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“Okay.As long as you don’t attempt the Giant Stairway!I’d need an escalator to do those eight hundred or so steps.”

The men roared with laughter.

“Don’t worry, sweetheart, we won’t subject you to that yet.Thought we could ride down the scenic railway and wander around.”

Lucy gave an exaggerated sigh of relief and pretended to wipe her forehead.“Had me worried for a minute, guys.”

“But we will do it, maybe in six months or so.When you think you’re ready to tackle it.”

She looked at Jack critically.“How much can you lift?”She pointed at him.“You’ll be giving me a piggyback.”

“I’m sure that could be arranged, Lou.”

Lucy noticed that both men had taken to calling her Lou when they didn’t call her ‘sweetheart’ or ‘darling’ and she smothered a grin.

Jack had an appointment at ten with a prospective client so Sebastian drove Lucy home.He lifted her hand, kissed it, and put it on his leg while he drove.Lucy loved it.Since talking to him this morning and learning about his life, she felt closer to him.It was as if she’d delved into those hidden pools a little, and she liked what she was learning very much.

When they reached her house, he unlocked the door for her and arranged to pick her up early in the afternoon.They had decided to definitely go bush-walking.The kiss he gave her at the door was smoldering, making her cling to him breathlessly, her legs suddenly weak.She was awashed with her emotions.Lust, excitement, and tiny tendrils of love—all worked their way into her heart.

“Lucy, you’re amazing.I’d better go before I end up dragging you upstairs.I’ve got to get back and get Jack.Otherwise, I would.”

She looked up at him.So he felt it, too.

“I can see what you’re thinking, Lou.I feel so excited.This is special.I just know it is.”

Chapter Thirty-Seven

Lucy changed into somethingmore suitable for their planned adventure and waited until the men arrived around twelve-thirty.After buying hamburgers from one of the local shops in Katoomba, they drove to Scenic World to eat while looking out across the beautiful Jamison Valley.

Once lunch was finished, they caught the Scenic Railway down into the valley.The boys convinced Lucy to be daring.Waiting until the three could sit in the front carriage, they set their seat to ‘cliff-hanger’, which meant for them the ride would be at a steep sixty-four-degree incline.

It was the steepest passenger railway in the world and traveled down three hundred and ten meters through a short tunnel in the cliffside, emerging into the Jamison Valley floor and the ancient rain forest.

As they began the descent, Lucy thought it was fine until they dropped almost vertically into the valley.Gripping both men’s hands, Lucy screamed, partly in delight but mainly in sheer terror as they zoomed down into the rain forest below.

Their white-knuckle ride came to a halt and Jack grinned at Lucy’s face.

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