“On the base,” he answered simply.
“Stone, I’m sure you stayed on a base. What base?”
“One in Georgia.”
“What part of Georgia? Did you have friends there? A girlfriend?”
“No, I don’t have a lot of friends.”
“And why not?”
“After I lost my best friend, I didn’t want to get close to anybody else.”
The night we went to dinner at Mama Bea’s, I saw the pictures of him and Stone that littered her walls. Not only that, but Rome was also all everyone seemed to talk about that night. I could see the pain in Stone’s eyes every time his name was mentioned.
“Thank you for telling me that.”
Stone didn’t reply. Instead, he pulled me back to the edge of the bed by my legs. He cupped my legs inside his arms to pull me closer to him. Once he had me where he wanted me, Stone pushed up my dress effortlessly and flung my panties quickly to the side.
Stone placed soft kisses up my thighs until he reached my middle, where he kissed it softly before taking my clit into his mouth and suckling it. He gave soft, methodical kisses in between my folds. He slowly licked me from the back to the front as I squirmed underneath him.
He knew exactly what he was doing. He was skilled in this area, and I was thankful for his skills. My head flung back as he continued his assault on my middle. I knew from this moment on, I was stuck mentally and physically.
I always feltlike falling asleep at a woman’s house was some sucker shit, as if I didn’t have my own place to sleep. Now here I was, doing sucker shit. I had just opened my eyes in the middle of the night, still in Shanet’s bed.
I looked over, and she was still asleep. I grabbed my phone off the nightstand and looked at the time. It was after three in the morning. In a few short hours, Sakani would get up for school, and I definitely didn’t want him waking up to an empty house.
I at least wanted to be there to see him off to school. I was fully aware that Sakani was a teenager and could get himself ready and out the door, but being there was still important. If Ididn’t drop him off, he would be catching the bus since he didn’t have a car yet.
Since my gym hadn’t opened yet, I still had a lot of time on my hands. Dropping Sakani off at school was a part of my daily routine. I wanted him to know that I’d be there for him every day of his life for the rest of his life. That meant getting my ass up out of Shanet’s bed, even though I didn’t want to.
I rolled over and kissed her on the cheek, and she stirred in her sleep. I nudged her just a little to wake her up. I didn’t want to slip off into the night as if I didn’t enjoy myself last night, because I did.
Being inside of Shanet was an experience I would never be able to live without again. Until I was in it, I didn’t realize how addicting her wetness could be. Now her ass wasn’t going anywhere, and that started with me letting her know that I was getting ready to leave because if she blocked me after last night, I was going to lose it.
“Good morning.” She smiled, looking up at me through sleepy eyes.
“Good morning.” I smiled back. “I got to go. Sakani gon’ be up for school in a couple hours. I don’t want him to wake up to an empty house.”
“Fatherhood is so cute on you.”
I smiled like a little ass boy with a crush. “Thank you. I’m just trying to do the best I can. I didn’t grow up with a father, and Sakani spent most of his life without one. I want to make sure the remaining years he does have, he knows that he got a man in his corner, and I’m going to always be there for ’em. Even if I gotta sneak back into the house at three in the morning.”
“You’ll make a joke out of anything.”
“Life is pain until you fill it with laughter,” I shared.
“I like that. I’m going to keep it.”
“You can take whatever you want from me. I’m here for you.”
“Give me a kiss,” she requested.
I leaned down and gave her a kiss like she asked before I stood up and got dressed. All of my stuff was folded by the bed, so I knew Shanet had done it before she got into bed with me last night. It was thoughtful shit like that that made me want her more than I already did.
“Hey, let me know when you get off today. I got something planned for you,” I told her.
“Something planned for me? I’m looking forward to this.”
