by Arden, Dana
We are sitting in the living room going through the baby album of the twins that Dani graciously let me bring home to show them more of the kids’ lives. My mom hasn’t stopped crying since we opened it to their newborn pictures.
“I can’t believe how much they look like you and Dani.” My mom croaks.
“It’s mind-boggling. You should have seen them at their birthday party yesterday.” I pull out my phone and start flipping through pictures of yesterday. I even took one of Dani on top of Trigger.
“What are they doing to Tanner?” My dad asks in uncertainty.
“Just know that he deserved it and Tate and his best friend exacted revenge because Tanner decided to declare war on Dani. Tate is extremely overprotective of Dani. He even questioned whether Tanner’s mom, Queenie, taught him to respect women.” I chuckle.
“Well, Tate’s revenge is justified. We taught you the same thing. It reminds me of the time you and Dani were in second grade and that Moreno boy pushed her down on the playground at recess. We had to come to the school because you punched him in the nose.” He appears to be lost in thought. “I feel terrible for the way we treated her that day. We should’ve been able to see through Samantha and I’ve regretted it.” He state shaking his head.
My mom is patting her eyes dry with a tissue and looking at a picture on my phone of the four of us together that I had her mom take after we ate cake. “You all look very happy in this picture. Do you think Dani would let us come and visit when you go back down there?”
“Ma, she’ll be fine with that. She just wants the kids to be happy. She didn’t stop me at all from getting close with them. I only had one issue and that was with Rory and Dad if you are ever there for bath time, do not go in the bathroom when she is in there.” My dad looks at me mystified.
“Why? She’s little. She shouldn’t be in there by herself.” He states.
“I had bath duty on my second day with them and she yelled at me. She was screeching that I wasn’t allowed to see her goodies and she didn’t stop until the door was closed behind me, so that is your warning.” Both my parents bust out laughing.
“Points to Dani for making sure that Rory knows that her body is sacred. If she grows up to look anything like Dani does now, you two are in big trouble. Dani was a pretty girl, but she has grown into an attractive woman.” My dad verbalizes with a grin on his face.
“Yeah, I know. Jobe tried to talk about that when I was there and I couldn’t take it then and now isn’t much better.”
My mom starts speaking when my phone vibrates in her hand. “Oh, Dani is calling.”
I answer it, “Hello, baby girl.”
“Daddy, its Rory.”
“Hey, baby. What are you doing?” I utter nervously.
“Nothing, I took momma’s phone so I could call you. When are you coming back home?”
“Baby, I’ll be back in a few days. Can I talk to your momma?”
“Yes.” You can hear her yelling through the house for Dani to get the phone. “Here she is. I love you, Daddy. See you in a few days, okay.”
“Yeah, baby. I love you too.” I say a little choked up.
“Hello,” Dani answers panting.
“Hey, baby girl. What are you doing?”
“I was on the treadmill. I didn’t realize that little stinker took my phone. How’s it going with the parentals?”
“It’s fine. They want to come back with me to see the kids. Can you give me some names of hotels that are close by?”
“They don’t need to stay in a hotel. They can stay here. We can figure it out.”
“Are you sure? I don’t want you feeling uncomfortable in your own home, baby girl.”
“It’s fine. They can help out around here. The kids want me to open the pool up since it’s starting to get hot down here already and if I get it done by the weekend they want a pool party.”
“Okay, I’ll let them know. Has Jolene showed back up yet?”
“Yeah. She showed up here probably ten minutes after you left. She said she had a family emergency. Her phone died and she forgot her charger. Everything is fine, but I’m still going to interview new girls just to be on the safe side.”
“Sounds good. Let me know if you need help with anything.”
“I will. I need to get off here and get the mini-humans in the bath.”
“Okay. I’ll call or text over the next couple of days. Good bye, baby girl.”
“Okay. Good bye, Ry.” I look up to see my parents staring at me.
“What?”
“Nothing, son. You still love her don’t you?” My pops states.
“Yeah, I never stopped. Now if I could only convince her to give me a shot, everything would work out great.” I say exacerbated.
“You do realize you aren’t the only puzzle piece at play, right?” My mom states warily.
“What do you mean?”
“Well, we’re apart of what is wrong with this situation and if we don’t convince her to forgive us then she probably won’t give you a second chance. She is all about family now and your family deceived her.” She whimpers.
“Well then I guess you two better be making it right because ya’ll will be staying with her at her house.” They look at me like I’m crazy. “She said that it was fine with her if you were there. Plus she said she needed the help because the kids want the pool ready by this weekend for a party.”
“We can do that, son,” my pops says eagerly. “Sorry, I’m excited to meet my grandbabies.” He’s grinning ear to ear right along with my mom.
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The trip back down to Georgia was uneventful. My parents drove in my F250 and I rode down on my black Harley Breakout.
We arrive at Dani’s around dinner on Friday. Dani is at the bar, but her mom and dad are watching the kids. I’m a little edgy with how Jobe and Hope are going to act towards my parents, but I shouldn’t have been worried.
“Ryker,” Jobe greets me at the door.
“How’s it going, Jobe? You remember my parents, Doris and Todd.”
