he was trembling , and i was struck by the gap between the man i observed at his work , and the manner of this request . it touched me and filled me with exhilaration .
sleeping with nathan had been the easy part . it was all the rest that had been difficult .
"how do we manage to misunderstand each other ?" he asked .
his fingers moved onto my face , softly stroking my neck and cheek . between us was a cessation of darkness and hostility and , in its place ,was warmth , communion , and peace .
i willed these precious moments to expand , to cradle , and to buoy us up for the hours , and the days , and the years ahead .
by the time the nativity play had come and gone and christmas arrived , i had overdosed on lists there was one for presents , another for food and menus , yet another for events .
"events " read initially , " sam and jilly to us ?" this had been crossed out and sunday before christmas to sam and jilly " substtuted . when i rang jilly and proposed that they come to us in london for chriistmas lunch , she said that she was froghtful sorry but they had already arranged lunch to be with them . when i suggested that we join them , jilly had been acutely embarrassed ," it 's not that you're not welcome , mnty . of course you are , but we are pretty booked up . poppy and richard are coming , my parents and ....rose , actually ."
we agreed that nathan , the boys , and i would drive down to winchcomb on the sunday before christmas and arrange a separate meal with poppy and richard , into this settled plan , poppy inserted a spoke , she rang up ." could you come over to us on the sunday before christmas ?
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