Must Wait

by Ginger Sharp

  I shake my head. “Katie, you are very naughty.”

  She laughs. “Pedro, you were hotter than I expected. I am going to go out to Noelia now and let her finish me off.”

  I jump back from her. “What, Katie?”

  She laughs. “Pedro, this is your first encounter since your wife. I think we need time to process how we just made each other feel. I think we need more time, Pedro.”

  I look down at her face. “Please do not go to her, Katie. Please give me a chance to satisfy you.”

  She laughs. “Not tonight, you have guests outside waiting on you.”

  I nod. “Please let me be the one, Katie.”

  She places her hand to my cheek. “Sure, but not tonight.”

  I pull her close to my chest. “Please, no, no Noelia.”

  She nods, kissing me softly. “I will wait for you.”

  She pulls away and gets dressed. She slips out the door, leaving me in my bedroom. I sit down on my bed trying to process what just happened. I have only ever done that with Cyntia. Am I falling for Katie? I think I already have. I get dressed and I hear the front door open again. There is a knock at my bedroom door.

  “Pedro, you in there?” Parker speaks into the door.

  I open the door. “Yea, I am in here.”

  He smiles at me. “Everything alright? You do not look good.”

  I nod. “I am good. I think I am in love again.”

  He laughs. “Please do not tell me with Katie, because she just took off with Noelia. They were touching as they left.”

  My eyes shot open. “She promised me! Which way did they go?”

  Parker looks at me confused. “Toward the grain shed.”

  I run to the grain shed and then I hear Noelia’s voice as she talks to Katie.

  I hold my breath for a second before I speak, “Katie, are you in here?”

  I hear silence before I see Noelia walk towards me, leaving the shed and looking down at the ground. I walk into my shed and see Katie sitting on a bag of seed. I scowl over at her in the moonlight. “Katie, you promised me.”

  Katie smiles. “Sit next to me, Pedro, and I will tell you why we were alone. Also, that face, please, Pedro.” I move closer to her and notice that she is fully dressed and that I did not interrupt anything. My fingers find her knee as I sit next to her. “I am listening, Katie.” She sits up. “I brought Noelia here to let her down nicely. That there will never be a her and I. I think I found something that I am heavily attracted to. That would be you, Pedro. You make me melt when I see you. You make strange words come out of my mouth. I never felt this way about any man before. Plus, I was too scared of what my daddy may do to them. Mommy is more easygoing. She gets it. She understands what I see in you. She thinks I am going to break your heart though.” I shake my head. “Olivia gets it. You mean us being together?”

  Katie smiles up at me. “Yes. She is different. She likes her men to be strong and arrogant, very tough. So do I, Pedro! I guess she saw those qualities in you and your brothers. It makes her nervous, you know. Hopefully, Parker steps up and is able to make her happy.”

  I shake my head. “I do not get it, Katie.”

  She throws her head back. “Maybe just someday you will. Tomorrow is Sunday. I would like to go to the hill and make a phone call. Are you available to take me?”

  I shake my head. “No, I have church. Ask Olivia to take you.”

  Katie put up her hand. “No, please do not say anything to her. She does not want anyone to know where she is. I need to check in with my grandfather. He is worried about her. I need to let him know that she is very happy.”

  I nod. “How about tomorrow evening? I can take you up there then.”

  “I guess that can work, Pedro.”

  I pull her into my arms, cuddling as we stare at the moonlight.

  CHAPTER 5

  Once church is over, my family heads to the Cantina for family day. I look around the bar looking for Katie. I spot her off at the tree line where she is alone. I walk off to meet her as she walks further away from me. Once near the backside of the school, I find her sitting on the stairs. I sit one stair down from her turning to look at her. She leans down to me, grabbing my shirt. She pulls me to her as she kisses me boldly. She pulls away.

  “Pedro, I want to stay the night at your place tonight. Can you make arrangements for Ramón?”

  I pull back looking into her eyes, “Yes, but I thought you needed to make a phone call?”