He sticks out his hand and shakes my mom and dad’s hands. “Good to see you two again. Doris, Hope is in the kitchen making some coffee if you would like some and I’ll help take your stuff to the basement.”
“Sure. Where are the kids?” My mom inquires.
“They’re with Trigger outside playing before they have to come in for a bath.”
“Oh, okay.” She states nervously.
“Let’s get all the stuff out of the truck and get settled downstairs so you can meet the kids. They’re excited to meet their Gram and Pops.” Jobe says.
“How do they know that we wanted to be called Pops and Gram?” My dad asks mystified.
Jobe says one word and it eases my dad, “Dani.”
We get everything situated downstairs and walk upstairs to the kitchen to laughing. When we get to the kitchen, everyone is at the table and Rory gets up and runs over to me and I pick her up and give her a hug and kiss on the cheek. I put her down and she walks to my dad.
“Pops, I’m Rory.” She hugs his legs and my dad’s eyes start to water.
“I know, doll. Your momma has been good about sending pictures of you and Tatum.”
She steps back and looks him in the eyes and crooks her finger, so he bends forward. She whispers, “He doesn’t like Tatum, so just call him Tate.” I chuckle.
“Got it, doll.” He looks over at Tate who is still sitting at the table watching him. He approaches Tate’s chair. “Hi, little man. I’m your Pops. Do you mind if I sit next to you?” Tate shakes his head and my dad takes a seat.
Hope speaks up, “Dani should be here shortly. Trigger just left about ten minutes ago to tend bar.”
“Good.” I mutter. I’m a little worried that Tate hasn’t spoken to me at all since I walked in the door. “Tate, how was school this week?” I say as I lean my back against the counter and cross my arms.
He gazes at me like he is trying to figure out my motiv
es. “Fine.”
“Are you ready for us to get the pool ready?”
“Yes.” Another one word response.
“Is something wrong, bud?”
“Something.”
Before I’m about to answer Dani clears her throat and Tate looks up at her. She has the best mom glare going on and Tate puts his head down. “Tatum Ryker, meet your father and I in the living room.” She turns and we follow her to the living room. “What is wrong with you? You were excited for your dad to come home, so why are you acting like a butthead?”
“Momma, he didn’t come alone.” He croaks with tears spilling down his cheeks.
“Tate, they are my parents and they wanted to meet you and Rory. You and I will have plenty of time together. Just think with more help the pool will be up sooner!” I exclaim.
“You promise.”
“Yes, bud. I even rode my bike down here so you, Rory, your momma and I could go riding. No more rock-paper-scissors.”
“Okay, I guess it is okay they’re here.” He says with his head down. I pick him up and hug him. He wipes his eyes and hugs me back.
“Go on back in the kitchen and get the girls so you all can take your baths.” Dani tells him.
He runs to the kitchen and I watch him from the living room give my dad a hug and then him, Rory and Lyla run to their respective bathrooms.
Dani and I walk back to the kitchen and sit down in the chairs the kids vacated. Dani looks at her mom and dad.
“Can you two help the kids?” She asks.
“Sure, baby doll.” Her dad responds and they both leave the kitchen.
My dad is the first to speak. “Dani, we would like to apologize for the part we played in you not being able to connect with Ryker as well as you leaving. There isn’t a lot we can say that could makeup for what happen other than we honestly thought everything Samantha was telling us was true.”
“Todd, I think it’s time that we sweep the past under the rug along with the rest of the shit that involves Sammy. Don’t you Doris?” Dani says serenely facing my mother.
“I would much appreciate it if the past wasn’t swept up, but permanently thrown in the trash. I want to get to know my grandbabies and because of my stupidity, I’ve missed out on a lot with them.” My mom utters shakily.
“I couldn’t agree more. Let’s make a plan for your time here. Tomorrow I have to be at work by four to help set up, so I was thinking we could get up fairly early, eat breakfast, and then get the pool straight so I won’t be lying to the kids about having a pool party on Sunday.” Dani laughs.
I’m very impressed with the way Dani is handling this situation. It could’ve gone in a completely different direction. We are all moving forward and hopefully all the past glitches in our lives will remain history.
Chapter 13
DANI
The rest of the night was without incident. Once the kids were done in the bathroom, we decided to have a movie night with all of us even all the grandparents. We swayed the kids’ choice from “Frozen” to “Boss Baby.” Thank you little baby Jesus, because there is only so much singing one person can take.
After the movie, we put the kids to bed and said good night to my parents, who promised to be back in the morning to help with the pool situation. I said good night to my guest and headed for my room, so I could wash the day off of me.
In the middle of washing the shampoo out of my hair, a click from the door handle being turned caught my attention. Once I’m able to open my eyes without being blinded by soap, peeking around the corner of the shower curtain stood Ryker, shirtless.
Slowly trailing my eyes from his broad muscular chest to the sizable bulge in his jeans to his sexy bare feet, I realize I’m panting. This man just has to stand there to get me wet and not from the shower. I look at his eyes and they are glazed over with lust.
“Ryker is everything okay?” I ask not sure if I want to know the answer.
“Baby girl, I think everything is fine, but we can definitely make it better.” He says as he unbuttons each one of the buttons on his fly.
