Love Uncovered (Forbidden Fruit) by Evelyn Adams

Author:Evelyn Adams [Adams, Evelyn]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 2013-06-23T21:00:00+00:00

“What would you change?” she asked, reaching for the beer.

The post coital trip back across the lake had been an itchy, sweaty affair. Neither one of them had wanted to stay on the water long enough to catch fish. They shared what hot water the generator could manage and ended up grilling burgers on the deck. He bit into his second burger while he thought about her question.

“What would you do differently?” She handed the bottle back to him and he took a long pull before he answered, wanting to be honest but sensing the dragons around them.

“I want to do some of the stuff I used to – rock climb, get outside more. It felt so good to paddle even for just a few minutes today. I miss that part of myself.”

“I never asked you to give it up.” Defensiveness crept into her voice.

“I know. It wasn’t you, but what kind of asshole would I be if I demanded time alone in the woods and left you to take care of three kids? Especially when the girls were little and then Jake came along.” He let his words trails off. Things had changed for both of them when Jake came along, but God he loved his son. He loved all of them. He’d be lost without Julie and the kids.

“Sometimes would be okay,” she said, balancing her plate on her lap. “I wouldn’t mind sometimes if it made you happier when you were with us.”

Max smiled and reached for her hand, brushing a kiss across the tips of her fingers. They sat side by side, hands twined, for a few moments in the growing dusk and watched the sun start to sink below the horizon. The lake reflected back the corals, salmons and smoky purples of the sunset and Max was struck by the simple pleasure of sharing a beer with his wife and watching the sun set. After all these years and everything they’d been through together, she was still his favorite person in the world. How many people got to say that after sixteen years? Fucking that up would be a sin.

“I love you, Jules.” He squeezed her hand and watched her smile out of the corner of his eye.

“I love you, too.”

He waited for her to raise the bottle to her lips before he spoke again. “And it’s not just because you let me fuck you in a hay field in the middle of the day.” She spluttered on her mouthful of beer and he grinned at her. “Although that was memorable.”

She stood, still coughing a little and reached for his empty plate. “Light the fire, stud. I’ll go get dessert.”

As the sun went down, the temperature started to drop. Unfortunately, the bugs came out, too. Max bent and lit the fire in the red clay chiminea. It was cracked and flaking from years of hard use, but it let them have a fire without burning down the deck and knocked the bugs back to tolerable.

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