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“C’mere,” he rasped, so I snatched his shirt up off the floor and tossed it to him to clean up the mess, then settled down beside him again. “That was fucking amazing. It’s been a bloody long time for me too, Flick, but fuck, I’m glad it was you.”
“It was.”
“Maybe…” He rolled towards me, scanning my face. “If you feel up to it, we could do something like that again.”
My eyes dropped down to his chest, and for a minute, I just watched my finger trace figure eights on his skin. He wasn’t pushing, wasn’t demanding, but I felt the tension in my body at the suggestion of any kind of future play. I’d really enjoyed today, would probably enjoy it if we did it tonight, but…Rick and his mapped-out expectations, always changing but always screaming more. That wasn’t what was happening right now but…
“Check in with me,” I said. “Sorry, this isn’t going to be a spontaneous, tear each other’s clothes off thing, but if you ask me how I’m doing, feel me out about it, that’d probably be best.” I sighed and felt his hand stroke my hair. “I just can’t predict how I’ll feel at any given moment. I’m not sure I’m the best mate material.”
“Don’t say that.” He tipped my chin up and looked into my eyes. “You’ll always be the best mate for me. I don’t mind checking in, neither of us will mind if you say no. Not now, or later.” He stroked my hair back from my face and said, “You’ve given me the most amazing gift, one I don’t know how to put into words, but, I’ll never take that for granted, love. I just wanted you to know I loved this, love touching you, and any time you feel up for it, so am I.”
I didn’t get to reply, a buzzing sound alerting us to a text being sent through. Peter rolled over and pi
cked up his phone, then smiled when he unlocked the screen. There were several photos of Kade playing with a bunch of other kids at what looked like a local park. He swiped through each one, and we laughed at his pained expression at being mobbed by the girls.
“I need to meet some of these families, especially if Kade’s going to do sleepovers,” I said, something roiling inside my stomach at the thought of that.
Who were they? Did they know what had happened, to me and to Kade? Would they make him feel safe and secure? Would they—
“Why don’t we go and see them now? Watch our boy?” Peter asked.
I nodded and then jumped off the bed to put some clothes on.
16
I’m not sure about other women, but for me, there is no place more awkward than the playground. We got out of Peter’s truck in the park carpark, and I could see Aidan sitting there, watching Kade play, separate from a large group of mums. I flinched when I felt a hand take mine but settled when I saw it was Peter. Of course it was Peter, but my nervous system hadn’t seemed to get that message yet. He rubbed a thumb across my knuckles, and then we walked over.
I felt the eyes of the other mothers on us as we went, not unfriendly, not malicious, but intent. We were animals on their turf, and they were sizing us up. I forced myself to turn and look back, and I was greeted by a series of waves and smiles.
Should we go over? I thought. There’s some familiar faces there, I think.
“Go say g’day,” Peter said. “I’ll catch up with Aidan. See how he’s doing.”
And fill him in on what had happened. I guessed that’s how it worked when you had a multi-partner relationship.
“OK,” I said, drawing in a deep breath.
They’re trying their best, I thought as I approached. Everyone looked up, welcoming smiles plastered over their faces, though I could see the eyes roaming, taking in me and the boys beyond me. Were they looking for signs of injury? And was it from Rick or Peter?
Monster…
The urge to strut a little rose and was instantly smothered. Were they looking at the woman they thought had ridden the biggest cock in town? Maybe they’re looking for evidence of bow legs, I thought with an internal snicker.
“Hi, you’re Flick, right? I’m Amy, and this little button is Ella,” a young woman nursing a baby said as I pulled up.
“Yep and hi, Amy. And you guys?”
“Janice,” another woman with grey eyes and dark hair said with a smile. “I’m here watching some of my grand niece and nephews.”
“Arelia,” a woman said, holding out a hand. She sat stiff backed, regal as a queen. I took it awkwardly, the other women’s eyes widening. “My daughter, Kiralee is quite taken with your Kade.”
“Of course,” I said. “She’s very precocious. She seems to know her own mind about things.”
And then I saw it, on the other woman’s face—that split second of fear. The mask slipped for a moment as her eyes darted around, scanning the playground for hidden enemies that were never going to be there. She mastered it with a widening of her eyes and then a conscious smoothing of her features, something no one else would have noticed, but I did. I sat down on her end of the bench, something that earned me another smile, one a little more heartfelt.
“So, you’re mated to Monster…” Amy said, but this provoked a quick shake of the head from Janice. “Sorry, I’ve known him since we were kids. It was what we always called him, being such a big guy. Peter, huh? What’s that like?”
I smiled, slow and theatrical like, then looked over at her and said, “Fulfilling in ways I had never thought possible.”
