He walked up the stairs, taking his time.  Enjoying himself.  No need to rush.  She'd taken the fucking dog, too, so he had a free hand.  She had even left the lights on in the entry.  Considerate.  Maybe she was thinking of him…

A quick look into her office—he could come back to that.  Into the bedroom.  The big bed with its dark blue coverlet was gone.  That pleased him.  Thoughts of her in bed with Doug made him clench his fists until his nails threatened to pierce the latex gloves he’d been so careful to bring with him.  The fool didn't deserve a woman like that.  There was a new, smaller bed now with a flowered quilt, tucked in on one side, but still folded loosely where she had slept the night before.  He stepped closer and raised her pillow to his face, drawing in the scent of her hair and the smell of clean linen, feeling the pleasant response in his groin.  He thought how her clothes would feel against his skin, and almost, almost opened the closet, but that, too, would be a pleasure to save for later.  He smiled, knowing she had no idea how often he had come here, touching, watching her sleep, dreaming of what they would share, one of these days.  When he decided it was time.

On to Doug’s office.  Things had changed there.  The room was empty except for a box of books, a dog toy in the middle of the room.  Doug would never have let that stupid creature chew and drool on his floor. 

He knelt quickly beside the box and searched through the books, fanning each volume.  Nothing.  Only a bookmark from a shop in Redmond.  He replaced the books just as they had been and headed back to her office.

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