“Ry, I don’t think that would be a very good idea.” I whisper.
“I think it’s an excellent idea.” He asserts as his jeans fall around his ankles and he steps out of them. He’s commando, so I have the full image of his well-defined eight pack, his deep V, and his spectacular thick cock standing tall and proud. He struts towards the shower. With every step he takes, his bobbing cock steals my concentration. “Baby girl, it’d be fantastic if you would back that fine ass of yours up so I can help you get cleaned up after I dirty you.”
I’m flabbergasted. He has just scrambled my brain and all I can do is drool over his impressive length.
I take a couple of small steps back making room for him. By the time he is under the spray of water, his mouth is crashing into mine. He tastes like mint. One of his hands is tangled in my hair at the nape of my neck. The other is moving down my back to cup my ass bringing me closer to his body. His cock is hard and pulsing against my stomach, which only makes my clit throb even more.
He stops kissing me and places his forehead on mine. “Baby girl, I’ve fantasized about being with you like this for the past eight years. No one has ever measured up to you. Please let me give you what we both want.” He pleads.
“What do I want, Ry?” I murmur with bated breath.
“You want my,” he picks me up by the back of my thighs and grinds his pelvis against mine, “big cock filling and stretching your tight cunt. You want me to pound into your pussy until it’s pulsating around my cock while we both can’t catch our breath.” He continues as his cock slides back and forth against my clit. “And after we both come down from the high I’m going to give you, I’m going to suck on that pretty little piercing you have in your clit until you come again and again. How does that sound, baby girl?”
“I think that sounds like a brilliant idea.” I whimper as he slowly carries me backwards so that my back is against the wall of the shower.
He lifts me up a little so he can position himself at my entrance and slowly enters me. He is stretching me completely. At first, it feels like my first time all over again, but then the pleasure and pain heighten my desire. Once he is fully seated inside of me, he stills.
“Fuck, Dani, don’t move.” He grits out. “You are so fucking tight I’m not going to last long.”
“Just move goddammit, Ry.” I tighten my pussy muscles around him and he loses control.
He is undeniably pummeling my pussy and I feel like I’m going through an out of body experience. After a few more strokes of his cock along my inner walls, I shatter and bite down on his shoulder. The pain from my bite triggers his own orgasm. He turns us and slides us to the floor of the tub.
We are silent for a few minutes before I start giggling, which ends up making him groan as he is still inside of me and I’ve started to tighten around him again with each giggle.
“Baby girl, it is not nice to laugh at a man who just pleasured you.”
“Sorry, Ry. I think its more nerves than making fun.” I confide.
“Why are you nervous?” He asks while looking at me worriedly.
“It’s just that I don’t want everything to fall apart and so far, all has been thriving. The kids are overjoyed. I simply don’t want it to collapse.”
“I get that, but you and I are overdue for our second chance. I believe with us together and on the same page, we’ll be stronger than we were before. We have survived the miserable, now it’s time to enjoy the happy.”
“I agree. Just like I told your parents, it’s time to forgive and forget and that is the only way we can move toward happy.”
We step out of the shower and wrap up in towels. I brush my teeth, dry my hair and put on moisturizer. I walk out of the bathroom expecting him to have gone back downstairs, but he is laying in my bed. I put on a nightshirt out of my dresser and head to the bed. I get in and curl my front to Ryker’s side. We remain silent until we
both succumb to sleep.
Chapter 14
DANI
I’m having the best dream ever. Ryker has his head between my thighs and is devouring my pussy. He’s tugging gently on my clit piercing. I’m about to explode, when I hear a grunt that isn’t me. My eyes flicker open and I glance downward to see thick brown hair bobbing up and down and then my orgasm hits me.
“Fuck, Ryker.” I moan.
“That’s it baby. Again!”
“I can’t.” I whimper.
“Baby girl, yes you can.” He growls.
He inserts two thick fingers webbing them open and covers my clit with his mouth. He’s stroking my G-spot vigorously. Within a few minutes, I detonate. I scream his name, which is muffled by me having to bit my arm to be quiet.
He slowly moves up my body and kisses my lips. “Good morning.”
“Yes it is a good morning.” I giggle. “Thank you.”
“Don’t thank me just repay the favor, baby.” He flops down on his back.
I slowly pick myself up and position myself between his legs. I take his cock in my hand and grasp it firmly. I move my hand up and down from base to tip a few times, and then put the head in my mouth swirling my tongue around it.
“Baby girl, that feels so good.”
I take him to the back of my throat hoping to avoid my gag reflex by still gripping him at the base. After a few passes, he grabs the hair at the nape of my neck.
“Let me fuck your mouth, baby.” I nod.
He starts fucking my mouth at a steady but fast pace and before I can prepare myself, hot jets of come are spraying the back of my throat.
“Jesus, Dani. I want to wake up like that every morning.” Ryker says breathlessly.
I lay down beside him panting. “I believe we can arrange that.” I kiss his chest. “Now we need to get our asses out of bed and start our day. A shower is number one on the agenda. Let’s go, big boy.” He smirks and smacks my ass as we climb out of bed.