Chapter 168

The girls returned after a few hours, and it was still only two o’clock in the afternoon. They looked refreshed and relaxed. They were giggling and vivacious. Comparatively, I felt haggard, and they noticed.

"What’s wrong, daddy?" Kat asked.

"I just couldn’t sleep well," I said. "Tossing and turning."

"Poor baby," Jess said, coming up behind me on the couch and giving me a really nice shoulder rub.

"Have you had something to drink, darling?" Rita asked. "Because maybe you just need a little hair of the dog."

"Now, I have to admit, I haven’t tried that," I said.

While Jess continued to massage me, and Kat sat down next to me with her head on my shoulder, Rita twirled around and walked to the bar. She opened a bottle of Champagne, letting it pop dramatically.

"There’s nothing a bottle of Dom Perginon can’t fix," she said.

I couldn’t disagree. And when I took