Thirty-Three

I can’t hear the other side of the conversation, but I do know that he sounds pissed. As realization of what he said kicks in, I become pissed as well. How dare he ask if there’s something going on between me and another man, and his friend at that? Has he really lost his damn mind? Oh this is one night that I will be very happy for him to fall asleep on the damn sofa. I turn and quickly walk back into our bedroom and pull out some boxers and a t-shirt for him and leave them in the guest bedroom for him. He doesn’t have a reason to come in here since he’s off from work tomorrow. I text him and tell him where to find his clothes then lock the bedroom door and climb into bed and watch television until I fall asleep.
The next morning I woke up to someone pounding on my bedroom door and couldn’t understand why at first. Sleepily I wake up and hear him shouting my name, knocking, and jiggling the doorknob all at the same time. Once I’m fully awake, I get up and go to the door and unlock it then climb back into bed and close my eyes trying to fall asleep again.
“So you’re locking the door now?”
“Well I was just copying you sweetheart. I’m going back to sleep so get what you need quietly please.” Again I try to sleep but for some reason he wants to talk now. I sit up in bed and just stare at him.
“What’s going on between you and Daniel?”
“Oh yeah you’ve lost your mind. I mean there is no other explanation for you even letting that question come out of your mouth.”
“Can you just answer the question?”
“Sure, I’ll answer your question if you answer mine.”
“Okay.”
“There is nothing going on between me and any of your friends or any other man. I’m with you and only you. If you haven’t noticed I’ve been letting my body heal from losing our child and haven’t even had sex with you so why would I do that with anyone else? Anyway now it’s time for my question. What’s going on with that waitress and you?”
“Nothing. I’m only with you. Why are you asking me that?”
“Sweetheart, no woman acts that crazy over a man she never had so do you want to tell me what’s going on?”
“We went to high school together but she never showed any interest in me all during high school and I never showed any in her. I did have a friend that liked her but of course she wouldn’t give him the time of day because he wasn’t popular or cute enough to be seen with her.”
“This makes no sense then unless you’re hiding something from me. Look, if you had a past with her I don’t care about that as long as it is in the past.”
“Okay we did go on one date and had sex when I was in college but she was just as shallow and superficial as she was in high school and apparently still is, so that was our first and last date. I actually had thought she moved away until I saw her at the restaurant the night we went out.”
“That must have been one hell of a date night.” He knew what I meant but he was smart not to respond.
“Don’t do that baby girl. We went to a movie and then had dinner afterwards. I did end up at her house but it was just sex. On the date, she talked forever about herself and then thought I was about to pay for expensive food and alcohol. She got upset when I told her to choose something else and said that I didn’t deserve a classy woman like her.”
“Well what is her problem now? I mean that was a long time ago. I’m going to need you to handle that before she or I end up in jail or dead.”
“Alright I’ll see what I can do.”
“I want Alicia and Micah with you when you do, so one can be a witness and I know Micah will have some legal expertise in case she tries to get out of hand. In the meantime, I guess now I have to find another grocery store to go shopping until all this mess is cleared up.”
“Well I’m off for my run and I’ll be back later.”
He quickly kisses my cheek and then grabs his clothes from the closet and leaves. I have no idea what is going on with us but I’m hoping we get our relationship back on track soon.





CHAPTER THIRTEEN

Halloween is at the end of the week and Alicia has dragged me to tons of stores looking for a costume. I have no idea why I had to come along. I’m not dressing up or celebrating in any way. Well, I do plan on getting a couple of bags of twix and kit kat candy and making his favorite cookies then sitting on the sofa and watching horror films. The last thing I want to do is deal with a bunch of people getting drunk at office parties groping one another. I rather see my coworkers how they are everyday and not their other sides.
The beginning of this month started with me almost going to jail and I’m not trying to tempt fate on this holiday. I actually can’t wait to sit on the sofa and act like a kid eating my candy and watching my horror films. He hasn’t said what he’ll be doing but the cookies will be there if he wants them. We still aren’t talking that much to one another but I’m hopeful since we weren’t talking at all at one point.
She finally finds the outfit that she wants and we leave to have lunch. After lunch we head back to my house and I start to prepare dinner while she tries on her outfit. I tell her that I don’t think she’ll make it out of the bedroom once Micah sees her in that outfit. All I’ll say is that it’s very revealing. That’s the sexiest cat outfit I’ve ever seen. After we talk for awhile she leaves to head home since she has to work early in the morning. I finish cooking and then start to bake some cookies for him tonight. I have more than enough ingredients to make him some more Friday so it won’t hurt. Once the cookies are done, I decide to take my shower since he’ll be home soon and I want to be out before then so I can make his plate while he’s in the shower. First I text him and let him know that I baked his favorite cookies and he texts back saying he can’t wait to get home. I kind of wish he was that excited to come home and see me but I’ll take what I can get for now. I head to the bathroom to take a shower.
I turn on the water and while it’s getting warm I take off my clothes and put them in the dirty clothes hamper and grab myself a wash cloth before getting in under the water. The warm water soothes my muscles and I decide to wash my hair while I’m there. After my hair is washed and conditioned, I still stand under the water letting it massage my neck and shoulders as I sing a song. Since my head is under the water and I’m singing, I never hear the door to the bathroom open or feel when someone steps into the shower with me. When I step out of the water and open my eyes, Jameson is standing there. I smile at him and he smiles a little back at me.
“Hey baby. I’m glad you’re home.” I wanted to add ‘even if you aren’t glad to be here’ since his attitude shifts from day to day. I never know who’s coming home from work.
“I’m glad to be home.” I just smirk at him.
“Probably because you want those cookies.”
“Among other things.” He seems to be flirting with me but I’m not entirely sure. I take a chance and pull him closer to me.
“What other things?” He doesn’t say anything but he grabs my ass and squeezes it lightly.
“Mmm you know better mister.” Suddenly he pins me to the wall.
“Do I?” He smirks and I look at him and smile.
“Yes, you do.”
He begins kissing me and moves down to my neck. I moan softly as he lightly bites my neck leaving hickeys. I moan a little louder as he moves back up to my lips and kisses me deeply. I kiss him back with the same passion but then he stops just as suddenly as he started and smacks me on the ass then lets me go and stands under the water. By now I’m breathing heavily and looking at him confused for a second then I frown and grab my wash cloth and body wash to start washing myself. He smirks at me and grabs my waist.
“Aww is my baby girl mad at me?” I pout and pull away from him.
“I need to rinse off meanie.” He pulls me back to him and grinds against me.
“Aww my baby girl.” I try to stay quiet but I end up letting out a soft moan.
“Mmm.”
“Is my baby still mad at me?” I moan and pull away watching him.
“I’m umm I need to get out of here and you owe me a massage now.” He had me so worked up that I was barely talking correctly.
“Well once you finish I’ll give you one.” Getting out of the shower he wraps a towel around his waist and heads to the bedroom.
After he’s gone I finish washing myself and cut off the water wrapping a towel around myself and head to the bedroom putting on a nightgown and panties, then I climb into bed. I don’t even notice until I’m laying down that he’s still drying off and he has his back to me. I stare at him, looking from head to toe whispering, “damn he’s sexy” and hoping he doesn’t hear me.
“Hmm? You say something doll?”
“Uh no baby?”
“Okay.” He finishes drying off then grabs some oils. I sit in the bed quietly watching his muscles as he moves and he looks over at me.
“Enjoying what you see?”