“Oh,” she said with a surprised look on her face, “I thought….”
“Come on, Dee. Let’s go to bed” he said, breaking his embrace and taking her by the hand to lead her to the bedroom. He paused for a moment to pick up the lamp in his free hand as they passed by, then continued on with Deedee hugged close to his side.
She looked up in her husband’s eyes and said as they walked towards the master bedroom, “You sure looked like you were enjoying yourself when you were sucking your thumb. Do you think you might still have some of your fondness for sucking left? I think I have something more appropriate for your age to suck.”
“Oh Really?”, he asked, “And what might that be?”