"Wow, I had no idea."

"Sweetheart, your doing this will be for me as well as for you. I want to know you've had the opportunities I had and you still came back to me. So, it's a present for you, but, crazy as it sounds, it's also for me."

"Abs, I'll have to think about it. This is such a weird thing that I need time to process it. Uh, changing subjects, what time is check-out anyway?"

"Uh, eleven, I think. Time enough for one last quickie before we go," she laughed as she nudged him back to the bed.

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