my gaze slid to roger who was observing this tender little scene with an expression that did not necessarily bode well for nathan . this is the way the wind blows , he was thinking . this is why a man lose his edge .
gisela touched the red patch on lucas 's cheek ." wide awake , eh ?"
lucas grinned at gisela , and i rose to my feet ." come on . lucas ."
but lucas had no inrtention of budging . i bent down and scooped him up ." no bed , no bed ," he wiled .
i whispered in his ear and lucas screeched ," mummy , don't smak me ."
"minty .." nathan threw down his napkin , shot to his feet , and wrested lucas away ." i'll deal ."
he and lucas vanished upstairs and we hear lucas 's chuckle . my cheeks flamed , and roger and i exchanged a long , measured look ." nathan 's quite a hands-on father , " he commented .
"oh , not really ," i said ." an on-and-off sort of father , depending on how avaiable he is ." i switched sujects ." are you planning more changes this year ? a new launch ?"
"sadly , even if i was , i could not tell you . minty ."
roger enjoyed his business secrets . and not why ? " of corse , roger ," i said and urged barry to elaborate on one of paradox pictures ' more recent successes . when a somewhat tousled anthan returned , i rose ( nb 10:45 . serve coffee ) and suggested we adjourn to the stting room .
paige grimaced . she and i had debated whether to have coffee at the table or in the sitting room . i was never quite sure . paige ,maintained it gave you an escape route if you had been bored and i said stiffly that i was planning on anyone's being bored .
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