Whiskey Lullaby

by Dawn Martens

  Just as the first episode starts, I hear a phone ringing in the other room. Mine is in my pocket, so one of the girls must have left theirs here. I get up to answer it, but the ringing stops. I barely get to sit back down when it starts to ring again. I get up and start to walk toward the sound when it stops for the second time. I figure whoever’s phone it is, must be trying to find it. I’m just walking into the kitchen when the ringing starts again. What the hell!

  Julie’s phone is on the counter. I grab it without looking at the caller ID. “Did you forget something, baby?”

  “Who is this?” A man’s voice asks.

  “Who is this?” I ask back, but I have a good idea already.

  “This is my wife’s phone, and I would like to know why a man is answering it.”

  Hell no! “This is my woman’s phone. She was married, but she’s not anymore. She divorced her piece-of-shit husband months ago, but his dumb ass keeps calling her. If he doesn’t stop, I’m going to have to break his fucking neck!”

  The bastard starts to laugh. “She may have divorced me, but she is still my wife. One way or another, she will come home. The only choice she has is if she comes willingly or not.”

  “You better stay away from Julie. If you touch her again, I will kill you!” I shout.

  “I was told Julie is pregnant. Did she tell you that I am a gynecologist? I know just the right medication to give her to make her have a miscarriage, and everyone would just think it was nature taking its course. Of course, Julie should be fine. But one never knows for sure with things like that.” I don’t even have time respond before I hear the phone click off.

  I drop the phone on the counter and run my hands through my hair. The girls are right; he is one sick bastard. I’m raging. I am struggling to keep my shit together. I take a minute to calm down, and then pick her phone back up. I hate going through her shit, but I need to see how often that fucker has been calling her. I scroll through her calls, and I can’t believe my eyes. I quit counting at thirty-seven. That was just in the last five days.

  I put her phone in my pocket and pull out my own. I push Shane’s name and bring it to my ear.

  “Hey, bro.”

  “Listen up. I know you’re good with all that computer shit. If I bring you Julie’s phone, can you put something on her phone where I can see who’s calling her?” I ask, already walking towards the door.

  “Jase, shit, I can’t do that to Jules. If there’s something going on, you need to talk to her, but you’re crazy as hell if you think she is cheating on you.”

  “Fuck, man, I know that. Her bastard of an ex-husband just called here. He threatened Julie and our baby. I want to know who’s calling her; that way, I can keep her safe. I knew he’d been calling her, but she ain’t been telling me how much. Just get your ass ready. I’ll be over there in a minute.” I hang up without giving him a chance to respond.

  ******

  Julie

  The girls and me are at Opry Mills. We are supposed to be Christmas shopping, but we somehow end up in Victoria’s Secret. Kristen is looking through the teddies. No matter what she says, I know she is not picking one out for Aunt Angie. I laugh in her face when she tells me that one.

  By the time we leave, she has two black teddies and one red one. “Looks like Matty’s going to have some fun tonight.”

  She looks like I just slapped her. “Don’t, Jules. Just don’t go there. You can give me shit about anything else, but not Matty.”

  What the hell? “I was just teasing you. I thought I noticed something between y’all, that’s why I said it. I’m sorry. It won’t happen again.”

  Kristen just nods her head and walks on. I look over at Bethany and give her a ‘what the hell was that’ look. She shrugs her shoulders and shakes her head.

  We continue to walk for a moment. I ignore the strange tension with Kristen, as I have no idea what the hell that’s all about. Kristen looks at me and smiles. “Come on. Let’s go to Johnny Rockets. I want a chocolate shake so bad.”

  “Oh, that’s sounds good,” Bethany agrees and comes over and links her arm through mine.

  We make our way here and thankfully there’s not a line. We get seated immediately. As soon as our waiter arrives, we place our orders.

  “I can’t believe you ordered a burger with an egg on it.” Kristen looks at me with disgust.

  “Don’t forget the pickles, jalapeno peppers, and barbecue sauce,” Bethany adds with a laugh.

  The looks on their faces are hilarious. “When you guys get pregnant, you’ll understand.”

