Chapter 38

Kate's eyes widened in surprise. Her breath hitched. She felt his left arm close quickly around her throat. A startled cry escaped her. Adrenaline fired through her blood stream. She gripped the large wrist with her left arm. Her heart rate kicked up a notch. Her right arm was held firmly by his right hand. She felt and heard a handcuff lock around her wrist. Without thinking it through Kate prepared to tackle the hold. Her assailant anticipated her plan and gripped her tighter. He used his height to lift her off her feet so she was on the tip toes unable to break his hold. She heard his voice, his tone full of menace as he growled into her ear, his lips just brushing her skin. "I've finally got you."

Tingles soared down Kate's spine and goose bumps chased the tingles over her skin. "Castle." She groaned, a smile spreading over her face. He held her firmly to his solid body and she liked it. She inhaled, loving the feel of his large chest pressed against her back.

"Detective Beckett, you are under arrest for slutty misbehavior." His arm eased slightly about her neck and he let her down to the floor. She found he suddenly had hold of her left hand and he pulled it behind her. She was cuffed. "And I see you have been caught in the act." Castle stated. He stood her down the floor by his hands on her upper arms and peered down the back of her body. She wore a deep purple bra with matching thong panties, her bare buttocks firm. He growled in primordial tones, a sound Kate rarely heard from him. She felt his hand cup her buttock.

"Officer, what are you going to do to me?" She asked her voice full of suggestion, opting to pay along with his game. He had been more than a handful the past couple of days with his flimsy attempts to handcuff her by surprise. A couple of times she had sat him flat on his ass but tonight she had decided to let his male ego win a round. Hell, it might be fun to succumb to his game.

Kate found herself spun around and roughly pushed against the wall of the walk in robe. Arousal, hot and urgent shot through her as she soaked in the sight of her lover, her best friend. His eyes were brilliantly blue full of desire to take her, to have her as his again. She loved him, adored his imagination and his continual increasing love of her. He slapped his hands against the wall at each side of her shoulders and moved his face toward her left ear. He breathed in her scent then released the oxygen from his lungs, knowing she would feel his breath on her skin, just behind her ear where it awakened the nerves and sent another tingle down her spine.

"You must be punished." He stated and laughed his smile wickedly mischievous. He cast his eyes down her body to the classy, expensive lingerie he had gifted her with. She'd washed and styled her hair, applied a little make up, just the way he liked it. "Slutty girl. You were dressing up to seduce me."

"I was getting ready to meet my date. You have entrapped me, officer."

"You're under my control now Detective."

She raised her left eye brow her eyes wide, dilated with want. His sneaky attack had actually turned her on. "Only so you could make a pig of yourself of me." She stated matter of fact. She puffed her cheeks, widened her eyes, then grinned and looked down to his boxer shorts, her expression similar to a naughty girl who was tempted to break the rules.

Rick laughed at her comment, her expressions. He put his hand around her waist and pulled her to him lifting her off the floor. He kissed her hard on her mouth moving forward until she was pressed between his body and the wall. She was responding harder than usual with her mouth, her hands unable to touch him. He pulled her away, by which time Kate's breath had quickened and her lips were filling in response to his.

"This way slutty girl." He said and took her by her left upper arm. He walked her towards the bedroom like a criminal, immediately feeling her reluctance to move forward. He grinned. She was playing the game. "Are you resisting arrest?" He inquired his right arm going to hers so he could half lift her along towards their bed.

"What are you going to do with me officer? I would be happy to let you spank me."

Rick coughed, surprised by her comment. Surprised she remembered the time he had said it to her. "I could put you away for a long time for your misbehavior young lady." He continued pushing Kate until they were at the end of the bed. Kate looked at the bed, at the items laid out. She turned to look at him over her left shoulder a very wicked look on her face. He instantly laughed understanding she was on the same page as him.

"Turn around." He ordered his voice unusually deep. He let her go as she turned, her chin held high with defiance.

"What do you want me to do, Mr Castle?" She asked leaning towards his face, her eyes flirtatious.

"On your knees Detective." He demanded. Kate lowered her eyes to his boxer shorts and seeing the growth materializing, she smiled devilishly, her hazel eyes returning to his bright blue eyes. "You are so naughty." He exclaimed. He cupped her jaw with both hands and hungrily kissed her mouth, pushing his tongue against hers feeling her response, her hips pressing against his. She moaned her tone full of want. They parted to breathe staring into each other eyes. She gave him the smile he only ever saw for him. It caused his chest to hum, his body to ache for her. It chuffed him that she was finally his, and she had totally given herself to him.

