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breasts.
    “Mac…” she said, closing her eyes and leaning her forehead
against him, her breath coming faster.
    “What, baby?” he said, his eyes closed.
    “It’s all true…you are my lover,” she said, unbuckling his
belt.
    They undressed and left their clothes in a heap on the living
room floor. Callie ran her hands up his hard chest, through the soft black hair
and around his neck. His hands slipped down her back to rest on her firm behind
and pull her closer to him. She kissed him, opening her lips to his tongue. Mac
picked her up and carried her into the bedroom, pushing the door closed gently
with his foot so as not to wake the children.
     

 
     
     
    Chapter Two
     
     
    Mac stuffed the family, including Sam and Peter, into their
SUV and drove to their small place on Lake Onondaga in Pennsylvania for the
weekend. The house had one wall of glass overlooking the water and connected,
through sliding glass doors, to a deck which jutted out far enough to double as
a dock. With a big sectional sofa surrounding a large fireplace in the living
room, their home was comfortable for a crowd both in summer and winter.
    Sam had given the house to Callie and Mac for a wedding
present. He and his late wife, Ellen, spent several happy summers there before
she died. When they arrived, Sam was the first one out of the car. He stood
looking at the small building as tears pricked his eyes.
    “This was Ellen’s dream house,” he said to Callie. “She’d be
so happy to see us all here together…and with grandchildren. A wish come true…”
    She gave his hand a squeeze, then stuck the key in the front
door lock and turned it.
    “It’s our dream house too…Dad,” she said.
    He smiled at her as he reached for his handkerchief. After
wiping his eyes, he took Callie’s hand and held it as she opened the door and
they walked in together.
    “Dad’s become a bit mushy in his old age, Pete,” Mac
observed, hiding his mouth with his hand.
    “He’s always been mushy, Mac.”
    “God, I hope we don’t get mushy at his age,” Mac whispered to
Peter.
    The kids ran into the house. Jason took possession of
Grandpa’s left arm while Kitty hung on his right.
    “What about Uncle Peter? Who wants to show him the lake?”
    Kitty, who’d flirted with Peter most of the way in the car as
she’d claimed the seat next to him, piped up, “Me!”
    “It figures,” Mac muttered.
    “Mac!” Callie said, punching him lightly in the arm.
    Jason took Sam’s hand and Kitty took Peter’s hand when they
all went down to the lake. Sam pointed out the landmarks he remembered on the
way, like the tree where he and Ellen watched a hawk nesting and a field where
deer grazed.
    “We go fishing here all the time but never catch anything. Do
you know why, Grandpa?”
    “No idea, Jason.”
    “Uncle Peter, Uncle Peter,” Kitty called, motioning with her
hand for him to join her wading into the lake.
    Peter took off his socks and shoes and rolled up his pants.
Kitty kicked off her sandals and took his hand.
    After dinner, when both kids were tucked in bed, the
exhausted adults sat down on their deck and opened a bottle of wine and lit
candles.
    “I’d like to make a toast,” Sam said. “To Callie and the
kids. Mac, your wife and children exceed my expectations by a mile. Long life
and love to all.”
    They all raised their glasses. Callie teared up and started
to cry.
    Sam, Mac and Peter all reached into their pockets and pulled
out handkerchiefs for her at the same time, which made her laugh.
    “It’s a Caldwell male tradition, Callie. Ellen insisted we
all carry handkerchiefs,” Sam said, smiling.
    “Callie cries when she’s happy, so I’m always ready,” Mac
said.
    “Especially in the bedroom, right, Mac?” Peter teased.
    “Don’t go there, Pete,” Mac warned.
    “Boys!” Sam threw a stern look their way. “They’re always
teasing each other. I hoped they’d have outgrown it by now,” Sam said to
Callie, looking pointedly