  Bethany shakes her head. “No way. If I have to eat strawberry yogurt with olives mixed in it, I never want a baby.”

  “What?” Kristen says in shock.

  Bethany starts to tell her all about my weird cravings, but she stops when her phone rings. She pulls it out of her purse and looks at the screen. Her face turns white, and she looks up at me. She lays the phone on the table and pushes it towards me. It doesn’t show a name, but it’s an 816 area code. I know it’s Dean. “I just changed my number three days ago. I haven’t given it to anyone but you guys and work. How could he have gotten it so fast?”

  I click the ignore button and power down the phone. “I don’t know. I’ve changed mine three times, and he always figures it out.”

  “What? I thought y’all said he quit calling,” Kristen interrupts us, looking back and forth between us.

  I nod my head. “He did for a few days, after I changed it the last time, but it’s started again. Today’s the first time he hasn’t called in over a week.” As soon as the words leave my mouth, I realize that my phone hasn’t rang at all. I grab my purse and dig through it. My phone isn’t there. I think back to the last time I used it. I was standing in the kitchen talking to Aunt Angie. I must have left it there after I finished. Oh shit! If Dean calls, Jase will answer it. “We have to go, now.”

  When we get home, Jase isn’t here. I look around to find my phone, but I can’t find it anywhere. I could have sworn that I left it in the kitchen. “Do you guys know where I put my phone?” I yell out to the girls.

  “Nope,” they both say. Some help they are. They could at least be trying to help me look for it right now.

  I hear the front door close, and I hear Jase talking to Bethany and Kristen. I walk out of the kitchen to join them. As soon as I see him, I know something has happened. He looks pissed. “What’s wrong?”

  “That stupid bastard called you while I was here.” He’s definitely pissed off. He hands me my phone. “I got Shane to put something on it, so whenever someone calls you, I’ll be able to see it.”

  I can’t believe he would do something like that. “Why in the world would you do that?”

  “I just want to make sure you’re safe!” I narrow my eyes at his stern voice and watch as he runs his fingers through his hair.

  I know he’s afraid for me. “What did he say?” I ask quietly.

  “A bunch of fucked up shit. Apparently, he still calls you his wife.” He’s beyond pissed. He tells me about what Dean said about the baby and how I’ll be going home to him soon. I can’t help it. It’s not until my tears hit my chin, that I realize I’m actually crying. I can’t keep living like this. In fear. It’s all shades of fucked up.

  Jase wraps his arms around me and pulls me close. “He’s not gonna fuckin’ hurt you.” His breath is warm on my hair. I can feel the calm easing its way through my body as he inhales. “I’ll kill him first.”

  Chapter 24

  Jase

  We are just leaving Mack and Angie’s Christmas Eve party when Julie’s phone rings. I look over and see her pull it from her purse. She looks at it and turns the phone off. “It was him again.”

  Shit! Dean has called five times today. That’s just on Julie’s phone. There’s no telling how many times the asshole has called Bethany. She turned her phone off before we even left the house. I heard it ring a few times this morning, but I never heard her answer it, so I know i
t was that dickhead. Maybe I should put a tracker on her phone too.

  Julie’s voice cuts through my thoughts of Dean. “I was glad that Aunt Angie came home for Christmas, but I wish Brandon had been here too.”

  I reach over and grab her hand. “He’ll be home soon, baby. You heard Angie. A few more months of rehab, then all he has to do is wait for the Army to release him.”

  She nods her head. “I know. I just hate the idea of him being hurt, and me not being there for him.”

  We have been over this a thousand times, so I don’t respond. I just rub my thumb over the back of her hand and focus on the road ahead. We pull into our driveway a few minutes later. As soon as we get in, Julie takes Jenny to bed. I go to our bedroom and start putting all of Jenny’s presents together.

  It only takes about ten minutes to get Jenny’s new doll house put together, but I’ve been trying to get the damn door on for twice as long. I turn it right then left, but I can’t get the thing to fit. I start to shove it in and jamb my thumb. I shake my hand and mumble to myself. “Fuck!” I hear a laugh from behind me, and I turn around. Julie is standing inside our bedroom door, with a smile on her face.