Kate bit her bottom lip her dark eyes surrounded by long eyelashes staring into his. She gracefully dropped to her knees her eyes staying with his. "Drop your shorts Ricky," she purred, licking her lips.

"Yes!" He replied and pushed his shorts down and kicked them away. He touched her jaw and kissed her mouth, hard and passionately. "Do you love me?" He asked his forehead against hers. He saw her smile and she whispered.

"I love you writer boy." She replied, her voice like cream to his ears. She closed her eyes as he stroked strands of hair from her face, loving the way his palms felt on her skin, her face, the way his fingers touched her. So many emotions and senses were responding within her but she was unable to put into words how he felt. Nothing felt better to Kate than the touch of Castle on her. Her blood was flowing rapidly towards her groin. She felt lightheaded, as she had back in the walk robe. Her loins ached for him, her muscles involuntarily contracted in response to her anticipation.

He smirked, recognizing her expression he saw more and more of late when he touched her. "Writer boy," he repeated and kissed her mouth again.

"You're meant to be punishing me." She reminded him in a whisper and opened her eyes to his.

"Oh yeah. But I can't, I'm hopeless at it." He brushed his thumb over her full lips.

"I know. You should be wearing the cuffs." She licked her lips, smiling as he stood straight, peering down at his erection. Kate followed his gaze her smile broadening. "I caused that?" She queried with a look of pure innocence.

"You know you did." He replied. "What you gonna do with it now you've caused this?"

"Come closer Ricky." She purred. "And you will find out." He obeyed her request. Kate smiled taking in the sight of his erection, what she could cause him to do. She felt the ache in her groin, the want of him to be inside her. She moaned and licked the tip of his shaft. She paused watching it pulse, releasing a sound Rick barely heard. She circled her tongue around the tip, taking him inside her mouth, her lips closing about him firmly. She felt his knee jerk reaction the second she clamped on to him, the length of her tongue taking the shape of him. She closed her eyes to focus on pleasuring him, ignoring his hands that laid gently on the back of her head. His fingers wrapped in her hair. She tasted him, smelt his scent. The ache in her groin increased, the blood rushed from her brain making her feel a little dizzier. She wanted to plant her hands against his thighs for support but the cuffs restrained her. Instead she used her core muscles to stabilize her body. She pushed him inside her more, his penis pressing against her throat. She coughed, pulling back a second whilst she adapted to take him. Her jaw relaxed and she pushed again, all the time rotating her tongue about his shaft and drawing her muscles against him. She heard his moans, his hold of her head increase. She tilted her head to take more of him, his hips started to move in response to her pleasuring him. She couldn't stop him from moving so instead she relaxed her jaw to accept him. He was so into it. He was pushing into her more and she worked him harder he eyes opening to look to his eyes. She paused a moment, released her grip of him and smiled, then looked back at his groin taking him back. She heard him murmur. "My slutty girl." She took a deep breath, pushed herself on him, taking him deeper into her throat feeling he was about to come. He was making his come noises already and his cock had become very hard. He exclaimed was coming. She tightened and sucked harder, her tongue working against him in a rhythm. His body shuddered uncontrollably as she brought him to a climax. He held her head firmly so she couldn't move any more over his sensitive shaft. She moved her tongue, swallowed against the tip of his penis which caused him to shudder more, making a noise. He pulled out of Kate and she released her jaw so she didn't hurt him. She smiled up at him, her lips and chin covered in his juices, her saliva.

"Did you like it?" She murmured her dark eyes looking up to him. He saw her tongue slowly lick her lips, tasting him and heard her moan in satisfaction. He nodded, "Oh fuck yeah." He grinned. "Get up." He ordered and lifted her by her upper arms to her feet. He covered her mouth kissing her like mad. He was feeling light headed but he could feel she was barely able to stand. He urged her back to the bed and laid her upon it. He lifted her higher up the bed and was at her panties. She had soaked through the material of her panties. He pulled them off and placed his hand at over her pussy. She was so wet and hot for him.

"Spread you legs. I want a bit of your stuff" He ordered and she immediately separated her legs. She put her feet to the mattress and lifted her hips to allow herself to put her arms in a comfortable place.

"Please take the cuffs off." She pleaded. "I was a good girl."

"No." He responded, glancing from her pussy to her eyes. His index finger slid straight inside her. She tightened around him, gasping at the sudden insertion. She smiled. "That felt good." She encouraged.

