Roads Behind Us by Greta Rose West

Author:Greta Rose West [West, Greta Rose]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781955633284
Publisher: Punk Rose Press

Chapter Seventeen

Bea

“I feel bad I’m keepin’ you up,” Bax said while I snuggled closer to his chest.

I’d insisted on getting redressed just in case Athena came into the room, but now I remembered I’d locked the door so that wouldn’t happen. But still, I didn’t want a repeat of hurrying to help him get dressed while someone waited on the other side of the door.

“You probably have an early start in the mornin’.”

“Yeah.” I yawned. “But it’s fine. I’ll take a micro nap at lunch.”

He laughed softly. “What the hell is a micro nap?”

Assuming he could figure that out on his own, instead of answering, I blurted, “What was Candy like?”

I couldn’t help asking. Athena was such an amazing kid, and I wanted to know if she took after her mom. But really, what I wanted to know was if Candy and I were anything alike. If that was why Bax was attracted to me. Candy and I certainly didn’t look anything alike. And if we weren’t similar, then why was he attracted to me? From the pictures hanging in his living room and the one I’d seen in his brother’s office, I knew Candy had been all tall, soft, curvy mom, and I was hard, short, and worn.

He wasn’t my type at all. He didn’t have a motorcycle or tattoos, he actually cared about his fellow human beings, and he was somebody’s father. Maybe it was because he had a broken femur, but he was kind of a homebody. I couldn’t figure out why I wanted him as much as I did, and even more now we’d slept together.

But I did want more. More sex. More cuddles and kisses. More everything.

The way his deft fingers stroked leisurely through the length of my hair was intoxicating, and if he leaned down one more time to kiss the top of my head, I was going to go insane and jump his bones again. At least the ones that weren’t broken.

He cleared his throat.

“It’s okay if you don’t wanna talk about her. I was just curious.”

“No,” he said. “No, I don’t mind, actually. It’s funny; I was just thinkin’ about what she’d think of you.”

“She probably wouldn’t like me.”

“I think she would’ve. She was sweet and kind-hearted and really smart, but she didn’t want to be in charge. She always wanted me to lead. But she didn’t like that about herself, you know? She always said she wished she had a stronger backbone.

“She deferred to me in practically all situations. She wouldn’t make a decision if she didn’t know what my opinion on an issue or a problem was. It didn’t matter what we were talkin’ about: finances, business decisions, family decisions. Even a lot of things about Athena. I guess I’d just assumed that when she became a mom, Candy would have that mama-bear thing. You know? I mean, she did in some ways, but if there was a problem, she expected me to handle it.”

“That’s a lot of pressure on you.

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