“I’ve had my tongue inside you,” he pointed out. “I’m fairly sure that I can help with the tampon thing. And the wiping thing. Tell me what to do.”
So I did.
And he handled it like a champ.
I, on the other hand, was thoroughly embarrassed by the time he had me walking back into the room.
“One time, I broke both of my arms in high school just like yours, and I had to have my dad wipe my ass for six weeks every time I went poop.”
“Really?”
“Well, not exactly all six weeks. It was actually more like a week and a half, but then my mom had the bright idea to get a bidet. Then the toilet washed and dried it for me.” He chuckled. “But he did have to put my clothes on me. Got real up close and personal with my junk.”
“I hope that I can handle the wiping of my ass on my own,” I admitted. “I like you a lot, but if we’re to be married, I don’t want the sparkle to leech out of it too fast.”
He laughed and explained how Nettie had left me in the capable hands of my husband.
And I was right.
The only way for him to get back here was to be family.
Hospital rules were a bitch.
Fifteen
I’ve started investing in stocks. Beef, chicken and vegetable. One day, I hope to be a bouillonaire.
—Text from Weaver to Eddy
Weaver
I woke up to a loud ass purring on my chest.
“Hello, Hyde,” I drawled, wondering if I should chance pushing him off.
He’d probably get pissed AF and claw me.
That’d been what he did last time.
“Your mother is being moved today,” I said. “Maybe we can sneak you in for a little cuddle.”
The cat, a black and gray smoky cat with the eyes of a panther, stared at me with his soulless eyes.
He took offense to my shift in position and left, but not before giving my bedpost a claw.
The devil.
He really was the devil.
The bad thing was, when I’d gotten the cat from Eddy’s house, her furniture hadn’t looked like this.
Maybe he was upset?
I didn’t know, but I did pack him in a black duffel and carry him into the hospital with me an hour later.
He didn’t make much noise until I got him on the same floor as Eddy.
He meowed loudly, and a woman coming onto the elevator frowned and looked around.
