Beth can feel it when he comes, she can feel the way his muscles tighten, the way he thrusts deeper inside of her and she arches up into him, her leg still tight around his hip. As she exhales slowly, her arms relax around him and she turns her face into his neck.

She could lie here all evening, she thinks. Eventually they'll have to move, Carl and Judith will come home, but for now she's perfectly content right here.

"Wow," she says softly.