Power Play: Donnie and the Maid by Selena Kitt

Author:Selena Kitt [Kitt, Selena]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Excessica Publishing
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Love goes serenely wild in beginnings

and in endings, births and deaths, thresholds,

initiatory passages into and out of life, red ochre

hand prints from coming through marking the walls

of vessels feeding the chambers of the heart.

Diastolic gatherings of blood and oxygen follow

those contractions of systolic trauma and, in them,

the heart reaches apogees of fullness, epiphanies

of heart that can dominate worlds yet longs only

to fill one other heart with that single infinite love.

“Oh, Dad, I almost forgot.” Diana gulped down her Diet Coke. “Mom is coming to pick me up today.”

“Oh?” Don raised both eyebrows, surprised. Anne considered his visitation with Diana just that—his. She didn’t volunteer to transport and had, in fact, refused to do so on the few occasions he’d asked. He’d learned not to ask.

“I think it’s my fault.” Diana flushed prettily. “I mentioned going to the zoo with Elena.”

Don glanced at Elena, who gave him a knowing look. The ex-wife coming around to check out the new girlfriend. Of course.

“No big deal.” Don shrugged, glancing at his watch. “What time did she say?”

“Five.” Diana wiped ketchup off her chin.

“We’ll just have to cut our zoo visit a little short,” Elena said, gathering up their garbage. Don watched her toss it into the trash, thinking about the night alone they had ahead of them after Diana went back to her mother’s and suddenly he didn’t care so much that they wouldn’t be able to spend a few more hours wandering around the zoo.

“So what do you want to see next?” Don asked, stretching.

“Bears!” Diana leapt up, sucking her Diet Coke completely dry. “Let’s go!”

So they were off, having already seen the lions and tigers, to see the bears. Don took Elena’s hand and squeezed as they walked down the cement path painted with elephant tracks, following Diana, who skipped ahead of them like she used to when she was just a little girl. Elena squeezed back, smiling up at him, eyes still bright after following his instructions. Something had changed, with one directive, although he wasn’t quite sure what. She looked at him differently. There was a heat in her eyes, a life, he hadn’t seen before. A hope. Maybe that was it.

And just like that, things between them had really begun.

* * * *

Anne had been her usual self, aloof and cool, upon meeting Elena. Elena, of course, had been warm and bright, laughing at a “magical butterflies” comment from Diana, and had generally put everyone at ease. Everyone except Anne, of course. Anne was never at ease, even at her most comfortable. And Don could tell she didn’t like Elena. She didn’t like Elena one bit.

Elena worried about it instantly, the minute the door closed behind them, asking Don if she thought Anne liked her, and what could he say? He didn’t want to tell her the truth, whatever the reason, so instead of getting into it, he’d ordered her to strip.

His words stopped her mid-sentence. The wheels that had been turning in her head went still. Confusion and doubt left her eyes, replaced by a heat he could feel from all the way across the room.

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