Flynn (14 page)

Flynn
ran his hand over her thighs. How he’d missing seeing the gorgeous white skin
and the dark curls at the top of them. He pushed them slightly apart, already
seeing the shiny evidence of her arousal clinging to her outer pussy lips.

She
was beautiful.

And
the scar.
Today it looked more raised and pink.

He
ran his finger the length of it.

“Did
it hurt?” he asked.

“Nope,
they put me right out because the baby… Emily was a long time in my birth
canal. When I woke up it was all over.”

He
kissed her. “It must have been horrible for you.”

She
rested her hand on his face. “Worst part
was having
to
stay in the hospital longer, seeing everyone with their babies, my breasts
producing milk and not having a baby to feed.”

He
could imagine what she’d gone through. He looked down at her stomach. Her body
had given him Emily.
All the years of joy because she’d
carried her and loved her.

She
stroked his face again.

“Make
love to me,” she said.

Flynn
reached over to the nightstand and pulled open the bottom drawer. He found a
condom sitting on top of one of the books he’d been reading a few weeks ago. He
laid back on the bed to sheath himself, knowing within seconds he’d be in
paradise.

****

There
was one moment she’d grown to love, and that was when Flynn’s cock introduced
itself to her pussy. He was always
so
gentle as he
pushed inside her. She was tense today, tense and tight because she’d been on
edge not knowing what reception she’d get from him when she’d arrived
unannounced at his front door.

He
moved slowly over her body, looking down and smiling at her.

He
loved her. She’d guessed that he did.

Natalie
bucked her body upward to meet his thrusts that were now getting harder and
quicker.

She’d
missed him.
Missed being around him.
Hearing his voice.
Even the smell of his
aftershave.
And yes, his body being this intimate with
hers.

Wrapping
her legs around him, she felt him slid deeper. She gasped but in a good way.
The end of his cock tickled the back of her pussy, making it spasm as her
orgasm built slowly, wave upon wave of pure pleasure that only Flynn could give
her.

Her
muscles tensed, her pussy pulled, and then that was it. Fireworks, sparks, and warmth
spread through her channel and thighs. No one had ever given her these sorts of
sensations.

Flynn
groaned as he picked up tempo, breathing heavily.
Her knowing
him well enough now to sense that he was on the verge of his own release.
And then it happened quickly, the tell-tale pressure flooding inside her that
told her he’d climaxed.

She
could even hear his heart beating as he pulled out and laid his body close to
hers. She’d always dreamed about having another child.
One
that no one would take away from her.
Natalie turned over on her side,
running her hand down his belly.
A child with Flynn, a
brother or sister for Emily.

Emily.

Here
they were enjoying their reunion and the pure pleasure of one another’s bodies
when they had to find their daughter.

“We’re
going to find her today,” said Natalie. “I feel it in my heart that she’s safe
and close by.”

He
turned and kissed her.

“I
hope so because once I have her back, and now that you’re here with me, I have
everything I’ll ever need.”

****

Natalie
had insisted on cooking them breakfast before they headed out to join Shane and
Rory and twenty plus volunteers from Timber Creek in the continuing search for
Emily.

“Did
I tell you I’m going to take a permanent job at your mom’s café?” Natalie’s
question startled him.

“Hope
you’re not going to burn the customer’s bacon like you have today.”

She’d
only slightly singed it, but he couldn’t help tease her.

Natalie
slapped his arm and slid in the chair beside him.

“You
don’t want to be a lawyer any longer?”

“I
don’t think I ever did. It’s yet another thing I got talked into.”

Like giving up
your baby.

“Well,
mom can do with some help now that she’s recovering.”

“I
thought…”

Natalie
stopped in mid-sentence. She obviously heard it too.
A
creaking sound coming from what sounded like the hallway.

“You
have loud mice in Montana,” she said.

“I
think we might have some company.”

He
sensed where exactly it was coming from, and as he walked out of the kitchen
and into the hallway, his instinct was right. There descending from the ceiling
was the old wooden ladder that him and Rory had built when they were kids to
access their favorite hiding spot that he thought to this day no one but the
two of them knew about.

Natalie
grabbed his hand and squeezed it when Emily headed down the rungs. She turned
and looked at them.

“You,
young lady have a lot of explaining to do, but first I want to hug and kiss
you.”

“Sorry
Daddy, sorry Mommy.”

He
glanced at Natalie. Had she heard Emily call her Mommy?
She
must have because tears were running down her cheek.

Flynn
held open his arms, and Emily ran toward him. She put one arm around him and
the other around Natalie and squeezed so tight he could hardly breathe.

She
pulled away and looked up at him.

“You
mad, Daddy?”

“I
have mixed feelings right now. How did you know about the hiding space up
there?”

“I
heard you and Uncle Rory talking about it a long time ago, and I took my food
and water up there, but I ran out today.”

“Honey,
why did you do it? We were all so worried,” he asked lifting her chin, so she
had to look directly at him.

“I
knew it would bring my mommy back here.”

She
looked at Natalie and then at Flynn. “I overheard you talking to Uncle Rory
that morning and knew Natalie was my mom. You’d sent her away, and I wanted her
back.”

