Laura rolled her eyes. “I think it was you who tried to drown me the other day.” She looked at Carla. “She flipped me off my float.”

“It wasn’t on purpose. I couldn’t touch bottom. I may have panicked.”

“You think?”

Carla sat down at the table. “It’s so nice that you two are getting along. At first…I was worried.”

“You want something to drink?”

“Oh, a Coke, if you’ve got it.”

Laura looked at the clock, wondering if Cassidy’s company had left yet. “So…you had a free day?”

“Yes. Movie day for the kids so I thought I’d drive down.” She took the Coke from Laura. “Thanks. Anyway, I thought maybe you two might like to take in a movie too. Then we could grab a late lunch or an early dinner. You want to?”

Laura and her mother exchanged glances. No, she wanted to do no such thing! But she couldn’t very well tell her sister that she had tentative plans to…to have sex this afternoon! She looked away from her mother, feeling a blush trying to sneak up to her face.

“Well?” Carla asked again.

“I would love to,” her mother said in a cheerful voice. “But I think Laura Sue has plans.”

She turned her gaze to Laura. “What kind of plans?”

She swallowed. “Well, Cassidy has invited me over…to…to…”

“Laura Sue is in the pool all week, but when Cassidy is here, she likes the company,” her mother supplied, a smile playing on her lips. “And dinner too, so it would be nice to take in a meal with you, Carla.”

Carla eyed her suspiciously. “It’s Sunday. Doesn’t she go back to Dallas on Sundays?”

“She’s not working tomorrow,” Laura said quickly. “So…what movie are you going to see?”

“I don’t even know what’s playing. Are you sure you don’t want to go? As Mom said, you can get in the pool any day of the week. Of which I am very jealous,” she added.

“No…I already promised her. But you two have fun.”

“Okay…what’s going on? You’re acting weird.”

“I am not acting weird.”

“Mom is about to break out into a fit of giggles and you’re blushing!”

“Oh…God,” she murmured.

“She’s having sex,” her mother blurted out.

“Mother!”

“What?” Carla asked with wide eyes. “With the neighbor? Since when?”

“Since this afternoon,” her mother supplied with a smile.

“Oh my God! Laura’s got a sex date?”

The blush she’d been trying to keep at bay had to be lighting up her face like a Christmas tree. But she ignored it the best she could “You two are really ruining the mood.”

Carla laughed. “But that’s good, sis. I mean, it’s been a while, hasn’t it?”