Barbara gave him a grin, and nodded, sitting up on the couch, feeling her ass twinge as she did so. As she stood up to join him, the phone rang. Barbara frowned at Mike, and he shrugged as she went to answer it.
“Barbara,” she heard, “this is Alice. It looks like Matt is coming down with something. I know I was planning to keep him overnight, but he said his stomach hurts and he’s running a little fever.”
“Go ahead and bring him home,” Barbara said, trying hard not to let the disappointment show in her voice. She hung up the phone and told Mike, and the disappointment was plain on his face. But that was part of being a parent, he supposed.
“I’ll go get showered first,” Mike said, “and be waiting for Alice. Then you can shower after me, okay?” Barbara nodded, beginning to pick up the things that would indicate what they’d been doing and taking them up to their bedroom.
To be continued….