Flynn (10 page)

“I
didn’t get the hang of it the first time either,” she said. “Let’s give it
another try.”

“Don’t
want to.”

“You
can do it. I know you can.”

“Cannot.”
She
stomped her feet on the ground.

“Emily,
you have to try.”

“Don’t
want to. It’s stupid.”

Emily
picked up the wool and threw it at Natalie just as Flynn walked through the
door
.
“Hey, just what do you think you’re doing young lady?”

“It’s
stupid. I can’t do it.’

“No
one can do something on the first try, that’s why we have to learn,” said
Flynn.

“I
won’t do it, I won’t do it.”

She
picked up the needles and hurled them at her father. He ducked out of the way but
one caught his cheek and made it bleed. He wiped it with his fingers and looked
at it.

“How
dare you do something as dangerous as throwing something sharp at a person.
Go
to your room and stay there, okay. I’m tired and I don’t need your crap.”

She
didn’t argue with him but stormed out of the room. A door slammed shut a few
minutes later. A painting fell from the wall to the ground. Flynn took a deep
breath and ran his hands through his hair.

Natalie
guessed she’d been around long enough now to see all the frustration that Flynn
had to deal with as a parent. Everything she hadn’t while she’d gotten on with
her life and career. She suddenly felt guilty.

“I’m
so sorry about that,” he said.

“Nothing
to apologize about.
All kids get frustrated, and she’s no
different.” Natalie stood and walked over to him. “Let’s get that cleaned up,”
she said pointing to the gash on his face.

They
walked out to the kitchen and Natalie reached for a paper towel and ran it
under the tap and then dabbed it on his cheek.

“I
guess it was my fault for being an awful teacher,” she said.

“No,
she gets like that when she gets frustrated. She thinks she can do something
right the first time. Shit, none of us can do that, but she doesn’t understand
it and thinks it’s because she has Down’s. She wants to be like other kids and
can’t understand why she isn’t.”

Natalie
swallowed the lump forming in her throat. This man had dealt with a lot yet he
was kind and patient. Maybe that’s why she was falling in love with him.

Falling in love.
Yeah, that’s what was happening.

“Will
she be okay?” asked Natalie, trying to stay focused on the moment.

“Sure.
She’s gotten a little worse since she started her periods. I think it’s getting
close to that time of the month.”

Her daughter was already a woman.

“Yeah,
I’ve been known to throw a few things when I have PMS,” she said.

“Thanks
for warning me. I’ll get my safety hat and goggles ready.”

They
laughed and he kissed her. He pulled the blouse out from her waistband and
pushed his hand up her back. The thought of them having sex again, excited her.
Her nipples hardened, her pussy pulled and…

“Daddy.”

They
both pulled away quickly like two kids caught by their parents.

“Honey,
I told you, you had to stay in your room.”

“I
wanted to say I’m sorry.”

“Then
that’s different,” he said. “For that I’ll make an exception.”

“Can
Natalie come to Gran’s café and teach me to knit tomorrow?”

“That
sounds like a wonderful idea,” said Natalie.

She
walked over to them and threw her arms around both them. For the first time the
three of them were together as one. A mass hug, her daughter, and the guy she’d
fallen for.

“It’s
okay to kiss again because I’m going to my room,” said Emily.

She
turned and simply walked away.

“My
daughter says it’s okay to kiss, so that’s exactly what I’m going to do to
you,” said Flynn.

****

Flynn
smiled when he entered his mother’s café the following day and saw Emily
holding up three rows of knitting to him.

“Look,
I’m knitting,” she said. “Natalie’s a good teacher. She should teach everyone
how to knit,” said Emily, now showing the rest of the customers her handiwork.

Natalie
was standing by the counter wearing jeans and a sweater and looking at Emily
with pride as if she was her own daughter. She loved her. It was written all
over her face.

She
looked at him and he winked before mouthing,
thank you.

“So
what do you think of your granddaughter’s new talent?” he asked his mother. She
stopped wiping down the counter and looked up at him.

“I’m
putting in a request for socks to wear to bed so I can keep my feet warm.”

“I
can do it. I can make them,” said Emily.

“How
about Emily and I go home for some supper and maybe you can show Natalie more
of our little town,” said his mother.

She
winked at him. This time it wasn’t Lacey playing matchmaker but his own mother,
and he had no problem with that at all.
Nothing like having
your whole family thinking that this woman was pretty damn perfect for him.

Show
her the rest of the town. He had one spot he wanted to take her. He grew hard
just thinking about it.

****

“Just
where are we going?” Natalie saw Flynn turn down a dirt road that seemed to
lead to nowhere.

“I am
taking you to the make out spot of the town.”

“Really?
And
what are we going to do there?”

He
reached across and squeezed her knee and she laughed.

“I
hope that no one else in town has decided to come here for a little whoopee tonight.”

“A
little whoopee.
Is that what you call it in these
parts?”

It
was her turn to reach across and squeeze his knee.

He
turned down another road and then she realized they were halfway up a mountain
road with a panoramic view of the town.
Its lights sparkling
and oh so pretty.
As well as falling for Flynn, she was also falling in
love with Timber Creek.

“It’s
beautiful.”

“Yeah,
lots of people lie and say they come here strictly for the view.”

