by S M Mala
‘We’re together so she should stay with me. We’re living together it seems a little silly for her to sleep somewhere else.’
‘I’ll come to yours if you’d like?’ Hatty said, trying to diffuse the situation. ‘I didn’t know you were back until-.’
‘This is ridiculous!’ snapped Delores. ‘Your relationship is a complete farce and I hope you know what you’re doing Harriet because I certainly don’t think you do.’
‘Delores not now,’ Murray said firmly. ‘We know you disapprove but they’re in love so we have to let it be.’
‘No we don’t!’
‘I don’t want us to quarrel,’ Hatty immediately said and rushed to the side of Murray. ‘It’ll only upset him and he’s ill.’
‘I’m not.’
‘You will be if you don’t listen to me,’ Hatty said sharply and glared at Murray before standing back up and clearing her throat. ‘Aunt, there are so many things I want to tell you about my love for Jake and I thought, after your trip, you’d have mellowed towards the idea.’
‘That’s a joke!’ mumbled Jake as Hatty decided to ignore him.
‘We’re currently discussing whether to fly out to, goodness knows where, or stay on the island. Wherever we go, Jake will be by my side.’ She took a deep breath seeing the anger on Delores’ face. ‘If I move to New York, I’m going to become a teacher.’
‘God help us and those poor children!’ said Murray wiping his forehead.
‘Move?’ spluttered Delores. ‘Aren’t you over stepping yourself?’
‘Yes,’ Hatty said, realising she’d said too much already. ‘But it shows I’m committed to him.’
‘And he’s committed to you?’ Delores stepped closer to Hatty as she tried to smile cheerfully but felt scared of her angry expression, the one she’d witnessed regularly while growing up.
‘I hope so,’ Hatty quietly said and glanced towards Jake. ‘And even if he isn’t, then let me be a fool and love him while I can.’
‘I want to talk to you alone,’ said Delores, her face less angry and more concerned.
‘You’re not going to turn me against him,’ replied Hatty, stepping closer to her aunt and looking up. ‘I love him very, very much and I know he loves me.’
‘I-.’ Delores cleared her throat. ‘Come over tomorrow morning so we can talk.’
‘What about?’ said Murray, standing up quickly.
‘What are you afraid of?’ Delores said harshly to him. ‘I’m going to say something to upset her? God knows, we wouldn’t want that would we?’
‘Get off your high horse and leave her alone!’ shouted Jake. Hatty suddenly saw the anger etched across his face. ‘Don’t you think we don’t know you went to see my aunt when you were in New York? What sort of shit were you filling her head with? Why can’t you just leave it?’
‘Jacob,’ Murray said calmly, walking towards him as Hatty gulped hard seeing the situation was getting out of hand. ‘Let’s talk about this later.’
‘How do you know?’ said Delores sharply. ‘Did she say something?’
‘No.’
‘Then how did…’ she turned to glare at Murray. ‘I suppose Frederick got someone to find out did he?’
‘I needed to know when you were coming back as you didn’t bother to call,’ Murray bluntly replied.
‘As if you care!’
‘I do.’
‘Well in answer to your question I did see Caroline and I did tell her about your situation. She wasn’t happy at all, saying Jane Logan would have disapproved.’
Hatty glanced as Jake and his father looked at each other for a moment.
‘But she’s not alive so how would she know?’ said Hatty, noticed a smug expression on Delores face. ‘And it’s Caroline who disapproves of me.’
‘And she’s also here, on the island,’ said Murray as Hatty noticed Delores surprised expression. ‘Whatever you told her seemed to have jolted her quickly from the chaos of New York to here.’
‘I didn’t realise,’ Delores replied and looked anxiously at Hatty.
‘Why should you? You’re not exactly friends,’ said Murray as he walked closer to her. ‘And whatever you have to tell Hatty tomorrow morning, you can tell me.’
‘I see,’ said Delores, looking away then she caught Hatty’s eye and stared hard at her. Something inside Hatty jolted knowing there was more her aunt wasn’t revealing. ‘Maybe we should talk before then.’
