727 Cumming Ave. (Cherry Falls)

“You okay?” he asks as I let him ease me up to my feet. “You make it hard to keep my cool, little flame. You bring out the beast.”

“I like your beast.”

I smile as I stand, leaning against him, and he reaches over to wipe the mess from my chin.

The wind picks up and the first few sprinkles of rain start to fall as thunder rumbles overhead.

“Better get us back. It’s a school night.” He gives me a grin as he looks at his clothes scattered on the floor. “Get me dressed, little flame. Time to call it a night.”

I nod, the idea of dressing him nothing I’d ever thought about before. But as I start, a feeling of reverence and warmth courses through me.

When I’m done, he walks over and picks up my dress.

“Arms up.”

He holds it above my head and I do as he says. He pulls it down, zips me up and turns me toward him, pressing his warm lips to mine, holding me tight as he puts the boat into gear and we head back toward the light of the marina, leaving me wondering again if this is all just the most perfect dream, and at any moment I’m going to wake up.

Chapter 7

Mason

Even though this house doesn’t really belong to me, with her in it, it feels like home.

The night was more than perfect, and I want to let her know all the plans and dreams I have for us. I’m just not sure she’s ready. Not yet.

But I am, I know I am.

All the years of striving and attaining my goals feel like nothing compared to what I want with Jenny.

A life, a family, dreams and laughter and lust. She’s everything I never knew I wanted but now that I have her, there’s no life without her. So soon, I’ll have her bound to me. Legally.

But first, there’s a few things we have to sort out.

Watching her walk around the bedroom in my t-shirt will never get old. When we got home, I made us both some tea and we had a quick shower. I ate her cute, soft pussy until she gave me a good hard orgasm, then I toweled her off and she asked permission if she could go check her phone.

That made me feel like her king, and a sort of thunder rumbled through me as lightning flashed in the sky outside. I nodded, then she skipped off to grab her purse and check her phone.

She’s digging through her bag as I come up behind her. It’s nearly impossible for me to be in the same space with her and not touch her somehow, so I brush her damp hair to the side and kiss her neck.

“Dang, my phone died.” She pulls out her cord and plugs it into the wall over the dresser, then into her phone, and turns around, shooting me a smile. “I can’t believe this is happening.”

“What’s that?”

“You know. Us. I mean, three months ago, I was worried about my scholarship when thank goodness I found you. Now, I have the credits to graduate early with nearly a 4.0. I could just coast, take early graduation, but Almont Central is requiring me to complete the last semester or they won’t give me a full ride.”

“You can go anywhere you want.”

“What do you mean? I only got one full ride offer…I mean, okay, so Almont isn’t MIT or Yale or whatever, but it’s my only option right now.” She starts and I open my mouth to tell her I’ll pay for her to go wherever she wants, but at that moment her phone comes to life, dinging and pinging, and she reaches around to grab it.

It starts ringing with an incoming call almost immediately, and her eyes go wide. She holds up a finger for me to be quiet as she answers.

“Hi, Mom.” She gives me a tight smile and I see the tension growing in her face. She tucks a long red wave of her hair behind her ear as she nods, listening, then answers. “Yeah, sorry my phone died…” More silence, then, “Okay, so I guess it’s going well…”

She goes quiet again, and the tension on her face turns to darkness. She pinches the bridge of her nose and turns away. I’m not having whatever this is. Her mother may not be evil, but she’s been on the verge of neglectful from what I’ve seen and what Jenny’s told me so far. I touch the speaker button on the phone screen, putting it down on the dresser and turning her back around to face me as her mother’s voice fills the bedroom.

Jenny’s eyes connect to mine and the joy that was there just a moment ago has all but drained away.

“Doctor Morrison, mean Ronald, is going to get us a place here in Vegas! He’s opening a new practice and he’s going to rent us a house and move us here so I can be here for him whenever he comes to town! Isn’t that great?” Her mother’s excited voice makes my chest go tight. “So, I need you to start packing, sweetie. You’re good at it by now, right? This is our ticket, baby. I know you’ll have to change schools again, but it will all work out, I promise. Just get the boxes out of the garage and try to get as much as you can packed. I’ll call you in sick to school this week, so when the movers get there Friday, I’ll do the paperwork to get you transferred and we can be on our way! Isn’t that great?”