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Friday, September 19, 2003, Jamal woke to the loud ringing of the alarm clock. It was at 0400. It was time for him to go to work. The ranger slowly placed his feet on the blue rug on the floor and felt the hair stubble on top of his head. ‘I need to shave before I leave,' he thought to himself. Reaching over to the antique bedside table, he turned the ringing alarm clock off before it awoke his angelic looking fiancée.

Patrice had gotten up in the middle of the night and now was wearing a royal blue satin midriff tee. Her knees were slightly bent as she sleep half twisted on her stomach. The sheer fabric outlined the curves of her ample breast as the light from outside softly cascade down upon her body. ‘Last night was a night to remember,' he softly said as he stood beside the bed looking at her.

Like in the rest of the house, Jamal's obsession with antique continued in the bedroom. Mrs. Ramsey had left an inlaid mahogany three-piece bedroom set that Jamal placed in the guest bedroom next to the master bedroom. This bedroom set consisted of a mahogany Hepplewhite high chest, matching Hepplewhite inlaid low dresser, and a full size exquisitely hand-craved mahogany bed with inlaid headboard, and a hand-carved footboard.

The guest bedroom across the hall contained a solid mahogany Chippendale bedroom set consisting of a large mahogany Chippendale high chest with Queen Anne padded feet, a solid mahogany vanity, and a solid mahogany full-size bed.

A lovely 1930's mahogany Kindel bedroom set furnished the other guest bedroom. The lavish bedroom set consisted of a matching pair of hand-carved mahogany twin beds, with two solid mahogany Chippendale night stands and one solid mahogany Chippendale dresser with a matching solid mahogany Chippendale high chest.

The master bedroom was furnished with a walnut Queen Anne dresser, a matching walnut carved Queen Anne king-size bed. The large master bedroom also had a Queen Anne vanity with attached mirror, and a beige Queen Anne chair with solid walnut frames. There were also one solid walnut vanity bench, a solid walnut Chippendale vanity, and a gorgeous Chippendale full-length mirror.

Patrice was curled up in a tight little ball on her side of the bed as he headed for the master bathroom. He quickly flicked the ivory colored light switch by the door of and inserted a jazz compact disc into the CD player on the bathroom counter. As the soothing sounds of Kenny G filled the eggshell colored tiled bathroom, Jamal reached into the shower, turned the water on, and slid the glass door closed.

While he waited for the water to reach the right temperature, he looked into the fogging mirror at his reflection. ‘Damn, I look just like my dad,' he thought to himself and proceeded to shave his face and head. Afterwards, Jamal stepped in the hot shower and enjoyed the pleasure of the hot water cascading over his muscular dark brown body for a long relaxing thirty minutes.

Just after Jamal's wet nude frame emerged from the steamy bathroom, he was greeted by the smell of hickory smoked bacon cooking on the stove. He hurriedly dressed in his heavily starched camouflaged uniform, grabbed his highly polished black military boots, and headed down the oak staircase. As the ranger strolled into the kitchen, Patrice was standing beside the gas stove cooking the last of the eggs. She carefully placed them on an ivory colored plate and gently placed the plate on the breakfast table.

‘Good morning, sweetheart,' Jamal said as he passionately kissed the back of Patrice neck and tenderly squeezed her behind.

Patrice was only five feet six inches tall and Jamal was over six feet three. She turned to face him and placed her semi nude body against his body. She rose on her toes and kissed him on the lips. With her caramel arms wrap around his neck, she glazed into his black eyes and replied, ‘ Well, good morning to you, soldier. I have already made your breakfast and the espresso will be ready in a few minutes.' She playfully saluted him and returned to the stove to cook the pancakes.

Copyright 2007 Reginald Levi Walker
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