Betrayed Chapter 4

"This is nice," she offered, staring out into the night. "Very, very nice."

The words sounded sincere, but there was that touch of distance again, as there had been before we went to Ringers. I turned her to face me.

"It is," I agreed, "now that you are here. You are the first woman I have brought here and the only one I want."

"I won't always be here," she corrected. "I told you that."

"Yes you will," I countered, "where it matters most. You will always be here..."

I pointed to my head.

"...and here...."

I pointed to my heart. Dianna sighed expressively and held me close, resting her head against my chest once more. I felt tears welling up in her eyes.

"I don't deserve you, Lisa," she murmured, "but I am going to make it my business to change that. Count on it."

She slipped out of her fur coat, shrugging off my offer to take it for her. I thought she was still enamored with the feel of it and wanted to hold it as long as possible. She located the hall closet, selected a heavy wooden hanger, draped the coat over it, then hung it with care and gently closed the door.

"Don't forget to take it with you when you go," I prompted her.

She smiled and shook her head.

"No way. The jewels stay here, too. If I took them back to my place, who knows what freak or so-called 'friend' would rip them off when my back was turned? No Honey; they stay right here. That way, I will always have them..."

She kissed me tenderly.

"...and you to come home to. I will have you to come home to, won't I?"

I kissed her back, passionately.

"You can count on that," I replied, "and thank you."

"For?" she questioned.

"For considering this 'home'. It feels like one, with you here."

She threw me back on the couch and climbed atop me, hiking up my skirt and unbuttoning my blouse.

"What do you say we have a little 'housewarming party'? Just the two of us?" she purred. "We have so much to talk about."