several minutes, just looking at the house. Lydia turned to her
husband and said, “We have to schedule a vacation before
the end of the summer with the kids. One last summer with the
entire family before Gail leaves.”
“That would be nice. I’ll schedule an
entire week off at the end of August.”
When they reached the front door, Adam
lifted his wife into his arms. “What are you doing? Put me
down!”
“Hell no little lady, I am
taking you right up to the bedroom. My balls are aching, and I only know of one way to make it better.”
“You have such a dirty
mouth, but I like it. I think you need a complete physical. Let
nurse Lydia make it all better.” Later that evening sated and
content, Adam held his wife close to his warm body. “Nurse Lydia
deserves a raise.”
“My services are not cheap, Dr. Brady. This one is free of charge.”
“We needed this weekend,”
Adam said with a contented sigh. “Can you believe we are about to celebrate our
twentieth wedding anniversary? Where did
the time go? It feels like yesterday we were pushing strollers, and now our children are happy and healthy young
adults.”
Lydia remembered those
first few years, and for her, they were happy memories. “You and
the children are my lifelines to this earth. If I lost any
of you, it would destroy me. I love you, Adam, with every fiber of
my being. I wish you would slow down and enjoy life more than you
do now.”
“I work hard to make a
better life for my family. My parents worked their entire adult
life to make sure we
had everything we needed. Dad made
sacrifices for us. I remember him stuffing newspaper into his shoes
when the soles wore out. Rather than buy new shoes, we had Birthday
or Christmas gifts. I’ll never forget his sacrifices, and it makes
me happy helping my parents now.”
“I never understood how
John could turn his back on the entire family. One day he was
there, and the next, he was gone. I asked Dad several times what
happened. Lydia, you should have seen the look on his face. I have never seen my father so
angry, and we all know he has a short fuse.”
“Whatever happened, it was
John’s decision to avoid his family. It must be awkward for your
parents having him back home.” Sighing, she said, “That’s enough
talk of the past. I want to live in the present. I love you, Adam. I always will.”
Those few words meant the
world to him. Rolling onto his side, he spooned Lydia and whispered
to her, “You are my heart, Lydia. I love you.”
Wiggling her ass against his erection,
she whispered, “Why don’t you show me how much you love me.” Adam
spent the next few hours doing just that.
Chapter 5
The nightmare had returned.
Her body pinned to the bed, forced to have sex against her will.
The images were always the same, the outcome always the same. She
could not see the face. She only felt the oppressive suffocation of
his body on top of hers. Her mind screamed no, and her body felt
frozen. Lydia opened her eyes and suppressed the scream that was
bubbling up from her throat. It had been several years since she
had this particular dream. Rolling over, she said a silent
prayer of thanks that Adam was still sleeping. She quietly got out
of bed and walked over to the patio doors that led out to the deck.
The trees blocked the view from the street and kept the room cool
at night. Every time she had the dream, it took a few hours for her
to calm down. Lost in thought, she did not hear Adam’s cell phone
ringing.
Adam rolled over and fumbled for the
phone. “Who is this, and why are you calling in the middle of the
night?”
“Adam,” his mother cried into the
phone. The sound of her tear-filled voice had him on instant alert.
“Mom, what’s wrong? Why are you crying?”
“It’s Gail. We took the
kids to the movies, and as we were walking to the car, someone hit
her in the parking lot. Gail pushed Bobby out of the way, and the car ran
into her. We are at the University of
Pennsylvania