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“How did you drop the key between the floorboards?” Knox asked, half amused and half exasperated.
Candice looked up to where she had her husband handcuffed to the bed, “I don’t know. I just accidentally dropped it. How was I to know that it would slip between the cracks? Knox, how am I going to get you out? I can’t let people see you like this. Your thing is out.”
“My thing? You mean my dick?” He said with a nod toward the impressive appendage.
“You can’t say it like that!” Candice turned beet red and looked around their room as if someone could hear them.
Knox laughed. “Relax, look, there is another key in the side table drawer.”
Candice blew out a sigh of relief. “Oh, thank heavens, I was totally freaking out. I couldn’t imagine having to call a locksmith and trying to explain what we were doing. Hold on, let me just grab it, and then I will, just sec, my hands are just a little…”
“Be careful, Candice, don’t drop this one,” he warned.
Candice turned and frowned at him. “I’m not stupid, Knox. Oh, shit, shit, shit! Don’t slip between... fuck!”
With resignation, Knox asked, “I am never going to live this down, am I?”
Candice giggled. “Never. Maybe we should take care of that before I call for help.”
He wriggled his eyebrows. “My dick? I am definitely in favor of that plan.”
And so they did.
Needless to say, Brian wasn’t as amused as Katie was when he went over with the bolt cutters. Thankfully, Candice had coveredhis thingwith a blanket.
EPILOGUE for Sutton & Mark
“What were two lines again?”
Mark snorted. “Are you serious?”
Sutton leaned her head out of the bathroom. “As a heart attack.”
“I don’t understand,” Mark said, shaking his head. “How did this happen?”
Sutton quirked a brow. “If you need an explanation, I am sure Evie or Avery would be willing to share their storybookWhere Babies Come From.”
Mark shook his head. “You know what I mean. Shit, Sutton, the girls turn fourteen this year. And you’re…”
“Careful there, husband. If you even think to imply that I am getting older.”
Mark smiled ruefully. “I wouldn’t dream of it.”
He got up and pulled Sutton into his arms, kissing her softly on the mouth.
As they broke apart, she said, “I think that’s how this happened.”
“Are you ready for one more round of parenthood?” he asked.
“With you by my side?” Sutton replied. “I can do anything.”
He kissed her again, knowing that no matter what was waiting around the corner, that they would always be able to face it—together.