His voice got louder, causing Dorothy's brows to furrow deeply.

"Keep it down, will you?" Everett took a deep breath, convincing himself not to continue this pointless argument with a drunk.

Patiently, he wrapped his arms around her, soothing her like he would his daughter, gently stroking her hair.

"Be a good girl. Drink this hangover cure, and you'll feel much better. Then get some sleep. The kids are looking forward to playing with you tomorrow." Perhaps it was the tenderness in his voice that did it, but Dorothy suddenly rolled over, pinning Everett to the bed; her arms encircled his neck and she nuzzled him like a kitten.

This gesture conjured a memory.

into bed and nuzzled him after he finished work and took his evening shower. It seemed like in this

sleep?" Everett rested his chin on her forehead,

was still evident through her

bottle of hangover cure on the nightstand. But as he turned back, the woman in

the buttons..." Dorothy's voice was a shaky mix of frustration and

drunk, and her actions

Everett was just a man! A man who hadn't indulged himself in

with a heavy rasp, "Let me go, and I'll help you change into your nightgown." "I don't want you to go..." Dorothy's drunken

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