‘Maybe you should settle back in and leave it for a few days,’ interrupted Jake. ‘We need to decide what to do about the hurricane.’
‘That’s nothing compared to what’s going on now,’ sighed Hatty, sensing doom as she looked at all three of them.
Her eyes focussed on the house as she stood by the balcony in the bedroom later on that night. Murray had gone to bed and Jake was in the study working.
‘Logan men,’ Hatty said quietly, as she sprayed more mosquito repellent around, shutting the doors, switching on the fan and going to the bathroom to brush her teeth.
She couldn’t figure out her aunt’s anger and she now knew it was with Murray. Hatty wondered why he’d done to upset her and then decided she didn’t want to think about it. Walking back to the bedroom, she flung herself on the bed. She looked up when she heard the door and saw Jake enter the room.
‘Hello.’ He smiled down at her. ‘And that’s supposed to turn me on?’
‘You don’t look happy. What’s wrong now?’
Hatty realised she was wearing one of his vest as she sat up and crossed her legs as he shrugged.
‘I think we should leave the island tomorrow,’ he said gravely. ‘It doesn’t look good and this isn’t a safe place.’
‘If a hurricane is coming where can we go? We have the fly out and avoid it.’
‘I think we get a plane and get to Brazil or Guyana. Somewhere on land.’
‘Guyana is below sea level so we’d definitely had it,’ she smiled.
‘It’s not going to touch there as much as it’s going to hit us. They’re plotting its path and it’s not good.’
Jake sat down and she could see he was genuinely concerned.
‘After Murray’s seen the doctor we’ll book flights.’
‘Or we go by boat?’ Jake grabbed her hand. ‘It might be the only way.’
‘I can’t,’ she said, gulping hard. ‘I can’t go on a boat.’ Panic was starting to rise in her chest. ‘You’ll have to leave me here.’
‘I’m not leaving you anywhere. Guess what?’
‘What?’ she said, feeling scared as she went under the covers. ‘Where’s your mosquito net?’
‘I don’t know.’
‘You better not sleep with the windows open.’
‘We have air conditioning.’
‘They get in you know. Last time I stayed here, I made sure I was covered head to foot but you were so drunk you’d not have noticed,’ she said, reaching for her spray at the side of the bed, emptying the rest of the contents.
She’d lined up all her defence against her enemy, which consisted of seven different bottles then turned to see Jake looking at them with a grin.
‘You’re spending your first night in my room,’ he said, leaning over to kiss her nose.
‘It will be the second time, remember?’
‘Oh yeah,’ he laughed, peeling off his clothes quickly and throwing them over a chair. ‘But that doesn’t count as I didn’t get to play with you then.’
‘That’s because I wasn’t interested.’
‘That’s not true and you know it,’ he said and walked towards the balcony.
Hatty got off the bed and flicked on one of his computer pads to look on the internet about the hurricane. She grimaced seeing what was being said and noticed all the information on the search engines with footage. That’s when she realised what was worrying Jake as the massive whirl looked like something in a movie. The pictures of devastation left filled her with horror as she knew most of the houses on the islan
d were made of wood.
‘Oh shit!’ she said.
‘Oh shit indeed,’ said Jake, walking towards her. ‘You see how dangerous it is.’
‘I can’t leave the island,’ she said anxiously. ‘I have to help the people who can’t afford to get away. I have to make sure-.’
‘No way!’
‘I have to help them Jake. It’s my duty to make sure they’re safe. I’ll have to get a truck tomorrow and put them in.’
‘And where are you going to take them all?’ he said perplexed.
‘To the hotels. The bigger houses further up. To where it’s safe. How long have we got?’
‘About six days they think. And you need to speak to dad about this before you go piling people into his hotels,’ laughed Jake.
‘And food. We’ll need food. I have a lot of work to do.’ Hatty put down the tablet and pondered for a moment. ‘What if they won’t come to safety? What if they stay in their houses?’
‘Hatty,’ he said, staring deeply into her eyes. ‘I’m sure the officials on this island are thinking about this.’
