Cain (24 page)

“
Sure. But this had to
wait until the end. I want it to be the first thing you think of in
the morning when you confront her.”

She paled slightly and sat back in her
chair. Drew couldn’t imagine having to do this to his mother. She
would have skinned him alive if he’d even tried. But over the past
several days, he came to realize that Alyssa’s mother was nothing
like a normal mother, not even close. She was a money hungry bitch
and knew no boundaries when it came to getting what she
wanted.

“
All right, give it to me.
Oh! Before I forget, did you find anything on Lily? I do want to
have that information when she comes in on Monday.”

“
Yes, I did, and you’re
stalling. Lily’s paperwork is on this desk somewhere. You are
paying for your brother Nathan’s rehab and Robert’s alimony. Both
of which are costing over seven grand a month each.”

“
Pay for the rehab for
another six months then stop. He finds a job and I’ll help,
otherwise he’s on his own. Does Robert have children?” Drew shook
his head no, thank goodness. “Then stop that as well now. I’m not
paying for a failed marriage that everyone had to know wouldn’t
work from the beginning. Uncle Samuel?”

“
He was just diagnosed
with testicular cancer six weeks ago. His chances of having a child
are slim to none unless he had sperm saved before he started chemo.
I’ve contacted his doctors and his specialist, and they are both
aware that Howard monies will not be footing the bills for any more
of his treatments that are experimental.” Drew looked up at Alyssa
when she snorted. “I agree that drinking a bottle of eight hundred
dollar wine is a bit excessive and I told the doctor that
too.”

“
And he said what? That he
will try something with an eight dollar bottle? I’m not paying for
that either. Okay, now Mother. What is she up to?”

Drew handed her several sheets of
paper. He hoped that she’d agree with what he’d proposed to her.
This was going to be tricky even with what he’d done.

“
About you mother…she’s
spent over three million dollars this year already, not including
the money you’re paying her rent and utilities with. She seems to
think that you are her own personal bank account. I’ve…Alyssa, I’ve
taken steps to recoup some of your losses. On Friday after your
mother and uncle leave the house, a team will come in and ransack
the place in that they will be looking for anything and everything
on that list. The locks will be changed and the staff let go. When
the recovery team is finished, a salvage company will come in with
an accountant to see what else there is—clothing, shoes, and
anything personal that can be sold. Everything else will be boxed
up and put into storage until such time as I can see what its value
is.”

“
All right. I don’t like
it, but I agree that it has to be done. I want you to do the same
with my brothers’ and my uncle Samuel’s places too. There is no
telling what is there.”

Drew made a note to get another crew
lined up for that. “I have a cleaning crew to come in and get the
house ready for you. Your things here will be packed up and taken
to your house and the new staff we’ve hired will start Friday
evening. The gardens have been neglected as well and I have a staff
coming to get those in order as soon as possible. Those won’t be
repaired over night, but by the end of summer, you’ll see an
improvement.”

She looked resigned and tired. He had
been working with her for five days straight for ten or twelve
hours a day and he knew that she was working long after he’d left
and before he arrived every day. He closed the file up, knowing
there were a few more things to clarify and okay before too long,
but he knew she needed a break. After putting the file in his
briefcase, he stood up.

“
I have a date tonight.
I’m sorry but you’ll have to finish these up on Friday or Monday at
the latest. Can you think of anything that we really need to close
tonight?” Drew knew that her mind was going a hundred miles an
hour, but she wouldn’t keep him from his plans. He was going to
love working with her; she was going to be a great boss.

“
No. Nothing that…you’re
going to be there tomorrow, aren’t you? I don’t…I don’t want to get
myself in a place where she can get what I’ve worked so hard to
take care of.”

“
Yes. I’ll be there. If
for nothing else then for the entertainment. It’s going to be quite
a show. I actually can’t wait.”

Drew wanted to take her into his arms,
but she didn’t seem the type to be hugged. He’d seen her reaction
to Grandda hugging her. It was as if she didn’t know how to do it
or she had forgotten. Drew thought that Cain would be good for her.
He liked to hug and to touch her, his sisters too.