  She nods. “Yes, but I thought afterwards about going back to your place. Once Mommy hits the couch, I will sneak out to meet you. She plays her iPod loudly, so she will never know I am gone.”

  I nod. “I do not think it is a good idea that you stay over. I am afraid of what might happen.”

  She laughs. “No, that is not going to happen, Pedro. We will have some fun, but then I want to breathe you in as I sleep with your secure strong arms wrapped around me.” I see the sincerity in her eyes.

  “Okay, I will make arrangements for Ramón for the night.”

  She smiles and then kisses me tenderly. She stands up running off back to the Cantina. I watch her, fully knowing how concerned I am when she goes back off to school. Knowing that she and Noelia share an apartment. I am worried and jealous.

  My heart pounds as I wait for her outside Olivia’s house in the dark. I had no problem getting Paolo to watch Ramón for the night. Paolo is a hopeless romantic like myself, but Lasaro is worried I will get hurt when she leaves. I see movement at the front door then I flicker my lights. The person moves towards me. I wait patiently in the balmy jungle night air. My passenger door pulls open and I see Katie standing there.

  She looks over at me. “Hey, Pedro.”

  I nod. “Hello, Katie.”

  She climbs into the truck keeping her eyes focused

  straight ahead. She glances over to me. “Let’s roll so I can get this phone call over with then I can ravage your body all night long, Pedro.”

  I throw the truck in reverse as I look over at my beautiful prize in my truck. We drive in silence as she pulls out her cell phone and looks at it. She reaches over grabbing my knee.

  “Pedro, I have five bars now. That should be enough for this call.”

  I stop the truck and power it off. I watch her face in the backdrop light of her cell phone.

  She hits a button then pulls the phone to her ear. “Grandpa, hi.” She pauses listening for a few seconds. “No, Mommy is doing great. I will have her call you Grandpa. What no? I do not want to speak to him. No, not now.” She sighs. “Hi, Daddy, you are at Grandpa’s house? Daddy, she is doing great. No, Daddy, please don’t come down here. She has moved on, no, really.” She listens as she shifts ears and her hand moves, tracing a circle on my knee. “Daddy, there are many strong men down here that will protect Mommy. No one is going to hurt her. She is not weak, Daddy. No! I will see you when I get home. Please just leave her alone.” She ends her call looking up at me frowning. “Pedro, I am ready to go now.”

  I drive back to my house, watching her closely. I glance over at her a few times.

  “Is your father that bad, Katie?”

  She nods. “Oh my God, yes. He is so controlling. I do not know what Mommy sees in him. Grandpa has not been his biggest fan either in the last few years. I do not understand why Daddy is there at his house. Daddy just needs to let her go and move on with Parker.”

  I glance over at her. “Why did you lie to him about Olivia moving on?”

  She smiles. “She will. Only a matter of time. Last thing anyone needs down here is my father stirring her up. She caves at the sight of him. Many times, she has tried to leave him, but she runs back to him every time.”

  I glance over to her again. “She loves him, Katie. All these years with two children. If he as abusive as you say, maybe he can love her the right way again.”

  Katie violently shakes her head. “Never, he will never forgive her for my brother’s death. He was blaming her years before it e
ven happened. She is better off without him. She does not need him messing with her head.”

  I nod my head, knowing that Katie has lived through this abusive life with her parents. Who am I to say anything more? I come to a stop outside my dark home. Katie jumps out of my truck and then looks back at me. She waits for me. I must admit I am scared to have Katie here again. She is very wild, but I have a hard time saying no to her. She looks back at me, waiting for me to exit my truck. I climb out and walk to my house door, letting us in. Katie follows me in again closing the door behind her.

  She looks around the kitchen. “Pedro, do you have eggs? I want to make us something to eat.”

  I smile over at her. “Yes, I do. In the refrigerator. If you want to use the milk up too. That is fine, but I must warn you that it is goat’s milk.”

  She smiles up to me. “I love goat’s milk. My parents love it too as well as the cheese. They would drive for two hours on a Saturday to get some from a farm in Pennsylvania. Here we go, I can make us an omelet.”

