he says, on his way out the door.
“Nice meeting you Rona, take care of yourself.” Josh offers me his hand to shake and passes me a business card. “If you should have any more problems or hear from Nick please call me.... anytime.”
“Thank you, I will.”
“I’ll make sure we get in touch if anything else occurs,” Cade says, maybe a little bit ruffled.
After Josh leaves, I look at Cade, “What was that?” I ask him.
“He’s a good looking guy, around the same age as you.”
Laughing, “You can’t be serious, I love you and you alone, you idiot. Now just come and hold me.” He stands looking at me.
After going through it all again, I just want to curl up and sleep with Cade. Looking at him, he looks ill. “Honey, come here.” He moves to sit on the sofa, where I’m lying, “Cade.” I pull him in close for a kiss. “I love you, I’m going to have a bit of a sleep. I want you to go and have something to eat.” I tell him, smelling something delectable coming out of the kitchen.
“What about you?”
“I’ll try something after I’ve slept. I promise.” Lying back on the sofa, I close my eyes and hope Cade will eat.
~~ Cade ~~
Hell, watching Rona sleep I can’t bring myself to leave her just yet. It’s eight at night, but I feel drained.
“Dad.” Anna whispers.
She’s standing next to me, “Anna, heck of a day, huh?” I run my fingers through my hair.
“Dad, she’s okay now. You need to eat.”
“That’s what Rona said.” Looking at her, she looks worn out too.
Holding my arms out to her, “Come here honey.” She walks straight into my arms and hugs me as hard as I’m hugging her. “I needed that Anna.”
“Please come and eat dad. I need to get home, but I can’t leave until I know you’re okay.”
“Alright, it sure smells good. Thanks for doing this. Rona will eat some when she wakes up.”
Moving to the dining table which Anna has organized, I sit down and eat chicken casserole and dumplings. Anna keeps an eye on me from the kitchen. After dinner, I talk to Jake to see how they’re doing and try telling him that Rona will be okay, trying to believe it myself.
Going back to the lounge, I sit down on the end of the sofa where Rona sleeps softly. I need to wake her. I don’t want to take her to bed without a small amount of food inside her. I worry, she hasn’t eaten since breakfast. I gently wake her up and manage to persuade her to eat some casserole, before carrying her up to bed.
“Cade, I need the bathroom.” Changing direction, I carry her to the bathroom, not quite knowing what to do when we get there. “Just put me down in front of the sink, and stay while I take a few steps.”
“Take it easy.” Letting her go isn’t easy, neither is watching her struggle, but she manages just fine.
“I’ll be fine now. Just leave the door slightly open.”
“Okay love.” I kiss her tenderly and leave her alone in the bathroom.
She’s been in there for about five minutes when I hear the shower. I shoot off the bed to see what she’s up to, and there she is, naked as the day she was born, in the shower.
“Cade, I know you’re there. You going to soap me up?”
Shit, how the hell am I supposed to survive this?
“Cade, I’m serious. I’m getting too tired and my hip hurts.” She’s using the seat for support.
I strip down and enter the shower and thought I was doing well, until she gives me a very thorough once over which provokes my enormous erection. “Ignore him; he gets like that every time he sees you naked.”
“If I wasn’t in pain I’d do something about it.” She strokes me as I walk to help her up.
“Don’t touch, I’m helping only. I actually do mean it this time. You’re in too much pain to take me tonight.”
Keeping a grip onto her isn’t too easy, because she’s all slippery with soap. Her breasts with hardened nipples keep rubbing against my chest which is playing hell with my libido.
“Cade, I think this is a bad idea, you’re going to be frustrated as hell.”
“I’ll survive. Come on let’s get the soap washed off, we both need a good night’s sleep.”
After barely surviving the shower, I finally get us both out and in to bed without too much pain – on both