Little Dove's very hot bath with James (excerpt continued)
James plopped a squared white bar with the word IVORY in the
water and it floated. She smelled it and it was sharp and woody. She rubbed the
bar over her arm, washed it off and licked it. It tasted clean and fresh.
“Come in and I’ll wash your back,” she said. Her eyes said something
else.
He stripped off his clothes and slid into the opposite end of the tub
and it overflowed, splashing water onto the darkly varnished plank floor. She
lifted his legs, one at a time, and washed them.
He turned around and she sudsed up a washcloth and washed his back. She
rested her head against him and reached in front and cleaned... [To find out what happens next, please read the book!]
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