He stiffened for a moment before relaxing in her arms. Smiling down at his wife, David brushed a strand of her hair back before kissing her brow. “I hate it when you’re right.”
Reaching up to cup his cheek, Rebecca advised, “I know this isn’t easy, David, and I know how much a part of you wants to walk away from all of this, but you need to think about the long term. Thirty years from now when your parents are gone, will you be glad you cut them out of your life? Will you be glad that you never spoke to them again? That you had nothing to do with them?”
His tone was soft, laden with his pain. “No.”
“Then you need to speak to him. As hard and painful as it may be, you need to go into that room and see your father. You don’t have to stay long, and you don’t have to talk about what happened if you don’t want to. You can just go in there and tell him you wanted to make sure he was ok and walk back out. It’s a start.”
“Things can never be right between us again. I can’t ever view them as I did before. I won’t ever fully trust them.”
“They know that, David. We all do. Things might never be right between you, but they don’t have to be this bad. Like I said before, you need to decide what you can live with, and what you can’t. It’s about having fewer regrets.”
Hugging her tightly, David whispered in her ear, “I don’t know what I’d do without you.”
“Thankfully you’ll never have to find out.”
From over David’s shoulder Rebecca saw Sandy and Laura coming back into the waiting area. Pulling back to look into his eyes she said, “Your mom and sister are back. You need to go see him.”
David didn’t look away as he asked, “You’ll be here when I get back?”
“I’ll always be here for you, David. You know that.”
He drew her hand up to kiss her wedding ring. “I know. I love you.”
“I love you, too.”
Rebecca watched as David turned and headed down the hall to his father’s room. She offered Laura and Sandy a hesitant smile before taking a seat to wait for her husband. She knew he was going to need her when he came out. Together the three women waited to find out what would happen between father and son.
Down the hallway, David took a steadying breath before he opened the door to his father’s room and stepped inside. His gaze was immediately drawn to the figure lying in the hospital bed. Sven, much like Laura, had not aged well over the last six years. He was mostly grey now, with deep wrinkles in his face. He’d also put on some weight around his middle. He looked grey and weak, and all the machines he was hooked up to certainly didn’t help his frail appearance. At first look, David worried that his father’s condition was more serious than the doctor he’d spoken to had let on.
David stood in silence for a moment before greeting, “Hey, Dad.”
Sven opened his eyes slowly and took in the sight of his son for the first time in a long time. “David.”
They both simply stared at one another for a moment before tears filled Sven’s eyes as he whispered, “I’m so sorry. I’m so sorry, son.”
Seeing his father so thoroughly broken, seeing him cry for the first time ever, David felt something inside of him crumble. The anger and resentment he’d held so tightly now receded somewhat, and he moved to the side of the bed to take his father’s hand. It was going to take time to rebuild the relationship between them, and it might never be as strong as before, but just as Rebecca had told him, he didn’t want to regret never trying.
“Dad, it’s going to be ok.”
“No, no it’s not. You hate us. You hate your mother and me, and we deserve it. We ruined your life and lied to you for years. I—I wish I could go back and undo it all.”
“There is no going back, Dad, all we can do is go forward.” Looking into his father’s heartbroken eyes, David added, “I don’t hate you. I don’t hate you and Mom. I’m mad. Furious about what you did, but I don’t hate you. What I said to you before was in anger. You aren’t dead to me.”
Sven couldn’t help but question, “You’re not just saying that because I’m in this hospital bed? Because I had a heart attack?”
“No. I came to see you because you had a heart attack. I’m saying this now because my beautiful wife pointed out that regret is a hell of a lot worse than anger. I may be angry with you and mom for what you did, but like Rebecca said, in 30 years I’d regret not trying to fix things.”
More tears filled Sven’s eyes, his heartache lessening at his son’s words. “She always was a good girl. Smart.”
“Real smart.”
“We shouldn’t have kept you two apart. We should have let you leave with her.”
Tightening his hold on his father’s hand, David insisted, “We found our way back to each other. We can talk about all of that later. Right now you need to rest.”
David moved to pull up a chair beside his father’s bed and took out his cell. “Do you want to see some pictures of the kids? I have a bunch saved on my phone. Even some from when the triplets were newborns. I also have a picture of Alex from last week when he won his latest football game.”
“I’d love to.”
Later that night David and Rebecca were in bed together, wrapped in one another’s arms. They’d stayed at the hospital with Sandy until the doctor told them that Sven would need his rest, and then promised Laura they’d be back the next day for another visit. David hadn’t spoken to either of his parents anymore about a possible reconciliation, but the groundwork had been laid. Everyone knew it wasn’t going to be a long hard road, but David was finally ready to try and forgive his parents for what they’d done to him.