  “Is Barbie’s dream house getting the best of my big bad man?” she says as she starts to walk towards me.

  I look back towards the damn toy and shake my head. “I don’t care what the directions say. This door doesn’t fit.”

  Julie reaches down and takes the little pink door from my hand, and then she gets on her knees and starts to work on the doll house. She looks so beautiful tonight. Her dark hair is in some kind of fancy knot on top of her head, leaving her neck bare. She is still wearing the dress that she wore to the Christmas Eve party. It’s dark red and it stops just above her knees. It fits tight on her ass and is loose in the front, but I can still see her baby bump. It has a scoop neck that hangs down just low enough to see the tops of her breasts. Did I spend most of the night staring at her tits? Hell yeah I did! They have always been beautiful, but damn, since she got pregnant, they seem to grow more every day. I swear my dick has been hard since the minute I saw her in the damn dress.

  She is working with her face near the floor and her ass is in the air. I know we need to get this shit done, but I have to have her now. How can I not with her fine ass high up, ready to be taken? I walk over and lock our bedroom door. I walk back to Julie, grab the bottom of her skirt and pull it above her ass. She jerks up, but I place my hand on her back and softly push her back down. She turns to look at me and starts to say something, but I shake my head. I push my hands into her panties, and I feel that she is already wet. My Julie is always ready for me. I unbutton my pants and pull down the zipper. I grab my cock and pull her panties to the side.

  I rub my dick up and down her pussy, coating it with her juices. Slowly, I slide into her. “Fuck, baby, how do you keep getting tighter?” She doesn’t respond, but she pushes her ass back at me. I’m sliding in and out of her slowly, until I feel her pussy start to clench. Quickening my pace, I reach around to rub her clit. After just a few more thrusts, her orgasm starts. She tries to cover her mouth, to muffle her scream, but I still hear it. The sound urges me on. I speed up. It only takes four more strokes, before I spill myself into her.

  I stay in her for a minute or two more, before I pull myself from her body. I reach down, and carry her to the bed. I need to see her gorgeous body. I pull her dress off and toss it on the floor. I undress and crawl into bed with her. I pull her close and kiss her softly. “I love you so much, baby.”

  “I love you too, but you still have to finish the doll house,” she says with a laugh.

  Shit! I forgot that damn thing.

  ******

  Julie

  I’m woke up to the baby poking me in my bladder. Does my little peanut ever sleep? I start to get up from the bed, but stop when I feel Jase start to stir in his sleep. He grabs my hips and pulls me close to him. “Mmm, morning, baby,” he mumbles into my hair.

  “Morning,” I whisper. ”Merry Christmas.”

  He reaches down and feels the dampness between my legs and smiles. “It’s going to be a Merry Christmas,” he says as he moves my panties to the side and thrusts inside me. He is slowly stroking into me, whispering how much he loves me into my ear. I reach down and run my fingers over my clit. My orgasm is just starting to build when Jase freezes and says, “Fuck!”

  I start to laugh, because I can hear Jenny running down the hall screaming, “It’s Christmas! Everyone wake up!”

  “I can go fast so we can finish,” Jase whispers into my ear tempting me.

  I can’t help but groan. Yes, I’m seriously tempted, but there’s also no chance in hell that we’ve got time now. “No, if we don’t get up, she’ll come in. I’ll finish you off later. Promise.” I lean back and kiss him. My bladder chooses this moment to remind me why I was woken up. I clamber out of bed, a smile on my face.

  “Fucking blue balls.” I hear Jase mumble as he gets up. I can’t help but giggle. He throws me a quick smile and smacks my ass as he starts to dress.

  As soon as we get our clothes on, we head downstairs to the living room. There are even more presents under the tree than there was when I went to bed. I look over at Jase and he smiles at me.

  Jenny is bouncing; she’s so excited. “Can I open them now?” she asks in a shout.

  “Calm down, baby. We’ll get some breakfast first, then you can tear into the gifts. Okay?” I tell her.

  “Can’t I just open one right now? Please,” she whines.

