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“Why don’t we ask Nancy McNally to join us in the guest room tonight?” Jed nonchalantly dropped the question at breakfast.
His wife looked up rather abruptly.
Jed was delighted with the effect he’d achieved and tried to grin hungrily at her to see if that would rattle her chains some more.
“Good thinking, Jethro.” She wasn’t fooled a bit.
He looked at her inquisitively.
“And also very altruistic of you. I’m sure I’m going to enjoy myself, but I don’t think there’s much in it for you, though.”
Damn. He hadn’t known that she knew that about Nancy.
“How did you know?”
She smiled at him.
“How did I know you were interested, way back in the early 70s?”
“Well I …” He recalled how he had try to draw her attention without giving himself away too much. Abbey saw he remembered.
“That’s how.”
“She’s expressed an interest?” He was a bit scandalized.
“Not with so many words.”
“Well, she’s out,” he decided.
“Too bad.” Abbey sighed dreamily.
He poured some tea for her by way of consolation.
“Then how about .,” he contemplated who would shock her most, “How about Margaret?”
“Now that’s a good idea, pumpkin.”
“How so?” Jed thought it a terrible plan.
“Well, CJ was hesitating to bring Danny Concanon. But since we now appear to be expanding to fulfill some of Leo’s secret dreams, there is little reason to leave Danny out.”
“Danny Concanon?!”
“He has a nice beard. Imagine the possibilities.”
“He’s a reporter! Are you mad?”
“You wanted to bring Margaret.”
He mused over that for a few minutes “I could grow a beard.”
She laughed.
“I’m looking forward to that. And CJ will probably throw herself at you in the Oval.”
He grinned, liking the idea. “So that’s it then,” he asked, “just the five of us?”
She smiled at him, remembering that not a week ago ‘just’ the two of them was the extent of his desires.
“Well, I could very well do without Margaret or Concanon, and I’ll certainly not shock Nancy by bringing her to you. But now that you brought it up, I might just pay her a visit later on and see if I still get the signals right.”
He looked at her, not sure he liked it, but knowing he brought it on to himself by trying to outsmart her at breakfast.
“And that has nothing to do with the two of us?” he asked.
“Nothing whatsoever, honey. I’m yours forever.”
He relaxed a little, rubbing his chin and then grinned at her.
“Too bad I already shaved this morning.”