Total pages in book: 38
Estimated words: 35452 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 177(@200wpm)___ 142(@250wpm)___ 118(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 35452 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 177(@200wpm)___ 142(@250wpm)___ 118(@300wpm)
“Vitamin V? What the fuck is that?”
“Valium,” Mama deadpanned. Calliope giggled. I gave the girl a warning glance, but I couldn’t help it when my lips twitched. “That’s what I thought,” Mama said. “Now, you make sure she knows how you feel.”
“Christ, Mama. She already knows I think she hung the fuckin’ moon.”
“Right. But does she know you love her?”
Calliope gasped, turning to look at me. “You never said that.”
I opened my mouth, and shut it again.
“You never said that!”
“Well,” Mama said, cleaning up after herself with snappish movements, obviously displeased I hadn’t properly shared my feelings with Calliope. “Perhaps you should remedy that ASAP.”
Right. I scrubbed my hand over the back of my neck. “Now isn’t exactly the time I’d have picked for this,” I said, glancing at Calliope.
“Levi?”
“Look,” I said, readying myself to go into my pitch. “You and the boys need someone to take care of you. Theodore told me that the first night we met. I already told you we were together. So I thought we should make it official. You’ll marry me, and I’ll adopt the boys, too.” It wasn’t bad as proposals went, I thought.
Mama snorted. Calliope looked at me in confusion. “You want…” She shook her head. “You want to marry me?”
“Men.” Mama rolled her eyes.
“Well, yeah. It’s not a difficult decision to make. You need me. I’ll be your protector.”
“But… what do you need? You’d grow to resent us after a while. Is marriage the best thing? I mean, you can protect us without tying your life to ours.”
“Sweet Jesus in the manger,” Mama said. “Calliope, when this moron finally tells you what you need to hear, I’ll be an old, old woman. Let me know if you need my help to bash some sense into the bastard.” She glanced at me, then left me and Calliope alone.
I didn’t take my eyes off Calliope. She seemed to be considering everything that had happened over the last few weeks. “You said I was yours and you were mine. That neither of us would go to anyone else for relief. For sex. But…” She looked up at me, tears swimming in her eyes as she did. “Why? Why did you want that?”
“I --” I cleared my throat. “Because…”
“Levi?” She whispered my name. A plea.
I closed my eyes. And saw her with that fucking knife to her throat. I’m gonna slit the bitch’s throat right in front of you. Sweat broke out on my brow, and my breath came in shallow pants. “I can’t lose you, Calliope,” I croaked. “I fuckin’ can’t!”
“Look. I’m gonna tell you something,” she said, standing from the exam table and crossing to stand between my legs. “I think you know it, but I’m going to say it anyway. Levi, I love you.” I sucked in a breath. “More than I ever thought possible in such a short time. But you made me fall in love with you because of the way you treated me and the boys. From the very beginning you were the man we all needed. So, yeah. I love you. I’ll marry you if that’s what you tell me to do, because it’s what I want. With all my heart. But…” She sniffed, brushing away a tear that strayed down her cheek. “I don’t want to do something that will ultimately make you miserable.”
“You’re fuckin’ killin’ me, Calliope,” I said, pulling her to me. I wrapped my arms around her body and buried my face in her belly. She stroked my hair, clutching me to her the same as I clutched her to me. “When I saw that knife…” I couldn’t catch my breath. “Calliope…”
“Oh, Levi.” She straddled my lap and wrapped herself around me. “You do love me, don’t you?”
“Calliope. My Calliope.”
“Yes, Levi. I’m yours. You’re mine.”
“I’m yours,” I gasped out. “You’re mine.”
Then I started tugging at her clothing. Mama had looked her over, but I needed more. I need to see every inch of her body. Then I needed to lose myself in her.
“You hurt anywhere?”
“Yes,” she gasped. “I hurt here,” she pulled my hand between her legs. “I ache!”
“Motherfuck,” I bit out. “Gonna fuck you, Calliope. Doin’ it and makin’ you mine.”
She cupped my face in her hands. “I’m already yours, Levi. I have been since that first day, and I think you know it.”
I managed to get my dick out of my pants and slid myself inside her. We both groaned, but Calliope didn’t wait for me to take over this time. She moved on me, rocking her hips in a steady roll.
“I love you, Levi. Carnage. I love you. I love you!”
“I love you, too, Calliope. So fuckin’ much!”
Then I let Calliope take me to oblivion. When I came, it was with Calliope coming apart in my arms, her pussy gripping me, taking my seed from me in an almost violent fashion.