“I
bet they do.”

He
grabbed her hand as they looked out the windshield.

“So
what is it that makes cowboys so hot and sexy and wonderful in bed?”

He
leaned over and kissed her.
“The lifestyle and the steaks.”

Natalie
laughed and took his hat and put it on her head.

“It
suits you. Maybe we should think about getting you one too.”

He
edged closer to her.

“How
many girls have you made out with up here?” she asked.

“Let’s
see there’s been Julie, Abbey, Sarah, oh and not forgetting, Sally and…”
“Lucky girls.”

“And
now lucky you.”

He
unzipped her jacket and put his hand under her sweater.

“Is
this first base to a cowboy?”

“Hell
no, this is.” His fingers went inside her bra and passed over her nipples.

“You
have such rough fingers, but I love them.”

She
reached over and unzipped the fly on his jeans.

Natalie
put her hand inside the slit in his boxers and found him hard and hot, and
shit, it made her panties damp.

“Touch
my balls,” he whispered, kissing her and pushing her sweater up over her belly.

She
ran her fingers around them, hearing him groan as she stroked gently underneath
them.

“Every
time we have sex I want to take it slow but you’re just too beautiful and
sexy,” he said.

That
was one of the nicest compliments she’d ever heard.

“I
think we might be more comfortable in the back,” he said.

“That
sounds very naughty but I like it a lot,” said Natalie as the two of them
climbed over the front seats into the back of the truck.

He
eased off her jacket, lifted up her sweater and then reached behind her back
and unclasped her bra. It fell onto her lap.

Flynn
massaged her breasts, making her almost drool. She licked her lips as he rolled
her nipples, pulling them ever so gently, and making them erect and throb.

She
shivered.

“I
guess we should hurry and do something to warm you up,” said Flynn.

“Got
any ideas?” she asked.

She
leaned back, tempting him to pull down the zipper on her pants. He reached out
and yanked at it. She raised her hips off the seat so he could remove them. Her
panties also slid down her legs. Natalie leaned against the door, hoping it was
securely shut so she wouldn’t go flying outside into the snow.

Naked in a truck
with a cowboy.

Flynn
turned toward her. He brought her legs up so they were flat on the seat and
then parted her thighs. She wasn’t expecting what he did next. He laid his head
down between them and first kissed her slit and then moved his tongue upward
until it rested on her clit.

She’d
never had oral sex before, but she’d heard it was great. She ran her nails over
the leather on the seat as he flicked and licked her. The cowboy was an expert and
it made her feel jealous that he might have perfected his art in this very
truck with Julie, and Sarah, and… oh my god, this was good. He pushed his
tongue inside her and she actually felt her juices sliding from her and
traveling down the underside of her butt. Natalie moved her head from side to
side. It was too intense.

 
No,
there wasn’t such a thing.

His
stubble rubbed against her pussy opening as his tongue continued its magic on
her clit. He circled it, licked it, and then ventured lower flicking at her
pussy opening.

She
was about to come. Her legs shook and she cried out and tilted her head back as
she released the breath she’d been holding.

Still
recovering from what was probably the sexiest thing a man had done to her, she
hadn’t noticed that Flynn was now kneeling above her, his cock hard, as he
rolled on a condom.

She
held his shoulders as he slipped inside her. There wasn’t much room so she
moved, hoping that would help, but instead it sent his cock right toward her
G-spot and she had what she could only describe as a mini-orgasm.

“Did
you just come?” he asked.

“Sort
of,” she said, putting her feet flat against the window.

“Guess
I don’t need to do a thing then.”

“Oh
you better, mister cowboy, you better.”

He
began thrusting. She wasn’t sure if it was the location, or the naughty part of
being in the back of her truck, but her pussy was very responsive tonight.

“Move
faster, cowboy,” she reached across his body and slapped his butt.

“Hey,
I’m the one who does that sort of thing. And I’m going to take you over my knee
and spank you.”

 
She’d never imagined something like that would
seem so sexy.

He
picked up his
pace,
making her groan and cry as her
pussy pulled and the sensation went all the way to the tips of her toes.

“Faster
and harder, or you’re in big trouble,” she whispered.

He
did just that, which made
her
feel
suddenly
light-headed.
She tilted her head back and saw the stars twinkling outside the window. This
whole place and this man were magical. She was positive she saw a shooting star
as she found release. Flynn groaned and relaxed into her body as someone tapped
the window behind him.

“Geez,
who’s
that
?” asked Natalie, trying to cover herself
but realizing most of her clothes were on the floor and it was too dark to find
them at this short notice.

Flynn
opened the window slightly and there stood a man in a sheriff’s uniform holding
a flashlight and focusing its beam inside the truck.

“Thought
I recognized the vehicle,” he said.

“Shane,
you haven’t met Natalie. Natalie, this is my brother Shane.”

“Nice
to meet you Natalie.
Emily’s told me a lot about you
already.”

“Great
to finally meet you,” said Natalie, knowing she was blushing big time.

 
“Well, I’ll let you two get on with whatever
it was you were doing.”

He
was gone before they could say anything else. Flynn burst out laughing.

Natalie
smacked his arm. “It’s not funny. That was sort of embarrassing for me. Meeting
your brother for the first time, and I’m naked.”