  I start laughing not knowing how this girl is going to cook for me. She seems the spoiled type who doesn’t know how to do anything for herself.

  “So your parents would go on long drives, that does not sound like two people that are not getting along. How is he abusive, Katie?”

  She chops up a tomato. “He speaks to her so nasty like she is stupid. They are both just as equally smart. They both are lawyers. He also blamed her for Briar’s behavior. Briar was just like him with the nasty mouth to Mommy. Daddy did nothing to stop him.”

  “I did not know Olivia is a lawyer and your father too. It’s no wonder why you are all spoiled.”

  She glares at me and throws the tomato end at me. “My grandpa is a lawyer too and I am not spoiled. Daddy does love me and always has. Gosh, if he knew I was here with you right now. He would be raging and would want to kill you. Then scream at Mommy for hours for letting me be here with you. Wow, lucky that we are in Costa Rica.”

  I tilt my head. “But Olivia does not know that you are here.”

  She laughs. “Nope, but Daddy would still blame her for it. He would yell at her for the stupidest shit too. I remember one time there was a strong summer storm and the tree fell at the bottom of the driveway. He told her that it was her fault and she should have had it removed years ago. It think he would just look for reasons to yell at her.”

  I raise my eyebrows. “That is no way to go through life being yelled at all the time. So, how did you learn to cook?”

  She starts laughing. “My Daddy! He loves cooking and he is really good at it too. He likes the finer things in life while Mommy is pretty plain and common. I guess that is why she is here. She likes the simple life.”

  I watch Katie as she plates our food. “Why are you here Katie?”

  She places the pan in the sink. “To see my mom. To make sure she is alright. Too bad your older brothers are married. Mommy would be all over them. She likes those strong types.”

  I scowl. “Why are you here Katie with me?”

  She smiles. “Because I like you Pedro, isn’t that obvious.”

  I shake my head. “I do not understand you, Katie. You are so wild. How is it that you are still a virgin?”

  She laughs. “That is because I am scared of what my father might do. He won’t go after girls. I am his little princess. He used to be overly protective of me until Briar died. Now he couldn’t get out of his own head. He listens to everything his mother tells him. She is wicked mean too. Grandma started this big fight between Mommy and him on Christmas. He left us. Mommy went right back to being depressed. Grandpa came to pack me up, taking me to Cambridge since school was starting. Mommy packed her stuff and left with no warning, no address and no phone calls. Then she called me, and Daddy shipped me down here to see her.”

  I shake my head. “Olivia always said she was running from her past. She said something odd one day to me. That my brothers and I look like her husband. Is that true?”

  Katie throws her head back laughing. “Not really. He is Italian American mix. He plays hockey and soccer too. He sure can give you a run for your money even now being older. He is very tall and built with black hair and green eyes like you. Yes, there are similar features and that is what Mommy was probably talking about.” She picks up her phone looking at the screen, moving her finger about. “Here is a photo of him.”

  I take her phone and look at the photo. “He is a nice looking man, Katie.”

  She laughs. “Yeah, that is the only nice thing about him. He is nice looking. When I was at my other school during freshman year, he found out that I had a boyfriend. He drove like a madman to come threaten him. Mommy kept calling me, warning that if he found out, he would kill the boy. My brother Briar told him about the boy. When Daddy got to my dorm he forced me to take him to the boy. Daddy pushed him around a little and there went my chance at losing my virginity. The boy would not even touch me. I tried a few times with other guys, but I was too damn scared.”

  I sit up. “No, Katie, it does not work that way. You must wait until you’re married. You are not supposed to just give yourself away like that.”

  She laughs. “Come on, Pedro. Are you trying to tell me that both you and your wife were virgins until you got married?”

  I nod my head. “Yes, of course.”

  She starts laughing. “It figures. You are also the guy who can’t move on either.”

  I blink a few times. “Katie, I think I did move on. What was last night?”

  She stares at me. “You were drunk, Pedro, or you would have never let me do that to you.”

  I glance away from her stare. “No, I would have let you regardless. You are completely beautiful.” I look back at her eyes, knowing that I am in trouble now.

