Comfort
Wrenly
I heard Travis walk in my room and quietly tiptoe over to the bed and take a seat. I could feel his eyes on me then his lips when they kissed my cheek. “I got your text. How was your walk?” I stretched and paused when I saw how he was looking at me, maybe adoration?
“It was good, but there’s a few things I think I need to do today, by myself.”
I sat up. “You’re going to see your mom?”
He shook his head. “No, it has nothing to do with her. I’ll tell you about it later, but I’m sorry, I won’t get to have lunch with your grandparents. Will you please give them my regrets?”
“No, Travis. I won’t give them your regrets, but I will reschedule.” I said.
He reached over and traced my lips as his eyes followed his finger. “That’s fine, I’d rather not leave before seeing Grandma Patty. She’s one of the reasons I came along on this trip.”
“Okay, but where are you going?”
His eyes shot up to mine. “Can I please just do this and tell you later? I swear it’s nothing bad, just someone I need to spend some time with today, and yes, it’s a guy.”
“Who?” I couldn’t think of any other guy he would want to catch up with other than my dad.
His thumb ran along my jaw as his eyes followed, and he was either about to fuck me or …. I don’t know. “Will you please just trust me? I promise you’ll understand when I get back and tell you.”
“I guess so.”
He smiled. “Good, let’s get a shower and make it quick.”
I laughed when he stood and suddenly picked me up from the bed. After a…well he pounded into me pretty hard in the shower, then got ready and left. I felt a little uneasy about it, he was acting weird. I called my grandma to reschedule, then got ready for the day. When I went downstairs, my parents were sitting at the kitchen table.
“Good morning.”
“Good morning, sweetie. There’s coffee and your dad ran out for donuts. Help yourself.” Heather said.
“Bless.” I was starving.
“Where was Travis off to this morning?” She asked.
I pulled a coffee mug from the cabinet. “I honestly don’t know. He went out for a walk early, then came back and said he had a few things to do today and would tell me about it later.”
“I thought you were having lunch with my parents.” Dad said, while sitting in his uniform so I knew he had a shift today.
“I rescheduled for tomorrow.” I poured my coffee. Well, coffee into my creamer.
“So, no plans?” Heather asked.
“None, you?”
She smiled. “I do now. How do you feel about a shopping trip into the city?”
It sounded fun but there was one problem. “I would love that, but I don’t know when Travis will be back, and the doors will be locked.”
“That’s not a problem. We’ll just leave the inside garage door unlocked and you can text him the code to the big garage door.” Heather was as bright eyes and bushy tailed as ever. Especially when talking about a shopping trip.
I gave her my best smile. “That sounds great, shopping it is then. We’re meeting Jill and the girls at the tavern on Saturday night and a new outfit would be perfect.” I grabbed a donut and sat down at the table and looked at my dad. “Do they do anything like frequent flyer miles at these donut shops or do you have to pay full price?”
“Shut it.” He chuckled. “I get the public servant discount.” He mumbled.
My dad, I loved him so much. He was a good cop, one that passed up several promotions to become a detective, but declined the crazy hours so he had more time to spend with me. Even quit the SWAT team so he wasn’t always running out on me.
“I can’t remember seeing you so happy. He’s a good man, Wrenly. Tony would be extremely proud.” Dad said.
I smiled as I chewed. “His kindness reminds me of someone else I know.” I winked at him after I spoke with a mouth full. I laughed to myself because it wasn’t the first time today I had a mouth full. That shower was definitely hot.