He left a little after four and decided
to call Cain on his way home.

~~~

Alyssa sat on the ground in front of
the headstone. She brushed away a few twigs as she thought about
tomorrow. It was going to depressing, pathetic, horrific, and
exciting. None of which she was looking forward to. She looked at
the headstone again as she spoke. “You’d like Cain, Daddy. He’s a
good man. I’ll bring him by to meet you soon.” There was laughter
just over from her and she watched two children run around while a
man sat on a chair next to a headstone similar to the one she was
at.

“
Tomorrow I’m going to
toss mother out on her ass. Sorry, her butt. She…her and Uncle
Samuel have been up to no good and I have to do this. I’m sure you
would have approved.” She traced the letters before her. The dates
hurt her so much. He would have been sixty this year, she thought
idly, and turned to lay on the damp ground, her head where his
heart would have been. She let the tears fall as she continued. “I
failed you, didn’t I? I should have…I should have stayed and faced
her, faced them, but I was a coward and a wimp. I was so hurt that
you’d left me and I just wanted a minute to be…she wouldn’t let me
mourn you. I miss you so much, Daddy. I’m so sorry.”

She lay there for another hour, her
heart hurting and her tears falling. She rolled to her back and
looked up at the tree that shaded where she lay. Her dad would have
loved this spot.

“
I’m going to go now. I
have so much to do tomorrow, but I’ll be back. I want you to meet
some friends of mine, some of them new and others I’ve…they helped
me.” Sitting up, she leaned over, kissed his name, and sat back
down. “Do me a favor and find Rodney for me and tell him that I
love him too. He was a great man and he loves to play chess. Find
him and play a game for me.”

She walked back to the car and slipped
inside. There was no one with her other than the driver and she
closed the window between them and wiped her tears. Tomorrow she’d
have it all back and she would do everything she and her daddy had
talked about and more. She was going to make it up to him, make up
to her daddy when she’d left.

When Alyssa got back to Thomas’ house,
she went to her room and took a long bath. She had called Cain
earlier and asked him not to come by, that she was too stressed out
and wouldn’t be much company tonight. She wanted him there, but
wasn’t sure what he would think about the things she would be doing
in the morning. She was just stepping out of the tub and wrapping a
towel around her when the door opened.

“
I thought…what are you
doing here? I was going to go to bed early and then…what are you
doing here, Cain?”

“
I got us a movie to
watch. And Thomas is making popcorn, extra butter for you and
natural for him and me. I also picked up one of those Danish you
like, cheesy and full of fruit.” He took off his tie and tossed it
on the counter. Then he toed off his shoes and unbuttoned his
shirt. He was taking off his cuff links when she stopped
him.

“
What are you doing? Put
those back on. You’re…you need to leave here right now. I’ve made
plans that—”

“
Break them.” His voice
was husky and full of heat. It was all she could do not to strip
him down and take him on the floor. “I’m going to get into the tub
with you. I want to make sure you’re very relaxed and sated before
we head downstairs.” She watched, mesmerized, as the shirt pooled
on the tile floor and he took off his belt.

“
I don’t want to…” Her
mouth was dry and no matter how many times she licked her lips,
they just wouldn’t be satisfied. “You should go, Cain. I’m not
going to be fit company tonight. I’ve got things I need
to—”

“
So do I. I have lots of
things I need too. Like for instance, this towel. I would like it
so much better over there on the rack, don’t you think?”

He pulled it away from her body and
tossed it in the general direction of the hanger. Cain pulled her
closer to his body, but he didn’t let her press against him. She
could feel his heat, his warmth coming from him.

“
Cain, you were supposed
to…stop that. You should be at home and…and…” He was touching her,
no, not touching really. He was skimming his fingers along her skin
and making her body crave more.

When his mouth touched the place where
her neck met her shoulder, she thought she’d melt into the floor.
His breath was like a warm blanket spreading over her. Alyssa could
feel his fingers touching deeper, his hands moving over her more
and his touch more defined.

“
Alyssa, do you still want
me to leave you?” His body moved against her now, pressing fully to
her and heating her more.

“
Cain, please. Please,
don’t…no, please don’t leave me.”

Suddenly, she was lifted up and into
his arms. Before she could protest or even make a sound, his mouth
was covering hers. He moved them both out of the bathroom and into
the bedroom without pausing. He laid her on the bed and stepped
back. She wanted to cover herself, and even lifted her hands to do
so when she looked into his eyes.

Lust. Passion. Need. Love. Each emotion
slipped over the other until she couldn’t tell one from the other.
He only stared down at her, not moving to remove anymore clothes or
to join her in the bed.

“
I wanted to tell you
again that I love you. I’ve never…I didn’t think it would ever
happen for me. With you it’s…perfect. Everything about you is
perfect.”

Tears welled in her eyes. She knew she
was nothing close to being perfect. But from him, his words, she
felt it. She reached for him and he leaned down to her. When he
covered her with his body, she rocked up into him. Alyssa could
feel his cloth-covered cock press hard against her soft
folds.

“
Cain, please. I want you
inside of me. Deep and hard. Take me, please?”

He rolled to his back and worked at the
button and zipper at his pants. Alyssa sat up to help and found
herself straddled over his thighs with her knees bent into the
mattress. When they had his pants open and his boxers pulled down
enough for his cock to be free, she scooted back on his legs and
leaned down to take him into her mouth. He stopped her with his
hand to her hair.

“
No, honey, this is about
you. I want to please you.”

Reaching behind her and to his fingers
in her hair, Alyssa pulled them from her head. She brought his hand
to her mouth and licked then suckled each finger. When she pulled
his index finger to her mouth, she groaned. His answering groan
raced along her skin.

“
Alyssa, you’re playing
with fire right now. I want to give you a night of pleasure, but if
you keep that up, I’m not going to be able to.”

Popping his digit out of her mouth, she
grinned at him. “But this is pleasurable for me. I want your cock
in my mouth, Cain. Will you let me taste you again? I want to feel
your cum as it slides down the back of my throat.”

~CHAPTER
TWENTY-FOUR~

Cain watched her as she leaned down
again. Her eyes were on his as she licked her lips then ran her
tongue along the length of him. He was going to die, he decided.
Right now his heart was so erratic that he was sure that if tested,
they would declare him in d-fib. When she got to the swollen head
of his cock, Alyssa wrapped her tongue around him then took him
into her. Before he could think about how hard he did it, he surged
up into her heat.

“
Alyssa, baby. Please,
take me. I want to—Christ!”

She wrapped her mouth around him and
swallowed. Her throat tightened around him, milked him. Cain wove
his fingers into her hair and held her to him. He was close to
coming, his cock felt tight and painful. When Alyssa cupped his
balls, she let his cock go from her mouth. But before he could
protest, she lapped at him and made her way down. He could feel his
balls ready to release, the sensation racing along his spine and
down the length of him.

“
Come for me, Cain. Let me
have you. Let me taste all of you.”

Her breathless command was all he
needed. He could no more stop the eruption from shooting from him
even with a gun to his head. With a roar, he came. Over and over,
his body let go, filling her with his essences until he couldn’t
move—until he didn’t want to move ever again.

As she made her way up his body,
nipping and kissing him as she went, Cain felt his cock stir. By
the time she was at his nipples, he began to feel a tightening in
his groin, his cock come alive. Rolling Alyssa to her back when she
bit his neck, he felt as though he could conquer the world and
needed her now.