chapter fourteen.
brix
[two years later]
“Brix, you can’t be late to your own grand opening,” she tells me as I step into the shower with her this morning, packing steel, heat, and desire - a deadly combo for us both. It’s obvious what I want. If she didn’t see it in my eyes, she saw it when she glanced down. There is no missing that.
I say, “It’s my grand opening, Cynnabun, meaning they have no choice but to wait until I’m done getting into your grand opening.”
She blushes. “Brix–I’m for real. You’re–we’re–going to be late.”
“Too bad. The doctor needs his medication,” I say, hoisting her up in the air, quickly sliding into home. It indeed is medication – a drug I’m highly addicted to. As the water covers us, massaging our outsides, I massage her insides while she moans and whimpers.
Maintaining eye contact, I deepen our connection through vision, syncing the beat of our hearts to the rhythm of our bodies slamming together.
“Mmm, mmm, mmm–you know I can’t get enough of you,” I tell her.
She whimpers more, fighting for a measure of control, but has none.
I watch her fall apart against the tiles before her body slumps.
Her tremors trigger me to unleash, unload and growl my pleasure against her lips.
And then I kiss her, sucking on her tongue, loving her down, bathing her mouth with licks.
And when I feel like she’s had enough of me, I slowly release her until her feet land on the tiled floor.
She closes her arms around me, her face flush against my chest, and just stands there. Holding me.
“I love you, Brixton.”
“I love you, too, sweetheart,” I say, taking a bath cloth, lathering it with soap and rubbing it around her neck.
“Put your arms up,” I tell her.
She raises her arms and I wash beneath them, then take the cloth over her breasts, down her stomach and to her flower. I spin her around and wash her backside. She turns around, rises on her tiptoes to kiss me, and then says, “Alright, your turn and then we gotta get out of here.”
“Okay, sweetheart.”
We pull up at the spot – must be a hundred-some people out here waiting for us so the ribbon-cutting ceremony can begin.
Christenbury Family Practice - yeah, this is my place where I set my hours and run things.
A doctor I’m cool with at the hospital – Dr. Jared Adebayo – wanted in, so I brought him on board.
Once we open, we’ll hire one more doctor.
We already have two medical assistants - one assigned to each doctor.
Cynnamon takes my hand into hers and says, “Wow. This is it. You did it, babe!”
“I couldn’t have done it without your support. Thank you.”
“Always.”
She leans over, presses her gloss-covered lips to my face and then wipes the remnants of what she left behind, and says, “Alright. Let’s do this.”
I get out to open the door for her. We walk toward the crowd. My father walks up and shakes my hand. My mother throws her arm around me and says, “I’m sorry I didn’t see the vision before. You’re going to excel at this.”
“Thank you, Mother.”
The mayor of this great town, Rufus Tisdale, shakes my hand and says, “Ready?”
“As ready as I’m going to be.”
He turns on the cordless microphone in his hand and says, “Thank you, everyone, for being here today. We are here to celebrate the newest facility in healthcare that no doubt will be a great asset to this community. Many of you know Dr. Brixton LaSalle and Dr. Jared Adebayo, but for those who don’t, these men are among the top doctors at Christenbury General.
Wait–let me fix that. These men were the best of the best at Christenbury General.
While we hate to see them leave the hospital, we have to celebrate this achievement as a furtherance of their support of this great town we live in.
With that, I’ll turn it over to the man himself, Dr. Brixton LaSalle. ”
The applause from the crowd warms my heart.
These are people I know. People I’ve helped and served.
It’s overwhelming to know they are here to support me in this endeavor.
That’s what I say when I’m on the microphone.
Then I look at my wife and say, “And behind every great man is a great, patient, forgiving woman.”
“I know that’s right!” someone shouts.
“That’s who I have right here beside me as a wife, a business partner, a companion, and a lover.
She’s the reason I’m able to do what I do.
I want to thank you for being there for me.
Also, I would like to thank my parents who flew out from Rhode Island to be here with me today.
And thank you to Dr. Adebayo for going on this journey with me.
They say great minds think alike, so I know we’ll have no problem making Christenbury Family Practice a success. To God be the glory.”
Jared and I simultaneously cut the ribbon, and an applause erupts from the crowd.
I wrap my arms around Cynnamon and kiss those lips I love so much.
The last two years between us have been nothing but bliss.
We’ve had some trying times in between, but when those times occurred, we remembered how much we loved each other, how far we’ve come together and how a three-fold cord can’t be broken.
The love we share is undeniable. She’s a kind soul to put up with a man like me, and for that, and all the other second chances she gives me, I’m thankful.