  I look over to Bethany and Jase, and they’re both nodding. “Fine, you can open one gift, and then we get some breakfast.”

  She starts with the biggest present first. She sees it’s a Barbie dream house, and she starts to squeal. Before I know it, we’re all opening gifts. So much for breakfast first. When I open Jase’s gift, I start to tear up. It’s a silver necklace, with an entwined hearts pendant hanging from the chain. I look closely, and the words Forever in My Heart are engraved on it. I look over to him to say thank you, but I stop when I see what he’s holding.

  He has the photo album that I made him laid across his lap. I worked on it for hours. It is filled with pictures of Jenny’s life. I tried to add all the big moments in her life. Every birthday, holiday, first day of school…I even added pictures of me when I was pregnant and her ultrasound photos. I’m just about to ask if he likes it, when he looks up with shiny eyes. “This is the best damn present I have ever got.”

  *****

  Jase

  Something keeps poking me in my back. I swear it feels like a little fist punching the shit out of me. I roll over and see Julie sleeping on her side. What the hell? It hits me, literally - it’s the baby. I place my hand on her stomach, but I don’t feel anything. As soon as I start to pull my hand back, the baby moves. I just stare at my hand. It’s fucking amazing!

  Julie has been feeling him move for a long time. Bethany, Jenny, even damn Matty has felt it move before, but not me. I’ve tried. I’ve spent hours with my hand on her stomach, and nothing. I feel the baby kick again, and I smile. It’s worth the wait.

  “What are you doing?”

  I move my eyes to Julie’s face. “Did the kicking wake you up?”

  She shakes her head and smiles a sleepy smile. “No. You did. Did you finally feel the baby move?”

  I nod. “Yeah. If it’s a boy, he’s not going to be a quarterback. My son is going to be the kicker.”

  Julie laughs. “That might excite you, but it can be uncomfortable for me.”

  “Does it hurt?” Shit! I never even thought about that.

  “No. It just feels weird, but it does keep me awake sometime. Like now, I swear the baby is doing somersaults. I’ll never be able to go back to sleep.” She gives me a sexy smile. “So, I guess I will have to come up with something other than sleep to do.”

  She sits up and crawls over my body. I instantly go hard. “Got any ideas?”

  Julie bites her bottom lip.
“I did promise that I’d finish you off later.”

  I lean up to kiss her, but she places her hand on my chest and pushes me back down. “Nuh huh! You woke me up, so I get to play.”

  I smile up at her. “Have at it, baby.”

  She starts with my neck. She’s slowly kissing her way down. When she gets to my nipple, she bites down, hard enough to make me jump. Fuck!

  “Did I hurt you, baby?” she asks, not sounding the least bit sorry.

  I shake my head, and she smiles up at me. “Good, then you won’t mind if I do it again.”

  She continues to bite as she makes her way to my cock. Once there, her teeth seem to disappear. All I can feel are her lips and the heat of the inside of her mouth. At first, she’s concentrating on the head, sucking it so hard, that I know she’s going to send me over the edge in no time at all. Finally, she’s taking me into her throat. I can’t hold back any longer. I grab her head and try to pull her up, but she stays rooted. “Fuck!” I moan, and shoot down her throat.

  As soon as I can move, I grab her and flip her onto her back. I jerk down her panties and dive in. Damn! I swear there has never been a sweeter pussy. I focus on her clit. First sucking, then nibbling. Julie likes a little pain with her pleasure.

  I work one finger inside her and then another. I move them in slowly. I can feel her start to tighten and know that she is close. I can’t help but to grin around her clit before I latch on and suck as hard as I can. I move my fingers fast, twirling them inside her. Finally, her pussy pulses and I hear her moan.

  I go up to my knees and thrust into her, pounding so hard that the entire bed is shaking. I just came, and I’m already on the verge again. Her pussy is like a velvet glove. It’s so damn good that I never want it to end. I can feel her start to tighten again, and I place my thumb on her clit and start rubbing circles. I lean down and take her nipple into my mouth. As I begin to suck, I feel her pussy contract around my cock. As she moans out her second orgasm, I let myself go.