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Miguel slapped Jon on the back. “Of course it’s a yes.”

“Now all I have to do is convince my mother.”

“She will come to her senses in time.”

Jon walked through the house, slid open the patio door and went out to the pool where his mother was wearing a sundress and her oversized sun hat. She was reading a home design magazine. She looked over at him when he pulled up a chair beside her. “Did Miguel tell you what he found over by the storage hut when he was putting away some loungers?”

“No, he didn’t and I’ve no idea. Did I lose something?”

“I think Maggie did. Her bikini bottom.”

Shit, she’d taken it off when they’d made love around the pool that day.

“Did the two of you have sex out here too?”

“So what if we did?”

“What if someone saw you…the neighbours?”

“The closest one is half a mile away and you can’t see the pool from there. Look, I didn’t come here to defend what we did or to argue again. I’ve come to visit you because Maggie said I should.”

Shit, that had slipped out before he’d realised it.

His mother slammed her magazine down on the table and glared at him. “So you’re still in contact with her?”

“Why wouldn’t I be? Just because you don’t like the way things are doesn’t mean I’m going to throw away my relationship with Maggie.”

“Relationship, is that what you’re calling it now?”

“Yes, Mom, I love her.”

“You can’t possibly mean that.”

“Why, because she’s older, or because she’s your friend? I always remember you saying how wonderful Maggie is, that she’s a good mother, has been a wonderful friend, especially after Dad was killed. So why don’t you want your son to be with a special woman like her?”

“It’s just—”

“Just what?” He raised his eyebrows, waiting for an answer.

“I don’t know, okay? I can’t put my finger on it… Maybe if she was your age I wouldn’t have such a tough time thinking about the two of you together. I guess it’s the whole sex thing I can’t deal with. Maybe it’s because I actually saw you in the act and then caught sight of that disgusting movie you’d obviously made while I was gone.”

Jon reached out and put his hand onto his mother’s. “Neither of us thinks it’s disgusting, just the opposite. And the reason for that is we have sincere feelings for one another. Maggie wants you and me to be friends, not enemies, and she’s right.”

“Oh, so you’ve just come here to please her, not because you really wanted to?” She pulled her hand away.

He’d had enough for today and stood. “I’m tired from working non-stop at the clinic so I’ll be leaving now. However, I will give this one more try and I’ll be back to talk to you again. Hopefully by then you’ll be more reasonable.” Jon left by the side gate, got in his car and drove to his apartment.

That hadn’t gone at all well.

* * * *

“Mom, it’s so beautiful, it must have cost you a fortune.” Annie held up the necklace Maggie had bought in Inca the day she and Jon had gone shopping there.

“Do you have any photos to show us yet?” Sarah asked.

“I haven’t had time to get prints made but I did bring the camera so you can look at the shots on the screen.” Maggie slid it across to her youngest daughter.

“Is this Julie’s house?” Katie leaned over to look at the snaps.

“Yes, it’s beautiful, isn’t it?” Maggie said, before taking a bite from her sandwich.

The waitress filled up their ice teas as the girls continued to flick through the photos.

“Lovely beach,” Annie said. “I might have to take a trip there soon. You think Julie would let me stay at her place?”

Would Julie also consider Maggie’s offspring enemies now? She hoped not, no, surely she wasn’t that petty.

“I’m sure she would,” Maggie said, not knowing what else to say.

“Wait a second, go back to that one because it’s a hunk alert,” Katie said. “Ooh, let me take a closer look at this photo.” She tried to pull the camera from Sarah’s hands.

Sarah raised her elbow to prevent her older sister from grabbing the camera. “Hey, I was looking at him first. And you’re married, in case you’ve forgotten.”

“No, I haven’t, but a girl can still look at a hunk once in a while,” Katie said.

Maggie knew who the girls were fighting over.

Katie finally snatched the camera and turned it around to show Maggie. “Is this Julie’s son?”

“Yes, it is.”

“Oh my God, he’s hot,” Katie said.

“Does he have a girlfriend?” Annie asked.

“Not that I know of.”

“Then I’m heading there soon,” Annie said.

Katie flicked through more of the photos. “Mom obviously thinks so too, she took a lot of shots of him. I’m betting she was trying to set you up with him all the time she was there.”

Maggie was sure she was having her first hot flash. She fanned her face. She couldn’t remember what other photos were on that camera. She’d taken two cameras with her on the trip and remembered her and Jon had asked a man at the restaurant to take a photo of them sitting together with the sun setting in the background, arms around one another, her head resting on his shoulder.