Now, lying in bed with the love of his life, David said, “I don’t know what I’d do without you.”
“Have an incredibly boring sex life, and go through shameful amounts of hand lotion?”
“Tease,” David laughed as he pinched her butt.
Turning serious, Rebecca rolled on top of him to stare down into his eyes. “I know tonight wasn’t easy for you, and I know this is painful for you, but you’re not alone in this. I’m here with you. By your side, and I’m going to help you through this.”
“I’m still mad that they robbed of us of ten years together.”
“Those ten years gave us Alex, Mattie, and Cat, so I can’t regret them, and I know you don’t either. It was wrong of them to do what they did, but it’s in the past, David. You need to look towards the future.”
Rolling her under him so that he was leaning over him, David replied, “As long as my future includes you, I can handle anything.”
“I’m your future, David, the same way you’re mine. We’ve reclaimed our love.”
“That we have.” Grinning down at her, he added, “I should have known that first day of kindergarten that you were the only girl for me.”
Stroking her fingers along his cheek, Rebecca replied, “I always knew. Now kiss me.”
“Yes, ma’am.”
THE END
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Sarah lives in a world where sex has been the last thought on people’s minds. These days’ people are focused on surviving the zombie apocalypse. When Sarah is left at the mercy of a group of the living dead, she discovers a hidden side to the apocalypse. Perhaps this isn’t the end of the world after all, but merely the end of sex as Sarah knows it. These zombies are seeking brains, but to satisfy and even more primal desire. The opportunity may prove to be just what Sarah needs, as soon she discovers a darker side to her sexual desires.<
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My hands remained pinned down, and there was nothing I could do as the lesbian zombie got on top of me. Her skirt was ripped to shreds, and there was nothing left of her panties. The more my body moved to accommodate the body on top of me, the more she moved closer. In a matter of seconds, she was straddling my mouth. Her pussy was inches from my mouth, and curiosity got the better of me. Until then, I’d always wondered what another woman would taste like.
Slowly, my tongue reached up to her warm pussy. It was surprisingly wet, and the taste of her filled me with a hungry desire. My hands fought to be free, and eventually were able to hold the female in place. Her juices ran down onto my mouth, and I licked even more intently. My tongue parted her lips, and penetrated her as deep as possible. With my tongue deep within her pussy, my lips sucked around her entrance.
The female seemed to love what I was doing, and it gained the attention of another male zombie.
The male zombie looked at the female on top of me with lust, and he managed to bend her over.
Not wanting to refuse, my grip loosened on her legs.
Seeking balance, the female gripped my ankles. I found myself trapped underneath them, as the male excited the one of top of me. Her moans grew louder, as the male began to thrust inside her. My head tilted back as far as possible, and for a moment I watched his dick thrust continually into the girl’s pussy. The sight of it made me extremely excited, and my mouth worked its way up to the man’s dick.
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“I don’t have to explain anything to you,” she stated tightly. “Not a thing!”
“Wrong.” He was watching her with unrelenting eyes, and then something in his expression changed as he added, thoughtfully now, “You don’t add up, my dear, and I don’t like that. I remember a somewhat precocious teenager, bright, undeniably lovely, but fresh, eager, alive. There wasn’t a trace of sourness or skepticism there, so what happened?”
You. You happened, she thought miserably. You blew my word apart and you don’t have the faintest inkling, do you?
From his comment labeling her precocious and a spoilt brat as a teenager, he’d obviously put his own interpretation on that night years ago. He’d imagined she’d been trying out her newfound womanhood on any available man, was that it? That he had been the luck of the draw on which to cut her puppy teeth? Whereas in reality …?
And that crack about using her body to get what she wanted! He had made it quite plain how he viewed her now as well. He was hateful, loathsome. However could she have imagined herself in love with him? She must have been stark staring mad!
“Angie will be concerned if I don’t get back to the others,” she said stiffly,” so if you’ve quite finished?”
“I haven’t even started,” he said airily, but he stood aside for her to pass him, his dark face unfathomable.
If she had been thinking straight she might have known he wouldn’t just let her leave, not after all that had transpired, but her head was a whirl and hot emotion sat in the place where common sense normally dwelt.
She swept past him, only to find herself swung round by hard male fingers on her wrist and then she was in his arms before she realized what was happening.
“Let go of—” The rest of her words were smothered by his mouth on hers and for a heart-stopping second she was too surprised and bewildered to react. And then she struggled fiercely, fighting him with all her strength. It had about as much impact as using a feather pillow to knock down a brick wall….
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Table of Contents
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Epilogue
BDSM Erotica
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