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Stripes
May 15, 2005 16:26:28 GMT -5
Post by Shalimar P Fox on May 15, 2005 16:26:28 GMT -5
David smiled " sure only if you come along" he suggested and showed her to the table for dinner.
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Stripes
May 15, 2005 16:33:05 GMT -5
Post by slidershal on May 15, 2005 16:33:05 GMT -5
Riley's smile faded. She'd just trapped herself. How did Carter do that? Get the best of her like that?
"Lizzie?" she said. "Would you like it if I came along to the park after dinner?"
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Stripes
May 15, 2005 16:34:41 GMT -5
Post by Shalimar P Fox on May 15, 2005 16:34:41 GMT -5
lizzie looked up at her " really?" she smiled " you come with? she ran to riley and hugged her.
David made up the plates.
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Stripes
May 15, 2005 23:16:53 GMT -5
Post by slidershal on May 15, 2005 23:16:53 GMT -5
Riley couldn't help smiling at Carter's adorable little girl, who was having an increadibly disarming effect on her, the way she had wrapped her chubby three-year-old arms around her leg. She really like Lizzie. Maybe tonight wouldn't be so bad after all.
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Stripes
May 15, 2005 23:19:06 GMT -5
Post by Shalimar P Fox on May 15, 2005 23:19:06 GMT -5
david watched lizzy and never seen her act like that with anyone she never knew before usually she would cry and be pleading with him to hold her. He smiled and then called them to the table for dinner. He grabbed the booster chair and hooked it up in the chair.
lizzie took rileys hand and lead her to the kitchen/dining room
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Stripes
May 15, 2005 23:38:20 GMT -5
Post by slidershal on May 15, 2005 23:38:20 GMT -5
Lizzie reached up and took her hand.
"Come on Victoria!" she chirped in her little girl voice, which made her name come out Vic-tow-ia.
She followed, letting the little girl lead her to the dinning table in the kitchen. Oh she REALLY loved Lizzie. And she was impressed that Carter had raised such a lovely daughter.
Her smile faded a little as she again wondered about Lizzie's mother. She let her eyes casualy wander to look at Carter's left ring finger. She didn't see a ring there. But not all soldiers wore wedding bands.
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May 15, 2005 23:51:20 GMT -5
Post by Shalimar P Fox on May 15, 2005 23:51:20 GMT -5
David was strapping lizzy in her booster chair and kissed her head and headed for his seat when he noticed riley looking and probably wondering.
He looked at her " i dont have a wife riley she died years ago " he said clearly. " dont be imbarrist for wondering and looking"
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Stripes
May 16, 2005 0:15:02 GMT -5
Post by slidershal on May 16, 2005 0:15:02 GMT -5
Oh god...
She'd been caught. Her cheeks flushed again. And it wasn't even what he was probably thinking. She was not thinking of making a pass at him.
"I'm sorry," she said softly, not sure of just what she was sorry about - the death of his wife or the fact that she was wondering if he had one. She was feeling like bolting again, but she sat down stiffly at the table anyway.
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May 16, 2005 0:21:02 GMT -5
Post by Shalimar P Fox on May 16, 2005 0:21:02 GMT -5
" its ok no problem its ben a long time" he made lizzies plate and then handed some stuff to riley
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May 16, 2005 0:27:01 GMT -5
Post by slidershal on May 16, 2005 0:27:01 GMT -5
Belatedly Riley remembered to remove her berette, stuffing it into the leg pocket of her pants, and took her napkin from the table, spreading it on her lap. Lizzie, who was watching her, studiously followed suit.
Carter set her plate in front of her... Steak. Thick, juicy and very tender looking steak. She caught the smell of it and her feral side surged. She forced it back down. She usually had more control than that...
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Stripes
May 16, 2005 0:31:16 GMT -5
Post by Shalimar P Fox on May 16, 2005 0:31:16 GMT -5
lizzie ate most of what was in front of her and played around with the rest.
David watched her because he knew she liked to throw food at times and he prayed it wasnt today.
She looked up and smiled innocently which still made him worry
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Stripes
May 18, 2005 23:00:11 GMT -5
Post by slidershal on May 18, 2005 23:00:11 GMT -5
Lizzie wasn't the only one playing with her food. Though the steak smelled wonderful (her mouth was watering), she was too nervous to do more than poke at the meat with her fork and absently push the veggies around on her plate.
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May 18, 2005 23:02:13 GMT -5
Post by Shalimar P Fox on May 18, 2005 23:02:13 GMT -5
David looked at riley " something wrong?" he noticed she was barely eating. " would you like a glass of wine?
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May 18, 2005 23:05:10 GMT -5
Post by slidershal on May 18, 2005 23:05:10 GMT -5
"Nothing's wrong. And I better not," was her to-the-point answer to both questions. She fell silent and went back to poking at her food.
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May 18, 2005 23:06:14 GMT -5
Post by Shalimar P Fox on May 18, 2005 23:06:14 GMT -5
David nodded " ok" he grabbed his daughters cup and went to the kitchen to get her some juice.
Lizzie looked at her " dont like?
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