Love In Between(73)

“Ok, and?”

“Nothing, I just thought you were pretty bad ass.” He smiled as he brushed his lips against mine.

As I climbed into the Explorer, Luke got on his bike, and we headed home.

***

“You better be nice at dinner,” I said to Luke as he was in the shower, and I was touching up my makeup.

“I can’t make any promises when it comes to that douchebag.”

“Luke, I swear, I’ll be so mad at you if you don’t let him talk and explain everything.”

“What’s to explain, Lily? He’s a drunk, a drug addict, and a thief. He’ll always be those things to me.”

“Wow, I never took you for the grudge type.”

“Only with him, babe.”

I took the towel that Luke had waiting for him off the counter, and I hid the one that was on the towel rack. As he turned off the shower, I stepped out of the bathroom. “What the hell,” I heard him say as he opened the shower curtain.

“Lily, where’s the towel that I had sitting on the counter?”

As Luke stood there, dripping wet, I stopped in the doorway of the bathroom and held up the towel.

“Do you mean this one?”

He tilted his head and knitted his eyebrows. “Yes, that one,” he said as he held out his hand.

“Sorry, but you’re not getting this towel until you promise me that you’ll give Adam a chance.”

“Damn it, Lily, just give me the towel,” he said with irritation.

“No! Not until you promise me.”

“Jesus Christ, I’m cold.”

My eyes wandered down to his flaccid cock. “Yeah, I can tell.” I smiled.

“That’s it!” he exclaimed as he stepped out of the tub and started coming towards me.

“Oh shit!” I said as I ran down the hall and out the apartment door, knowing he wouldn’t open it.

Sam was coming out of his apartment, and he looked at me. “What’s going on, Lily?” he asked.

“Oh nothing; how are you?”

Sam gave me a strange look and he said he was good. Just as he was about to ask me why I was standing in the hallway with a towel in my hand, my apartment door opened, and Luke grabbed me from behind, pulling me into the apartment and shutting the door.

“Now you’re in trouble, babe,” he said as he took me to the bedroom and threw me on the bed.

He was in a pair of sweat shorts and no shirt. His hair was dripping wet, and he looked as sexy as hell. As he pinned me on the bed, he climbed on top and sat on my legs so I couldn’t move. He took both my hands and brought them over my head as he tightly held my wrists with his hand.


“Tell me how much you love me.” He smiled.

“No,” I said as I tried to wiggle myself free.

“What do you mean, no?” he asked as he leaned down and smashed his lips against mine.

His kiss was rough as I parted my lips and his tongue slipped into my mouth. He stopped and looked at me.

“Tell me how much you love me.”

“Let go of my wrists and I will.” I smiled.

As he let go of my wrists, I brought my hand to his face, and I stared into his beautiful brown eyes. “I love more than anything and anyone in this entire world.”

“I promise you, Lily, I’ll be nice tonight, and I won’t get out of line.” He smiled.

I pulled him down to me as I wrapped my arms around him and whispered in his ear, “Thank you, baby.”

***

We met Maddie and Adam at a restaurant called The Falcon’s Landing. As the hostess led us to the table where Adam and Maddie were already sitting, Luke tightened the grip on my hand when he saw Maddie laughing.

“You promised,” I whispered.

“I didn’t do anything,” he said as he looked over at me.

We arrived at the table and took our seats. I was amazed that Luke shook Adam’s hand. Maddie looked over at me and smiled.

“Adam is moving to Los Angeles, and he’s going to attend UCLA,” Maddie announced.

I looked over at Luke as he clenched his jaw. I squeezed his thigh under the table, and he loosened it.

“That’s great, Adam. What are you studying?”

“Drug abuse and alcohol counseling,” he answered.

“You want to counsel drug addicts?” Luke asked.

“Yes, I do. I already have a year of classes under my belt, and they’ve all transferred to UCLA. I’m starting over, man. I’m walking away from my past, and I’m stepping into a brand new life; a life that includes my daughter and Maddie.”

“Where are you going to be staying?” Luke asked him calmly.

“I’ve rented an apartment by UCLA. That way I can be close to Charley and the campus.”

“I’m sorry, man, but I have to ask this: how the hell are you affording all this?”

“I’ve been working the past year as a computer tech, and the owner was paying me under the table. He warned me that if he caught me using drugs, he would report me to the state. He did a drug test on me once a week. I saved every dime I made so I could go to school and make something of my life.”

“You always were a genius with computer.” Luke laughed.

It was at that moment that Luke realized maybe Adam was telling the truth, and we had a great dinner and good conversation. As we walked out of the restaurant, Adam put his hand on Maddie’s back. Luke looked at me, and I squeezed his hand. We hugged, said our goodbyes, and Luke and I climbed into his Jeep.