“Just like you,” she said. “You’re different.”
“I’ve been told that enough in my life.”
“And it doesn’t bother you, does it?”
“Not at all. In a family my size, no one can blend in. It’s not allowed.”
“I wanted to blend in when I was a kid. Once I was diagnosed, the dream vanished.”
“Just be you,” he said. “And the rest falls in place.”
“I’m learning that,” she said, her hand reaching for his. He threaded their fingers together and held her stare for a good five seconds.
One of them had to break the spell, or she might do something she’d never done before and seduce a man.
10
OFF THE CHARTS
“And that will be my mother,” he said. Right when they finished with breakfast.
He had his laptop open on the island but got up to get it and move to the living room and sit down.
“I’m going to take a shower and then I’ll clean the kitchen. Enjoy the talk with your family.”
He watched Saylor make a dash for the stairs and up them. Her tits were bouncing enough that he knew they were free under his T-shirt that was hanging on her.
It had been a struggle to not stare after their kiss when he’d felt them hard and poking into his chest.
“Merry Christmas,” he said when he hit the button to answer.
“Merry Christmas,” his mother and several others shouted.
His mother held the laptop up and swiveled it around the room for him to see his family sitting in the living room.
Jamie’s daughter, Penelope, was on the floor playing with toys, but everyone else was relaxing with coffee or juice in their hands.
His mother most likely took a break from cooking to make this call, then she would feed everyone.
West popped his head into view. “Everything okay up there? I saw on the news you’re in the middle of a blizzard right now. Good thing you got back to the cabin in time.”
“It’s all good. The power is still on, but not sure how long it will last. I thought for sure we’d lose it with the ice, but things are holding strong.”
His brother made sure this cabin could withstand almost anything thrown its way short of the mountain crumbling or being struck by lightning.
“That’s good,” West said. “There is plenty of food there. At least if you’re stuck for a few days.”
“I’m not worried,” he said.
“Boredom is liable to get him over anything else,” Nelson shouted and moved into view. “Wish I was there with you.”
Rowan snorted. He liked the person he had with him much better than his brother.
And when his mother swatted Nelson’s arm, he laughed.
“I don’t miss that,” he said.
“Don’t be a brat,” his mother said. “I feel bad you’re there and we are all here. Did I wake you? It looks like you just got up.”
