She laughed and tossed the bottle in the trash. "Why not dispense with all the formalities?" It was one of those Freudian slips that caused her to blush fiercely.
Yancey, however, was completely unabashed. His eyebrows jerked up in surprise. He hastily reached for the light switch. "That's what I say."
The room went black and his arms instantly surrounded her, drawing her close in an eager embrace. Her face still burning, she lifted her lips to receive his . . . and he didn't disappoint her. Her arms stole around his neck and she ran trembling fingers through the soft hair on the back of his head. His warm lips left hers and started down her neck, forcing a moan from hers. She snuggled close to him and his lips found hers again. This time she responded passionately, returning his kiss eagerly.
"Daddy?" A timid voice broke into their lovemaking.
"Oh, for . . ." He reluctantly pulled away. "What is it, Tammy?"
"I'm afwaid. It's dawk."
He flipped on the light and Lisa turned to get some coffee cups. He lifted Tammy into his arms. "What is there to be afraid of?"
"Thew's a bear undow my bed."
Lisa turned her face away and hoped Tammy didn't notice her shoulders shaking as she laughed silently. She had a mental picture of a bear trying to squeeze into the narrow space under Tammy's bed.
The thought must have occurred to Yancey as well, and he reassured Tammy in a voice choked with suppressed humor. "Well, if he's under there, he's going to be stuck there for a while. Let's go take a look."
Poor Tammy. All this talk about bears was frightening her. Maybe Yancey would be more careful in the future about using the threat of bears as a method of keeping Lisa away from that building.
That thought spoiled the evening. She had been making out with a man who might be involved in drug trafficking. Not only making out - she was falling in love with him. And what about Yancey? Was he falling in love as well, or was he simply taking what he could get? She touched her lips. If this was love, it was certainly a dangerous love.
The smell of coffee brought Yancey back into the room a little later. Lisa filled a cup for each of them, but Yancey wasn't interested.
"Let's see, where were we?" he said with a grin.
"You were putting Tammy back to bed while I was making coffee," she supplied, dodging his hands.