Married to the Manny by Daisy May

Author:Daisy May [May, Daisy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-06-19T23:00:00+00:00

Fifteen—Gordon

After having sex with my husband, things were awkward—to say the least.

We’d both enjoyed it, from what I could tell at the time. But since then, his actions seemed to deny it.

We tiptoed around each other, exchanging strained smiles and avoiding each other’s eyes. In fact, when we could, we avoided each other entirely. I tried to be in bed by the time Cole came home from work, and for his part, he was often in the shower by the time I got up.

I hadn’t been going to yoga much lately, so I started rolling out my mat outside in the mornings. I liked to do it in the back yard, by the pool. I still wasn’t some kind of super-fit yogi, but it did help keep me calm and loosen up my body. I seemed to be tenser than usual.

Days went by like that. And they could’ve kept going by. I, for one, had no wish to start a conversation about the status of their relationship.

But date night crept up on us. And while I would’ve been happy to let it go by without celebrating it, that week, it wasn’t possible.

That week, date night fell on Kerry’s school play.

“Does this even count as a date?” I asked as Kerry zoomed around the house in preparation for the play.

Cole shrugged, following her with his eyes instead of looking at me. “We’re spending time together. That’s what counts.”

“That’s what Talbot said?”

“Yeah. Exactly. In fact, we should take some pictures to show to the immigration people.”

Kerry, who had been going so fast she was almost a blur, came to a sudden stop. Spinning to face us, she said, “Pictures?”

“Yes, kiddo,” I said. “Don’t worry about it.”

“She could take them,” Cole said.

Kerry rolled her eyes. “Or I could be in them.”

I glanced at Cole. This was getting to be more of an involved process then I’d been prepared for. I would prefer having Kerry in the pictures, if only to give me some space from Cole. Now that I knew how he felt kissing me, stroking me, inside me, I knew that being less than three feet away from him would instantly get me turned on. Kerry would give us just enough of a buffer.

“How can we all take a picture together?” I asked.

“Selfie cam and timer, duh,” Kerry said.

“Do we really have time?” Cole asked.

Kerry set up the camera, balancing Cole’s smartphone on the table and dragging the two of us over into the frame of the picture. “We better, because the camera’s going off in seven seconds,” Kerry said. “Six… Five…”

I tried to smile, although it came out more as a grimace. I knew we needed more pictures to prove that we were a real couple. And both of us had gotten a little dressed up for tonight—Cole in a tie, me in a plain black and white pinstriped dress shirt. Kerry looked as enthusiastic as ever to wear her elf witch dress.

Still, I would’ve preferred to have done this either before we’d taken the ill-advised step that we had, or later, when my heart had recovered from it.

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