She
began crying and then pushed her face into Natalie’s chest. Natalie rubbed her
back.

“It’s
okay, honey. I’m here, and it was wrong of me not to tell you and your dad who
I really was from the first time we met.”

“Don’t
leave me, don’t leave me again,” she sobbed.

“Honey,
I’m not going anywhere. I’m here to stay with you for as long as you want me to
be your mom.”

She
pulled away. “Then that’s forever.”

****

Flynn
had suggested that she and Emily sit down and read Jon’s letter to Emily in
private, but he was part of this story too and she couldn’t shut him out.

“Why
did my birth daddy die?” asked Emily looking at the photo Natalie had handed
her. She fingered Jon’s face.

“Sometimes
that’s what happens in life,” said Natalie. “People get sick with things like
cancer and doctors can’t cure them.”

“He
has the same color hair as me.”

“That’s
right, and I can see a lot of him in you. And he left you money to go to
college.”

“Emily,
you remember reading about the boy with Down’s that went to a special program
at a university?” asked Flynn.

Emily
nodded. “He was happy.”

“You
think you might like to try that too when the time comes?”

She
shrugged. “I don’t know.”

“Well,
we’ll see that the money is invested for you and then you can think about it,”
said Flynn.

“Your
birth dad also wrote you a letter,” said Natalie handing it to her.

She
took it and opened it up. “I want you to read it to me,” she said handing it
back to her.

Natalie
took it and placed it on her lap.

I should start with dear something, but
I don’t know your name or even if you’re my daughter or my son. One of the
regrets I have is that I didn’t get to meet you. I’m sure you’re pretty or
handsome. In fact, I’m certain that you are.

I want you to know that I’ve thought
about you a lot. And I’ve also thought about your mom every day. You couldn’t
have asked for a
…

Natalie
stopped and blinked away some tears.

Flynn
reached out and covered the back of her hand with his, giving it a squeeze.

a
better, kinder person.
I’ve requested that she find you and
knowing her, she’ll do just that. I hope that you’ll forgive both of us for not
keeping you and raising you, but maybe when you get older you’ll understand why
we couldn’t.

She
paused again.

When the two of you find one another
it’s my hope that you’ll be together forever and that you’ll get to do things
that you and I never got around to doing. Although I never met you, know that I
love you with all my heart.
With all my love, Jon Nelson.

A
tear fell onto the page, smudging some of the ink. Natalie quickly handed it to
Emily hoping she wouldn’t ruin it because maybe Emily would want to keep it.

“Don’t
cry mommy,” said Emily wiping away her tears. “You’ve got me now.”

She
turned to look at Flynn who also had tears streaming down his face. If Jon
hadn’t sent her on this journey to find their baby, she wouldn’t have met this wonderful
man. It was almost as if he’d given her two gifts, first a child, and then
another man to love.

“Does
daddy have brothers and sisters?”

“He
has a sister, and she has two children. You think you might like to meet them
someday?”

Emily
nodded.

“Oh
and before I forget I want you to have these.”

Natalie
took off the earrings—the same ones Emily had admired the first time they’d
met.

“These
are yours now. They belonged to your great grandmother on your granddad’s side
of the family.”

“I
don’t have holes in my ears.”

“Then
we’ll have to do something about that,” said Flynn.

Emily
put out her arms and squeezed her like she was never going to let her go. And
she hoped she never would.

Chapter
Fourteen

“How
do I look?”

Flynn
turned to Emily after putting on his new shirt.

“Okay.”

“Just
okay?
Come on now. I have to look more than that, or your mom might not accept our
proposal.”

“Why
do you need me?”

“Because
we’re a team.
We always have been, always will be.”

“I
guess.”

“Quickly,
I hear her car pulling up. Now remember you get the door, and I’ll be waiting
with the flowers and the ring.”

Emily
nodded and ran to the door.

“
Brrrr
, it’s freezing out there. When’s spring going to
arrive?” Flynn heard her asking Emily.

“Dad’s
on his knees so you better hurry because he gets pains and aches in them now that
he’s old.”

Flynn
laughed but tried to muffle the sound with his hand over his mouth.

“What’s
he doing on his knees?”

Natalie
stepped in the room and smiled as he held up the ring. Emily rushed to his side
and got on her knees too.

“Emily
and I would like you to be our wife and mother.”

Natalie
held her chest. “What can I say? This has to be the cutest proposal in
history.”

Flynn
nudged Emily’s arm and she burst out laughing. “Did you hear that? We’re cute.”

“Do I
get to be the bridesmaid again?” asked Emily.

“Hey
young lady, your mother hasn’t accepted yet.”

Natalie
walked over to them and knelt down, putting her arms around both their
shoulders.

“How
could any girl turn down a sexy cowboy and the cutest girl in the world?”

Epilogue

Her
mother had been right about the shooting star.

Marie
sat at the table and watched as Mr. and Mrs. Flynn Malone took to the floor for
their first dance as husband and wife. Emily stood on the side clapping along
to the music. She’d met her cousins for the first time and her aunt. And yes,
even her grandparents who Flynn had eaten humble pie and asked if they’d come
along to the wedding.