CHASE HOME
He's done this a million times before,
ever since he was a little boy, but something about it feels very different
right now.
Jason
pauses, his finger lingering
over the Chases' doorbell. This shouldn't be any different ... but it is.
The idea of facing Don
and Helen seems a little strange, after what he
shared with their daughter
the other night. Not that they necessarily know
-- or that they didn't think it had happened already -- but he knows
it did.
His finger punches at the doorbell
and he hears the chime on the other side of the door. A quick moment passes
before he hears shoes clicking on the wooden floor of the entryway.
"Hey, you," Courtney says with a
smile as she answers the door.
"Hey, hey," Jason says, leaning in
to kiss her on the cheek. His lips feel a surge of electricity that pulls
him back to that night at the hotel and his smile widens.
"What do you think of the outfit?"
She does a turn, arms in the air, to show off the ensemble. She is wearing
a pair of tightly fitting black pants and a light blue halter top. Her
dark hair, a little bit of a curl added to the ends, is tumbling down over
her tan shoulders. Jason can see traces of body glitter on her shoulders,
back, and arms.
"Two thumbs up," Jason says after
taking a few seconds to evaluate. "Two thumbs very high up."
He continues to drink in the sight
of her, but eventually pulls his attention away enough to clap his hands
together. "All right, you ready to go? We've got a party to hit."
"Mmm ..." The change in her demeanor
is obvious. "Not quite."
"What do you mean?"
Her front teeth bite down on her
lower lip. "Um, we sort of have a giant problem."
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