  She gets up from the table and stands next to me. She reaches down for my hand, pulling me up to my feet. I stand there with my feet planted, not moving, as Katie turns to look up at me.

  “Let’s go to your bed, Pedro.”

  I shake my head. “No, Katie. That was my wife’s room.”

  She comes closer to me. “Pedro, I told you that I was sleeping over. Where did you want us to sleep? On that table? I thought you said you were moving on, Pedro.”

  She releases my hand, leaving me standing there as she goes into my bedroom. I can’t do this. It feels wrong. I try to picture my wife in my head, but I can’t. All I can see is Katie’s face. Katie appears in the doorway only wearing a black lace bra and black lace panty. Her skin is so milky white and so smooth. I bite down on my bottom lip, taking the sight of her in again. Last night was a blur for me, but now this is real. I watch her as she moves her long straight blonde hair over her shoulder.

  She blinks at me seductively. “Pedro, are you going to join me?”

  I take two steps closer to her and stop again. She turns and heads deeper into my bedroom. I can see her sitting on my bed. I walk to the door frame leaning my head against the wood as I peer at her from the corner of my eyes.

  “Katie, I honestly never thought I would see a woman sitting on my bed ever again. Katie, I am scared. Scared that I am not going to be able to control myself with you.”

  She smiles. “I will control you, Pedro.”

  I take a few more steps feeling my nostrils flare with my increased breathing. She moves back on the bed. She lies back and props herself up on her elbows. I stare down at her body taking in her full breasts that are hidden behind that black lace. My eyes shift up to her lips as I remember them around my cock last night.

  She bites her bottom lip letting go to speak. “Pedro, take your shirt off?”

  I do as I am told pulling my shirt over my head and throwing it off to the floor. Her eyes dance, shifting in movement, as she looks over my chest.

  “You are so strong, Pedro.” Her eyes come up to meet mine. “Pedro, your shorts.”

  I stare into her eyes while she watches my hands unbutton the top of my shorts. I drop my shorts and stand before her in only my
boxers.

  She smiles wide. “Pedro, please come here.”

  I shake my head no to her. She lays back on my bed, resting her head on the pillows. She moves her hands down her body caressing herself. I watch in complete excitement as she massages her breasts through her bra.

  I shake my head in disbelief. “Katie, what are you doing?”

  She laughs. “I am doing what you are supposed to be doing to me.”

  She lets out a small moan as she slides her hands down her belly. I watch her little hands slide into her panties.

  “Katie, please stop now or I am going to come all over myself.”

  She moans again as she touches herself. “Come, Pedro. I will lick it all off."

  Just as she completes that sentence I grunt and ejaculate inside my boxer shorts. I watch her arching her back, moaning loudly as she continues to touch herself inside her panties. She throws her head back on the pillow, raising to her feet and still moving her hand in a circular motion. She screams out while straightening her legs. She makes a few more soft moans as she removes her hand from her panties. She sits up and searches my eyes then she routes her eyes to my cock. She smiles, rising up from the bed. She walks towards me. She reaches up, cupping my face, and pulls me down to her face. She kisses me deeply, thrusting her tongue over mine. As she pulls away from our kiss, she gently bites my bottom lip. She nuzzles her nose into my chest as she starts moving downward. Her tongue flicks my nipple and she licks down my belly. She drops to her knees and pulls my boxers down with her. She laps up my juices with her tongue. I stare down at her in complete ecstasy. I pull up her hair to watch what she is doing to me. She takes me into her mouth, moving her head back and forth. Her hands move to my buttocks and she squeezes my cheeks. She is moving fast and deeper into her throat. I feel my legs getting weak and I am bending at my knees. She looks up at me, taking my cock out of her mouth. She stands and takes my hand, pulling me to the bed. She pushes me down so I am laying back on the bed, looking up at her. She reaches around her back and undoes her bra. Her perfect full round breasts look amazing. She has the lightest pinkest nipples. All I can do is stare at her. I want to touch her but I am afraid to.