"Yeah?" He asked. "How about this?" His tongue brushed over her engorged clitoris and he felt her body respond to his finger.

"Don't stop." She urged and gasped when he sucked on her sensitive skin. His left hand slid up her body beneath the underwire of the bra and he cupped her right breast releasing a moan. He pushed the bra up off her breasts his hand moving between them and momentarily paused over her scar he could blindly feel the shape of nowadays. He moaned, pressing his lips to her clitoris, pinching, his tongue circling her tender, sensitive organ. She was trembling in anticipation of where he was going to take her. He saw her fingers grabbing at the blankets. He removed his finger and let his tongue roam her pussy making his way to her being, pressing his tongue against the tender skin, inside of her. His finger circled her ass teasing her. He reached for the toy he had laid out and checked she was wet enough smiling when he saw she was more than ready to take it. He smiled to her eyes.

"You ready for the hare?" He inquired.

"Castle." She growled seductively. She felt him push inside her, not waiting for her. Her eyes widened and her hips instantly rolled to take the shape. He waited for her to adjust to it and turned it on. She laid back closing her eyes. "Oh my god," escaped her when she felt his mouth return to her.

"And it's just starting he said listening to her.

Almost 10 minutes later Rick decided it was time to topple Kate over the edge. His play became more serious. Kate's body started to tremble initially as her muscle tightened in response to his stimulation. He thanked god no one else was in the house when she started to climax the first time. She threw her hips in the air in an attempt to throw him off her the intensity was so high. Her body shuddered through the first wave. Rick held her pelvis to the bed and stayed on her pushing her into a second wave of orgasm. She collapsed to the bed panting rapidly. She rasped out more several times when he was about to stop so he continued by taking the toy from her. He replaced it with his finger, taking her to third and fourth waves of orgasm.

"Trust you to want a drink in the middle of it." Castle grumbled as they walked down the stairs. He held her left upper arm in case she tripped. "Just as I was about to pull off the next stage…"

"We're more than half way Castle. I've come four times, you're gonna be up for your second very shortly. It's simply an interval."

"Interval my ass. Interruption is a better word." He replied. He mimicked. "I'm thirsty Castle."

"I am." She replied matter of fact.

"As I am about to …."

"Yes writer boy." She snapped.

"As soon as you have this drink, you are back up on that bed your tail in the air Honey." He shot back at her. He was still sporting an erection he didn't want to lose. He let go of her hand at the base of the stairs and hit the icon on the control panel to switch on the lights in the kitchen.

Kate grinned thinking about that. "Drink and muffin please, Ricky." She fell behind him as they progressed to the kitchen, in her lingerie, her arms cuffed behind her back. She checked his butt out on the way.

"Checking out my ass again Beckett?"

"No!" She snapped back. "Drink and muffin Castle."

"Deal was a drink Beckett." He opened the fridge door leaning his forearm on the door and adjusted his boxers feeling uncomfortable. He looked over his shoulder to her face. Her cheeks were rosy from their love making. She had begged for a drink which he as ok about but he knew if he left her upstairs alone she would get out of the cuffs and surprise attack him on his return. So she had to come with him. She was thirsty because of the amount of action and noise she had been making, crying out his name as she climaxed. It turned him on listening to her, but feeling her body shudder through her waves of multiple climaxes tripped him out like a drug.

He shifted his mind back to the present. "What drink do you want my slutty girl?" He asked grinning cheekily at her because he knew she couldn't hit him with her hands cuffed.

"Water and blueberry muffin please," she moaned in thought tilting her head to the right to soak in the sight of his ass as he bent over to search the shelves of the fridge for the muffin container. "Slutty girl needs the energy to keep up with the butched up Castle," she stated and pouted her lips to stop herself from laughing.

Rick bumped his head on the shelf. "Whoa. Butched up?" He squawked.

"Metro man." She teased. "All butched up."

He stood up and turned to pass a bottle of water to her, then looked at her expression, because her hands were locked behind her back. He grinned. "I like it, that you think I'm butched up." He shut the fridge door and put the container and bottle on the counter. Make her wait. Disappointment fell across her face at the sight of the water gone. His hands went around Kate, his palms grabbing her buttocks pulling her against his hips. She gasped at the roughness of his grasp, the hardness of his cock against her pubic bone. She smiled wanting more of this side of Castle. He attempted to kiss her mouth, chasing her as she playfully fought to keep him off her without her arms to help. She giggled as he bit her neck, leaving his mark on her skin by her clavicle. "I love that part of you." He whispered, his tongue brushing over it.

