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“I’ve never been to your place, and I’d love to see it.”
“Very well.” He drives for twenty minutes down some dark, winding roads until a house emerges from the darkness. Surrounded by hydrangea bushes, the gray Cape Cod-style home is a stunner. Large, but not overbearing. A wooden porch hosts rocking chairs and a swing. White trim lines the black front door, and I am speechless. He asks, “Are you alright? You haven’t spoken in two minutes, and I’m not used to silence with you.”
“This place is gorgeous.”
“Thank you.” He opens the door, and he has tastefully decorated the inside with pale gray, beige, and the occasional black accent piece. “Would you like the tour—"
But I kiss him instead. He tastes like wine, and I want more of that. This place is nothing like what I’d expected, and I’m glad he brought me here. It makes me think he’s gotten more comfortable with me. He takes my hand and leads me to his bedroom. The dark charcoal gray sheets beckon, and we kiss on our way there.
Once our clothes are off, I press him back to the mattress. I slide down his body, kissing all over the way he usually does to me. Then I take him into my mouth and savor the taste and textures of him there. In the weeks we’ve been hooking up, I’ve never done this for him, so his reactions are new to me. I love making him gasp with my tongue. It makes me want to do it again and again.
Soon, he’s pumping into my mouth, and I love making him feel good. But he groans, “Elsie, get up here.”
I oblige, and he pulls me on top of him just before he rolls us onto my back. He thrusts into me, and we cry out together, before falling into a new rhythm. His passion fills me up, and it’s as though I could live on it. On him. His energy and all his desire for me. It nourishes me and surrounds me, and it is everything I could ever need.
He stokes my fire with every move, and I am lost to the pleasure inside. When I come, he nibbles my throat, and it’s almost as though I come there, too. Wherever he touches me, I burn for him. Bliss cascades through my everything, and Beau clutches me tightly as he comes, too. As our passion winds down, he greedily kisses me, ready to start all over again. It’s hours before he lets me sleep, but when I do, I am dead to the world.
I don’t know what time it is when he wakes me, but it’s still dark outside. “Mmf?”
“Elsie, your mom is on the phone.”
My eyes pop open, and he passes me my ringing cell. “Hello—"
“Elsie, baby, I need you to come home quick,” Mom frantically blurts. “There’s been an accident.”
“What—"
“Your father, he fell off the roof and had a heart attack,” she sobs. “It’s not looking good.”
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BEAU
My heart races as Elsie gets the details from her mother in a calm, almost robotic way. Then she hangs up and shops for flights.
“Are you alright—"
“It’s… it’s fine. It’ll be fine.” She scrolls through, her eyes darting all over the pages. “I just need to figure this out.”
“Did I hear her right? Your father had a heart attack?”
“And he fell off a ladder,” she says monotone. “Okay, I think I’ve got it. I hate to ask, but can you drive me to LaGuardia?”
“That’s almost an hour’s drive.”
“I know but if I fly from LaGuardia to Philly at three, then I can catch the flight from Philly to Columbus, and Columbus has a flight to Braxton, which is a short taxi ride to my mom’s house, so I’ll be there by seven. If I drive it, it’ll be almost nine hours before I can get there, but this gets me there in five, so…” She shrugs.
“This is an emergency, Elsie. We’ll take my Cessna and be there in two hours. Maybe less. Get dressed.” I jump out of bed and throw my clothes on.
“What— no. Don’t trouble yourself—"
“I’m not asking. I know you’re not close with your parents, but I’m not letting you delay getting there any longer than you have to. Get dressed. I’ll grab some snacks—"
On my way out, I hear sniffling and turn around. Tears trickle down her cheeks, and I panic. “I’m sorry. Do you need to handle this yourself? Will that be better—"
“No. I just… ” She cries in earnest, and I sit on the bed and wrap her in my arms from behind until she calms down. “I need a tissue.”
