Wow - a lot of reviews this weekend - loving and hating Erica's change of attitude - thanks guys! It's nice to know you're still enjoying this tale.
SPOILERS - this week - Erica finds little support for her new mission, Marissa accepts Caleb's job offer and Bianca ad Miranda have their session with Dr Stanhope.
And this chapter... well it pretty much continues where the other one left off...
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Their love making was frenetic. Bianca's kisses were hungry and desperate, her touch, possessive… frantic even. It was like she was trying to make up for her mother's behaviour. To prove that there could never be a doubt or a question that they were meant to be. Marissa had never seen this side of Bianca before, so full of remorse and fire. She never knew Bianca still had this much passion locked inside that she had never shown. But it was a wilder passion, out of control, fuelled by her earlier anger; which may be why she had always kept it in check. Marissa knew Bianca hated it when she wasn't in control.
Eventually the desperation died away and Bianca became herself again, tenderness returning to her movements as she soothed with soft kisses any part of Marissa's body where she felt she had been too eager or too rough.
Marissa lay there breathlessly as Bianca eventually settled on top of her; accepting with a gentle smile the kisses Bianca planted on the corner of her lips.
"We should freshen up." she whispered, turning her head slightly in order to return Bianca's next kiss with one of her own.
"I don't want to move." Bianca moaned, tipping her head to plant new kisses on Marissa's collar bone.
"Miranda," was all Marissa needed to say to make her change her mind.
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While Bianca took her turn in the bathroom, Marissa finished dressing and began to tidy the clothes they had strewn over the floor.
Marissa sighed. She knew Bianca was still hurting from the words she'd exchanged with Erica. Marissa was hurt too; that the mother of the woman she loved could have so little faith in her. Why would she ever want to leave the most incredible woman in the world?
Marissa climbed back into bed and waited for Bianca's return. She was worried. Tonight's dinner had been a disaster and tomorrow was the day Bianca had been dreading since the moment of Miranda's birth. Bianca had said she was ready for it, that Dr Stanhope had helped prepare her for what needed to be said, but Marissa had heard her when she was yelling at her mother, that she was going through hell!
Erica's behaviour was the last thing any of them needed. And as mind-blowing as the last hour or so had been, Marissa knew Bianca was going to need a lot more than one night of passion to escape the pain of what was still to come.
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