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I pull back and look into her eyes, resting ainst hers She brings her hands up and fra my eyes back up
I know she’s close, because she’s panting andeach time I thrust hoainst my lips "It feels so… so different, Baby" Shethat spot inside her that has a surge of wetness coating ht there is what it feels like to finally be ive her body what it’s silently begging for
Not long after she screams my na its delicious pain inher everything that I have in ers in the soft skin of her hips, thrust a fewin one last time, and roll so her body is laid out over ht walls still gripme not to leave
"I love you so damn much," she whispers in my ear
"I love you, too Always have and alill" I can feel her shtly around each other and our bodies connected, we both close our eyes, and for the first ti time, I sleep with complete peace
Chapter 19
Peace
That’s what this kind of love feels like My ether in co that I could just disappear I wake up, and the first thing I do is smile because I have been blessed
I still have some bad days Times when I freak out because of some stupid reason, but Beck is always there to re in the world he won’t do to keep me safe and happy
It’s been one week since we had our talk, and since then, we have spent alether locked away in his house so that the world can’t touch us He called Axel so that was standing between us I don’t think he’s happy about it, but he still told Beck to take some time off
Beck left for the office about an hour earlier, and today would mark the first day that ould be apart since he went in for hislast week I brushed him off when he asked me if I needed Maddox to come ith me
Truth is, I’ot to learn to stand on my oo feet without Beck to keep me up I have to take the steps to rid myself of this fear
The main reason I don’t want anyone here is because today, I’ to let them kno much they have completely ruined the first twenty plus years of le fucked up issue they have given et that they ever existed
After eating soht for breakfast, I settle on the back deck with the phone and a cup of whiskey flavored coffee Yeah, I need all the courage I can get
I stare at the phone in ers dial the ten numbers to connect me to my parents When I press the last number and place the phone to et ready
"Roberts’ residence, this is Collette speaking"
"Collette, this is Denise Roberts May I please speak with Annabeth?" I feel the instant need to wash outinside me to speak normally and keep the snark out of my tone I really just want to ask Collette if Ibitch of the house
"One moment, please, Ms Denise Let me see if the lady of the house is available for callers"
She has got to be joking The lady of the house? What a fucking joke
By the time I’m finally taken off hold and myup and just say the hell with it
"What is it, Denise? I’e, so can we make this quick?" I pull back the phone and dropdifferent? No I want to laugh when I realize how unnecessary this call is
"Well, Mother, I’e"
Her gasp co her hand to her chest in shock over her daughter’s ‘disgustingto , Annabeth, don’t you think?" She starts to speak but I cut her off quickly before I lose , you old fucking hag You ht be et to pick the idiots that decided to have sex once, and nine et to pick then, but I do now I’ve wanted to say this to you for years, but until recently, I didn’t have what I needed to , piece of shit, and I would have been better off thrown into the syste raised by you and Davison I hate you I’ve hated you for the last thirty-one years ofyou that doesn’t send me into a panic I want you to let Davison know that this will be the last time you ever speak to me From this day forward, you are dead to hter is dead"
I take a deep breath and squeezein place, and I know I’ up