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Even So

When it became clear that Bruce wasn't going to sit on her other side Contessa allowed herself to slide down and lean against Richard. The boy wasn't quite as tall as she was, unless she was in flats or barefoot and he was wearing shoes. Leaning on him should have been uncomfortable, but half stretched across the couch as she was made it work. For now.

Bruce perched on the arm of the couch beside Richard. "What are we watching?"( part 2 )

Just kick me while I'm [lazily] down...

In response to my question re editing, author marthawells wrote this response that only emphasizes my general laziness and reinforces my instinctive wish for readers. Argh.