‘Those shits!’ she barked, standing up and pacing his room. ‘They’re horrible and corrupt. I reckon they’ve all left the island and are going to stitch the poor people up. And Ethel! We have to get her family to safety. And-.’
‘No!’ he said loudly and stood closer to her. ‘Let’s think about it tomorrow.’
‘But-.’
‘Talk about slow,’ he sighed.
‘Are you calling me simple?’ she said, stepping back.
‘I’m calling you wonderful and caring but not now. Let’s go through it tomorrow,’ he said, stroking her shoulders and she knew what he wanted to do. ‘I missed you last night.’
‘Are you turned on because I got into a scrap with one of your sluts?’ she smiled sweetly as he started to move closer as she stepped back. ‘I’ve got scratches and bruises.’
‘Let me kiss them better,’ he said.
She walked to the bed and noticed he was following closely behind.
‘We shouldn’t be having sex under your father’s roof,’ she said, watching him smile. ‘And we shouldn’t be making any noises.’
‘We’ll have silent sex,’ he said, pushing her as she fell back.
Slowly, she watched as he kissed up her legs and pushed up her vest. His tongue was flickering all over her body as he buried his nose in between her thighs.
‘No Jake,’ she hissed. ‘You know I can’t control my moaning when you go down there.’
‘Have you been trying?’
He started to laugh as he kissed up her stomach.
‘Yes but when you go down there, it’s hard to concentrate on anything else.’ She pulled off the vest and flung it onto the floor then looked above. ‘And the blinds are open.’
‘Who’s going to see us?’
‘Aunt.’
‘Can you see this room from the house?’ he asked and Hatty didn’t know what to say. ‘Can you?’
‘Sometimes when the lights are on you can see the room.’
‘Have you seen spying on my Ha Ha?’ Jake laughed out and pulled himself quickly up, balancing on his elbows either side. ‘From the expression on your face you have. Why you little sneak!’
‘I was not spying,’ she said, with as much dignity as her lie could muster. ‘I’d open my blinds to find you parading yourself naked in your room.’
‘You’ve been spying on me and here I thought you were the innocent one. All along you wanted my body.’
‘Don’t twist things and keep quiet or you’ll wake Murray,’ Hatty said, avoiding eye contact as Jake started to kiss her neck. ‘And we really shouldn’t be having sex.’
‘Then don’t be so loud.’
‘You’re the loud one.’
‘Really?’
She felt his hands stroke and tease her skin as his lips remained on her neck before moving down to her breasts. Knowing this would turn her on, she felt him nibble, suck and squeeze. As his hand glided between her legs, she tried to pull it away.
‘What’s wrong?’ he said. ‘Let me touch you there.’
‘Then I’ll groan even louder,’ she said, genuinely worried Murray would hear.
‘Cover your mouth,’ he laughed, putting his palm between her legs.
‘Be quick.’
And as soon as she said it, she knew what he was going to do as he slowly teased her, stroking everything else except where she wanted his hand to go.
Knowing if she said anything else he’d do the opposite, Hatty put the back of her hand over her mouth as he started to circle and stroke her clitoris until she bit her skin. Jake was teasing her, she felt him rub her own juices around her stiff nub before going fast then slow. Her thighs tightened as she started to feel the ecstasy firing off in her loins and before she could hold it off, there was a massive spasm as she jolted her hips with his fingers. Jake pushed himself inside and pulled her hands away, covering her mouth with his and rocketed another orgasm though her. Hatty groaned into his lips.
They moved slowly together as he started to thrust harder, holding her face with either hand as her legs pulled back to take him all in. Jake took a small amount of air as he thrust his tongue deeply into her throat. Then he pulled out, pulling her to sit up and spread her legs as he knelt on the side of the bed, fucking her harder. Her calves were put on his shoulders as she lay back, he grabbed her hands while continuing his hard and deep thrusts, making Hatty buckle and shake, enjoying the feeling of him inside, filling her up.
‘Oh god you feel amazing,’ she groaned quietly as she heard his moans of happiness. ‘Oh god I think I’m going to come. I love you so much. Harder, do it harder.’