"Let me have my drink." She ordered. She squealed as he lifted her off the floor stepping back a step or two thinking about sitting her on the kitchen counter so he could fuck her right there. He let her go back to the floor so he could move his arms on her to enable him to turn and lift her onto the counter. Kate laughed devilishly aware of what he was thinking about.

"You wanna fuck me here." She said, inviting him to do it.

"Oh yeah." He put his hands to her waist, his mouth finding hers. He could taste them on her lips. She had stopped responding.

Kate caught movement with her peripheral vision outside by the pool. She pulled away from his mouth and her expression became serious. "Oh my God!" She whispered glancing to his eyes.

"What?" He dropped his hands off her and spun about following her gaze. "Oh shit! Duck!"

"No!"

"Kate, hide!" He pushed her down to the floor dropping with her. Kate glared at him exasperated with his school boy reactions.

"Why are we hiding?" Kate asked crouched and leaning against a cupboard. "This is your house," she reminded him.

"They can't see us like this!" Rick replied pointing at the fact Kate was in handcuffs, and he was sporting an erection.

"You need save that for later," she ordered glancing down to his erection, "and retrieve the key Castle." She shot back at him.

"I can't!" He replied. "It's too late!"

"You think? Let's look." They broke their stare and moved high enough so they could peer over the kitchen counter to the sight outside on the patio of Richard's mother with Marley. They had been kissing and were still at it: seriously at it. Castle and Beckett looked to each other both wearing the same expression of shock and disgust.

"Oh my god! This is so wrong!" He whispered to Kate who screwed up her face in agreement. They dropped down again below the height of the counter staring at each other, processing what they had just seen. "I think I've been scarred."

"Castle." Kate hissed. "But me too." They sneaked another look to see things were definitely heating up by the pool. Kate snickered. Rick covered her mouth to muffle her laughter. He held up the index finger of his other hand hushing her.

"They can't see us." He whispered.

"They're gonna come in." Kate whispered back. They stole another look, slightly fascinated by the actions of his parents. Martha and Marley were talking in an embrace. He stroked Martha's face just as Castle did. It didn't go unmissed with Kate, who felt her heart pick up its pace in response to that image. She looked at the man she adored, understanding completely why Martha was out there with his father.

"My mother and father were kissing." Rick murmured in disbelief and shuddered in disgust.

"Poor Castle. This is hilarious." She flopped on the floor giggling helplessly at the sight of his expression.

"Will you stop it Beckett. This is so not funny." He whispered angrily and peaked back over the counter.

"I find it kind of funny, I find it kind of sad." Kate giggled.

"How so?" He asked.

"They're funny, you're sad that you find it hard to take." She teased.

"This is my mother!" He replied. "I don't need to see this."

"Castle." She growled. "Grow up."

He glanced to Kate. "You're telling me to grow up after what I just did to you upstairs?" He asked horrified by her comment and turned his attention back to the patio.

"Point." She agreed. "That was good."

"Not a good time to assess my performance Kate, but thank you. I'm flattered." He gave her a smile. "You put on a good show too."

Kate grunted in response still finding it all very funny.

"Oh fuck!" He dropped down glaring at Kate's face with wide eyes.

"What?" She stopped laughing

"They're coming inside." He hissed pushing down his penis.

"No! Castle I'm cuffed." She whispered in alarm. She was panicking.

Rick started to laugh now that her giggles had stopped. "Now who thinks it's funny?"

"Not me. I'm still thirsty Castle."

He looked to her in disbelief. "Are you for real?" He asked.

"Thirsty Castle." She demanded.

He reached for the bottle of water, twisted the lid of the bottle and tipped it to her lips. She keenly drank the water downing several gulps. She pulled away water spilling down her chin. She looked at him. "Muffin." It was brutally ordered.

Richard swallowed nervously. "They're coming in here and you want a muffin." He rhetorically queried, listening to his parents voices coming closer. The door was locked but Martha had a key. He saw Kate's determined expression. "I'll get the muffin." He nervously said and half stood peering over the counter to see how they were progressing. "This is sick. They're still kissing."

"It's not like they haven't done it before Castle." She replied glaring at him.

"Ewwwwwhhhhhh." He shuddered again. "That is all wrong Beckett." He hissed.

"Well?! Where the fuck do you think you came from?"

"I really don't want to think about that." He replied. "Another thing I will need therapy for."

"I'm sure you will get over it." She said reassuringly.

"Ya think?!" He reached up to the counter, grabbed the container of muffins and crouched back down, ripping off the lid. "What flavor do you want again?"