“Mom, you mind explaining this to us?” Annie asked.

The blood drained from Maggie’s face and she closed her eyes. There was no way she was going to tell the girls about Jon and her. Annie turned it around for Maggie to see.

Phew, she was off the hook because the photo they were referring to was of her, topless. “I got carried away one day.”

“Who took the photo?”

Jon had but she couldn’t tell the girls. “I took it myself just for some fun.”

“You know, Mom, for your age you’ve got a hot body and your boobs still look great too,” Sarah said.

“I hope it’s genetic,” Katie said.

* * * *

Jon paced up and down in his apartment. It was the middle of the night and he couldn’t sleep. It was humid for this time of the year, but the real reason for his restlessness was he missed Maggie. Missed looking at her, hearing her voice, touching her.

Nicest thing about their time difference—he wouldn’t be waking her. He picked up the phone and dialled her number.

“Hello.”

He felt better already. “It’s Jon.”

“What time is it there?”

“Just past two a.m.”

“You can’t sleep or what?”

“I was thinking about you.”

“How did things go with your mom?”

“I went to see her.”

“And?”

“I think she’s over her initial resistance.” If only that were true. He hated lying to Maggie, but what else could he do?

“Jon.”

“Yes, I’ve been thinking about you too.” He closed his eyes.

“My daughters saw a photo of you on my camera. They said you’re a hunk. I think Annie has her heart set on visiting you in Mallorca now.”

“Tell her not to bother because I’m spoken for.”

“Yeah, by who?”

“I think you know.”

“This is tough, isn’t it?” Maggie asked.

“What is?”

“Us, our time difference, the fact we’re miles apart and I want you to hold me, kiss me, make love to me again.”

He closed his eyes. Maybe he’d have to make that trip to see her before December. “Let’s make a date for tomorrow night your time,” he said.

“What?”

“Phone sex. Let’s try having sex over the phone.”

“I’ve never done anything like that… I assume you have.”

“Never, so it will be a first for both of us.”

Chapter Ten

Katie had invited Maggie over for supper on Sunday night but she’d declined. Of course, she hadn’t told Katie the real reason for turning her down. Even her liberal-minded daughter might find it hard to believe that her mother would rather spend the evening at home having phone sex with Julie’s son than dine with her oldest child and her family.

The phone rang at the exact time Jon had promised to call her.

“Hello,” she said.

“What’s the weather like in Maine?”

“Raining with some thunder and lightning. What about Alcudia?”

“Hot and a little humid. So where are you?”

“In the living room. How about you?”

“Lying on my bed with nothing on.”

“Um, by the sound of it you’re ready and waiting.”

“Never been more ready in my life. You want to go to your bedroom and get naked too?”

“Heading there now.” Maggie stood and held the phone to her ear as she walked down the hallway towards her bedroom. “By the way, are you hard yet?”

“I wasn’t until I heard your voice. Not quite as hard as I want to be so keep talking to me.”

Maggie headed into her bedroom and slipped off her bathrobe while holding the phone to her ear. “I’m naked and getting onto my bed,” she whispered into the phone.

“My cock heard that and is responding.”

“Okay, so we’re both virgins at this phone sex thing. Any idea where we start?” Maggie asked.

“Let’s just relax, limber up our fingers.”

“Okay, doing that,” Maggie said, flexing her hand.

“Touch one of your nipples for me and describe it and what’s happening to your body.” He was whispering now and it made it all the more exciting, naughty almost.

Maggie reached up for her left nipple. “I’m running my finger across it. I’m rolling it between my fingers and it’s slowly turning into a pebble.”

“God, Maggie, I think I can see it.”

“And I want you to run your hand down your belly until it finds your cock and tell me what’s happening down there.”

“It’s a hot night, my belly’s perspiring. My cock is pulsating just thinking about your body. Now slide your hand into your pubic hair and find your clit.”

Maggie leant back on the pillow and did as Jon had asked. “It feels hot down there,” Maggie said.

“Give it a little rub with your thumb.”

Maggie hit a sweet spot and moaned.

“Hold the phone closer to your mouth so I can hear every little sound you make,” he said.

Maggie rubbed her clit again and groaned this time.

“My cock’s getting harder with each of your little noises.”

“Rub your hand over it,” Maggie said, pressing harder on her clit.

Jon groaned into the phone. “I want you to explore each of your tiny little folds.”