm as they

"Yeah."

you were staying at Esther's tonight,"

helplessly. "I couldn't do it. They were too lovey-dovey, and

actually insisted on leaving. Esther had tried

responsibilities in her marriage and

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understood,

shivered, but Richard held her tenderly and kissed her gently, as if he were begging for her

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