Chapter 32

It took them much longer to arrive at the Englewood house the next day because Sorry preferred walking than taking a bus. The subway to midtown didn't bother him. Like the plane that had brought him to America, it had enough space to relax him. And he liked being underground. He didn't mind stretch limos as much either for similar spatial reasons, though the more stretched the better. Buses weren't too horrible unless crowded. Cars made him feel like being inside a steel trap about to be crushed or buried, sort of a rolling coffin.

Fortunately the house situated just on the other side of Fort Lee from the George Washington Bridge, along with his brisk pace which hurried Melissa, giving her quite a workout, shortened the time to a a little over four hours. When Melissa unlocked the door of the small two bedroom two story house, five smiling faces above five nearly naked bodies filling the dining room table greeted her.

Sarah stood up in her burgundy smoking jacket and approached her lover and hugged her, hearing the panting next to her ear. "You okay?' she asked.

"We walked," Melissa smiled.

"Of course." Sarah hugged Sorry. "We smuggled some hors d'oeuvres from the party. Come eat."

Nils and Joe got up to make room for the new arrivals. They sat on the couch in the living room which basically continued the dining room. Mary and Vic joined them, sitting on their mates' laps and snuggling.