"Blueberry." She replied already spotting one. He fumbled to find a blueberry muffin. "Geez Castle, second from the left nearest you." She impatiently told him. He spotted it and broke a mouthful off that he shoved into her open mouth. She mumbled thanks, her eyes sparkling at him.

"That was really good that thing you did before." He muttered reminded of when she had taken him in her mouth. She swallowed.

"You liked it?" She asked cleaning her teeth with her tongue. She swallowed again.

"Yeah." He grinned. "A lot." He leaned to her and kissed her mouth tasting the muffin. "Do you want the whole thing?" She nodded. Rick tissed. But he took out the muffin and put the container back in the fridge. He sneaked another peak to the patio. His parents were still kissing. "They're still at it." He hissed screwing his nose up.

"More." Kate whispered only interested in eating. He put the muffin to her mouth so she could take a bite.

"What is it with you, sex and muffins?" He asked curiously. She shrugged her shoulders. "Eat faster Beckett." He ordered and Kate kicked at him. He squawked in response, then glared at her. She swallowed.

"You put us in this position." Kate whispered in defence. "Go get the key."

"It's too late Babe. Can't you slide out of them?"

"They're police cuffs."

They silenced, hearing the noise of a key being pushed into the lock. They heard laughter then silence. "Stand up." Castle said. "We have to act normal." He stood with a bottle of water in one hand a half eaten muffin in the other. He heard Kate growling in anger. "Pretend its normal." Rick repeated. He took a bite of the muffin because it smelt so good and had tasted delicious on Kate, then leaned over and pushed the rest of it into Kate's mouth. She was glaring at him. "God these are good muffins, after sex." He stated and swished it down with a mouthful of water. He offered her water, but her mouth was already full of food.

He turned to see the sliding door open with Marley's hand. Rick stood calmly at the counter, trying to act as normal as he could, glad he had put his boxers on before he had descended the stairs. He reached over and with a hand around her right upper arm, he hoisted Kate to her feet and pulled her over until she was in front of him, her cuffed arms concealed by his body. He also thanked God he had redressed her in the lingerie. No different to her bikini, but she didn't share that opinion for some reason.

"Castle, I'm in my underwear." She hissed. She smiled as his parents stepped into the house and sighted them in the kitchen.

"Richard, Kate. You're up!" Martha greeted. Castle instantly knew his mother had downed a few wines.

Kate stood up erect and grinned to Rick's parents, her expression as guilty as hell. Rick on the other hand was totally relaxed. He wrapped his right arm firmly about her waist drawing her closer, his chin to her left shoulder. He couldn't believe how hopeless Kate was at hiding their in discrepancies.

"Hi guys. Did you have a lovely evening?" Rick asked. He sobered when he felt Kate's hands at his groin. He pulled away before she did something bad, glancing to her eyes, like what the fuck!

"Lovely evening. You should take Kate to the restaurant one day." Marley responded casting a curious eye over his son and Kate.

"I will one day." Rick replied his voice going high in response to Kate's actions. He gave Kate an affectionate squeeze, feeling how tense her body was compared to her busy fingers.

"Looks like you two are having a fun night." Marley remarked. Something fishy was going on between them. Both of them were in their underwear having obviously left the bedroom for a little snack. It was easy to see Kate was very uncomfortable in her appealing lingerie even though it covered more skin than the bikini had that afternoon. Marley thought that if Rick was buying clothing for Kate, he would have to give his son a slap on the back with approval. The man certainly knew how to dress women.

"Sure am." Rick replied excitedly. He grunted when Kate kicked a heel into his left shin. Kate grinned.

"Captivating time," she muttered. Castle laughed tugging on her cuffs with his left hand.

"We should go back to bed Honey." He offered.

"Yes. Great idea." She nodded, pressing herself into his body. "The water." She hinted. He picked up the bottle. If she continued to play with his cock as she was, he was going to put his hand between her thighs, which he knew would cause her to squeal.

"Be careful." He whispered as a warning his hand feeling her up near her crotch. Kate's reflexes put her to her toes momentarily. She immediately dropped the fondling, understanding him. "Good girl." He breathed into her ear and heard her hum a response. He understood he was in the shit.

They all heard the front door open and a noisy Alexis talking to someone.

"Oh God." Kate whispered. "I'm gonna pass out." She was so embarrassed already and awareness that Alexis had company was sending Kate over the edge.

