Chapter 14
“You were always so sure of it before. Please believe.”
“I still am, Mr. Science.” She almost smiled then. “I still do. You’ll see. I expect us to be together there someday. Maybe the three of us…Huh?”
There was no doubting the context of the wink in her weak tone. “Wendy Wright!”
She held her grin, as difficult as it was. “Why does that shock you? After so many years, you don’t know how I think?”
Jacob brushed her upturned lips. “Maybe I do.”
“Maybe you do. I never wanted Charlton Heston, but I did have thoughts. Remember the first time we made love? I knew Rory was there.”
“You little rascal.” He kissed her again as the mantel clock chimed the hour. The damned thing was a menace of late. Tick. Tick. Tick. All day, every day. The last thing Jacob wanted to think about right then, with Wendy slipping away from him, was the passage of time.
“I would have allowed it. I might have enjoyed it. I’ve had my fantasies, for sure.”