‘I love you,’ he groaned out doing as he was told. ‘Fuck this is good.’
Hatty was shocked when he pulled her off the bed. He lay back on the floor putting her on top to straddle him, holding her hips as he thrust her up and down on his dick. She put an arm over her mouth as she couldn’t control the massive scream building inside her, then he placed his hands on her breasts. They pumped away as she put her finger in his mouth and he sucked on it. Jake stuck his thumb in her mouth as she groaned. They started to move slowly then fast again. Hatty pulled off him and lay on the floor spreading her legs wide apart.
‘I see,’ he said throatily, as he thrust his tongue into her mouth and fucked her with full force and speed.
She felt completely overcome with his body and knew he was getting close. Holding onto his buttocks, she helped him thrust as he groaned in her mouth which turned her on as she massaged his butt cheeks, making him continue to thrust before he stopped kissing her and buried his head into her neck. Something pulsated deep inside her as she accidentally let out a massive groan, biting her lips together.
‘Jesus fuck, fuck, fuck, I love you,’ he said, as she started to laugh and his body convulsed through his orgasm.
Hatty squeezed his bottom unable to stop her laughing.
‘You romantic fool,’ she said, as he peered into her face.
He looked like he'd taken drugs before he smiled.
‘What do you want me to say?’ he said breathlessly. ‘I love fucking you Hatty, I really do and that was from the heart.’ Jake then collapsed on top, pinning her down.
‘We weren’t that quiet, were we?’
Murray sat in his bedroom and held his heart on hearing what was going on in the other room. Again, he felt sick as he closed his eyes and for the first time in years, lonely and sad.
Slowly, he went to bed knowing he’d have to change things to make sure his children had a happy life together.
And he’d have a better one.
She pulled the blinds down and sat on Hatty’s bed, reeling from the shock of the young couple making love. Delores looked up and saw Jake on top of Hatty and how they moved together.
It looked like Murray was making love to Eloise.
How she had imagined it in her head all those years ago when she knew th
ey were having sex, when he said he'd fallen in love with her friend, admitting he’d always loved her over Delores.
How she’d imagine it to the very day when jealousy would fill her with rage.
Then seeing Hatty ride Jake surprised her as she looked so beautiful, just like her mother. And Jake, he was totally engrossed with Hatty.
‘What am I doing!’ snapped Delores, shaking her head furiously, pulling up the blinds a little, unable to tear her eyes away from the couple making love.
Thirty
He traced his finger down the back of her neck as she sat there furiously typing on his laptop. Slowly, his finger tip moved down her shoulder until he caressed her breast.
‘Get off!’ shrugged Hatty, pushing his hand away as she continued to hit the keyboard.
Jake leaned forward and kissed her neck.
‘You don’t have to slam so hard on the keys,’ he whispered.
‘This has to be done,’ she said and he nuzzled into her hair, taking in her beautiful scent before being hit with the faint smell of mosquito repellent. Now he loved the odour because it was Hatty. ‘We need to talk to Murray when he wakes up and see if he can get the other shits on the island to let the locals in or ship them out safely somewhere else. Then there’s the boarding up, I mean, how will they get the wood and-.’
He kissed her to shut her up as she frowned into his eyes. Jake started to laugh and pulled away.
‘We can do this all today but I have to go to work.’
‘Why can you go to work and I can’t?’ she grumbled.
‘Because you have to stay here and help organise your rescue plan for the island,’ he said, trying hard not to laugh. ‘I’m sure no one else would have thought of it.’
‘Less of the sarcasm,’ she said, as he gently lowered the laptop lid.
Hatty’s hair was loose and falling over her shoulders, the covers around her waist exposing her full breasts.
‘I’d prefer to stay here with you,’ Jake said, wanting to have sex again. ‘There’s something sexy about making love in this room.’
‘Could the little pervert white boy like the idea his daddy is next door?’ she said, smiling. ‘Personally I find it a little strange and… well I hope he doesn’t say anything about it.’