"No you're not. Stay here." Richard whispered back, now thinking this was hilarious. He knew Beckett was going to drown in this situation, firstly because she was in the kitchen in her underwear but mostly because she was cuffed and Alexis was about to find out. As Rick knew he could conceal the problem of the handcuffs by keeping Kate close to his body, he wasn't particularly worried anyone would notice their little secret.

They all heard Alexis bid farewell to whoever it was had dropped her safely home. They heard the deep voice of a male and Alexis' girlish giggles. It prickled the nerves in Rick's spine. Kate felt his body respond to the male voice. She smiled, not able to resist the opportunity. "She likes him." Kate whispered deliberately to rouse Rick's fatherly concerns.

"Not funny." Castle said back quietly, wanting to go to the door to see who was dropping off his daughter, but he was restrained by the fact he only wore his boxers. Secondly, if he was to abandon Kate, leaving her standing alone in the kitchen handcuffed he knew his life wouldn't be worth living once she had him alone. Solution he opted for was to go to bed. Alexis was home, safe and now an adult. He had to trust her. "C'mon Katie." Richard said. "We need to leave these two alone."

"Great idea." Kate agreed. She smiled to Martha and Marley. "I will see you both the morning." Kate said as calmly as she could.

"Good night." Castle said. He playfully picked her up from the waist and grinning to his parents, carried Kate out of the kitchen to the stairs. At the base of the stairs they bumped into Alexis who was trying to sneak past her father to go straight to bed. At the sight of her, Castle almost dropped Kate to the floor.

"Your lipstick." Rick said putting his hand to his own mouth indicating Alexis' lipstick was out of sorts. It was smudged all over her mouth. Rick was quite rattled by it. Alexis wiped the back of her hand over her mouth glaring at her father.

"You're naked." Alexis replied. "Both of you." She stated looking between Kate and her father.

"Don't change the subject."

"Go get dressed!"

"Who dropped you off?" Castle chose to ignore his daughter's comment.

Kate grinned, thinking the whole scenario was funny and she was completely sober. Rick the parent of a daughter he was attempting to reprimand, with his own girlfriend with them in her lingerie and handcuffed. Great job, Rick. It was also a reminder of when she was the same age but she had been a lot worse than Alexis was. She would have to talk about it with her father one day, get his point of view of how rebellious she had been as a teenager.

"Mike Kennedy." Alexis spat out.

"Why didn't you bring him in, introduce us?" Rick asked.

"It's a good thing I didn't." Alexis replied pointing to her father's nudity.

"This family shares way too much." Kate stated and pushed backwards into Rick. "Let's talk about his in the morning.

"I will talk to you in the morning." He said to Alexis and turned about, urging Kate to the stairs. He concealed the cuffs by staying behind her. Kate hurried up and at the top she ran ahead into his room. As soon as he followed her in, he shut the door. He leaned on the door a moment, gathering his thoughts, staring at Kate who stood looking at him. Seconds later, the two of them started to giggle.

Downstairs, Martha and Marley stared at each other listening to the noise of the three younger people all heading to their bedrooms. Marley smirked when he heard the second door close looking at Martha's blue eyes. They could barely hear Richard and Kate laughing then seconds later they heard Kate's squeal and cackles of laughter ordering Castle to put her down.

"She is such a noisy girl with him." Martha laughed.

"Richard brings her out of her shell." Marley commented. "But she certainly loves him."

"That girl has had my son under her spell since the day he laid his eyes on her."

Marley chuckled. "Yes. It's easy to see. The night I saved her. She fell in the car, scrambled up in the seat and glared at me. She was scared and had been spooked. She was breathtaking." He smiled. "Then she opened her mouth and I copped it."

"She sorts him out." Martha replied, pausing when she heard a squeal followed by contagious laughter. "I think he's like you." She said to Marley.

Marley chuckled listening to the sounds still emanating from the upstairs room. "Did you happen to notice Kate was handcuffed?" He asked a coy smile creeping over his face.

"I was shocked to see her in her underwear, but after the other night I dismissed it as normal for these two. They slept out by the pool a few nights ago naked except for throw rugs they slept under. Those two are as bad as we were." She smiled. "Handcuffed?"

"Oh yeah, she was cuffed." Marley laughed aloud.

"I would rather be hearing them like that," She pointed to the ceiling, "than seeing her carried into this house like she was a few weeks ago." She paused. "It was just horrible."

"I agree." Marley looked to the ceiling hearing their movement over the floor. He reached out his hand to Martha's. "Why don't we skip that coffee and go to bed?" He asked. "For old time's sake."