"SHE SURE DOES," PETE REPLIED, REMEMBERING, NO DOUBT, THE FEEL OF HER RED LIPS ON HIS MALE SYMBOL.

"WELL, MY GIRL," I SAID, KISSING HIM ON THE CHEEK. "IT'S VERY LATE AND WE BOTH NEED SOME SLEEP. I HAVE TO BE IN SURGERY AT 7 A.M. SHARP,"

PETE'S NATURALLY DARK EYELASHES WERE ALREADY FLUTTERING IN WEARINESS AS HE WHISPERED, "GOOD NIGHT, DAD "

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I WENT INTO MY OWN ROOM AND CREPT BETWEEN THE SATIN SHEETS OF MY HUGE BED, AFTER DOFFING THE IVORY-LACE NEGLIGEE. THE COOL COVERLETS FELT MARVELOUS AS THEY RUSTLED AGAINST MY SATIN NIGHTIE WITH A SIBILANT WHISPER. BUT DEEP SLEEP OVERTOOK ME IN MID-RUSTLE, AS IT WERE.

THE REST OF THE WEEK SEEMED TO DRAG BY, SO KEEN WAS PETE'S AND MY ANTICIPATION OF YVETTE'S COMING TO TEND TO OUR VARIOUS NEEDS.

THE TWO OF US WORKED TOGETHER TO GET YVETTE'S QUARTERS A LARGE AIRY ROOM ON THE SECOND FLOOR NEAR OUR ROOMS FOR HER, MAKING IT WAS PRETTY AND FEMININE AS SHE WAS, IF SUCH WAS POSSIBLE.

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FINALLY, THE BIG DAY ARRIVED, AND I BY THREE P.M., BROKE ALL RECORDS TO GET HOME HAVING CONTRIVED TO HAVE MOST OF MY AFTERNOON PATIENTS COME EARLY.

YVETTE HAD MOVED IN BEFORE EITHER PETE OR GOT HOME, SINCE I HAD PROVIDED HER WITH SHE A KEY TO THE HOUSE AFTER HIRING HER. HAD ALREADY FAMILIARIZED HERSELF WITH OUR WARDROBES, WHICH MAY HAVE SEEMED LACKING BY COMPARISON TO LESLIE'S FABULOUS COLLECTION.

THE BATHROOM ADJOINING THE MASTER BEDROOM HAD A HUGE SEMI-SUNKEN TUB, LARGE ENOUGH IN FOR TWO PEOPLE TO FIT YVETTE IT EASILY. HAD FILLED IT WITH WARM BUBBLY WATER SCENTED DELIGHTFULLY WITH A FEMININE FRAGRANCE, SALTS I HAD GIVEN MY WIFE, WHO HAD FREQENTLY SHARED A HOT TUB WITH ME.

"PERHAPS MADAME AND MADEMOISELLE WOULD LIKE TO BATHE TOGETHER, N'EST-CE PAS?" SHE INQUIRED. "IT WILL PERMIT YVETTE TO GIVE BOTH HER FULLEST ATTENTION."

PETE AND I, NOW ATTIRED IN OUR FAVORITE PRE-BATH NEGLIGEES, LOOKED AT EACH OTHER FOR APPROVAL, THEN SMILLED AT HER.

"WE SHOULD BE DELIGHTED," I SAID, MY KEEN ANTICIPATION MOUNTING QUICKLY.

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