Chapter Ten
Cal
I walk in the house after getting Axe from school. He was currently ignoring me because I didn’t drive the Lambo. "Axe I told you already. I had to get groceries and a few things from the music store. We can take the Lambo tomorrow." I signed as I spoke but he was being a brat so I let him and stopped trying to get him to reason. He was four and a stubborn shit when he felt like it.
So, I left him be while he pouted.
"What's wrong with the boy?" Jen asks when she comes down the stairs and sees him sitting at the window that faces the pool, arms folded and studiously ignoring me.
"He's pitching a fit because I didn’t pick him up from Pre-School in the Lambo." I say and put the fresh vegetables in the fridge and look for my Jeep keys to get the gear from the back.
"What is a Lambo?" She asks, and it's almost cute. I walk to her slow and invade her space before looking over my shoulder to see if he is still ignoring us; he is so I drop a quick kiss to her lips.
She was shocked by my affection but, I ignore it and grab the keys to theLamborghini Estoque. "Come see." I say and press the alert button on my intercom to get Axe's attention. "I am going to show mom the Lamborghini if you want to quit pouting?" I sign to him and he swiftly turns back around.
"Sticking to it huh?" I say to no one in particular and make my way to the garage. "Way to commit."
She follows me to the garage and stops short at the deep charcoal car shimmering under the LED lights in my garage.
"Holy shit!" She exclaims and starts looking in the windows. "This is a Lambo? Lamborghini?"
I laugh and nod. "Yeah. Step back red." I say and unarm the alarm and hit the FOB to lift the suicideCountachdoors and laugh when she squeals.
"Oh my God, it is gorgeous Cal." She says and is grinning ear from ear. "No wonder the kids pissed." She laughs and I shrug it off.
"Watch this." I say and get inside and rev the engine and we both watch the door waiting for Axe to come running out. I que ‘Hail to the King’and blast it from the system and lay on the horn. "This should work!" I yell.
We watch as hid head peaks from the side of the door and once he confirms he is hearing it I lay off the horn and the revving and wait for him to hop in his booster and turn down the music.
I turn to face him and smile as he head-bangs in his seat, so I dad whistle to get his attention. "Should we take momma for a drive?" I sign and speak though he could care less if I spoke he just nods enthusiastically.
Half way around the block he starts clapping to get our attention and Jen turns to read what he needs and looks to me. "He wants to feel music."
I turn up the tunes as he laughs hysterically from the vibration. I grab the protectors from the glove compartment and ask Jen to put them on his ears. They protect the negative noise from damaging his ears anymore and he can jam with his mom and dad.
By the time we get home Axe is content to go play with toys now that his desires were fulfilled and I ask Jen to help me get the gear out of my Jeep.
"What is all this shit?" She asks as I hand her a brand-new fluorescent red Fender Strat and the new case as well as cords, pedals and smaller amps.
"I need different pedals for the new sound, always need cords. Smaller amps for Noah's studio as a gift and the Fender is for Lexington."
We head to the studio and leave everything on the production side as I start putting the chords away. "Why did you buy her a guitar?"
I turn to look at her and see the glint of jealousy and it ignites me. "Because she got her guitar out of a dumpster and fixed it as best she could and didn’t have a case for it either. I figured she needed the right guitar for what we were doing and she deserves it." I make my way to her as she fidgets with one of the handles on the bag. "There is nothing to fear with Lex. I promise you, she is the one thing we never need to hash out. It is my way of saying thank you for attempting this."
She nods and lets me kiss her. "Speaking of hashing it out. I have something for you on your bed."
"Will it be you naked?" I ask and kiss along her jaw and hope she lets me go pervert on her later.
"Maybe, if it helps you understand my fear."
I nod and smack her ass as we head up the stairs. "And this thing will help me understand?" I ask, watching her ass in front of me step by step.
"They’re a clearer picture than I can try to paint or explain because shit has been skewed these last few years. They are journals, my perception of us over the years. I want you to read them and see what I saw. Right or wrong they are what I felt and saw and experienced. Some of it is awful and humiliating, but this for me is what I need hashed out Cal."
Cal
I settled Axe with Jen and ate a quick dinner with them before turning to go start the reading process. I grabbed the brown gift bag on my bed with me to the studio and set the lock.
