Must Wait (7 page)

She looks up at me. “Pedro, I think I made a
mistake. I now understand why you did not want to be in
that room or come near me on the bed. I am sorry, very
sorry.”
I step closer as I glance down at her naked breasts.
“There is nothing to be sorry for, Katie. I really hope you
do not feel like we are really a mistake.”
She pours more alcohol into her glass. “Pedro, I
really do like you. I have not felt like this before. You are
so sweet and simple, but yet your life is so complicated.
My head is telling me that I want you. I want you to be
my first.”
I shake my head. “No, Katie. I cannot do that. You
must wait. Wait until you are married. It has to be special.
To have the special bond and giving yourself to the one
you really love is very magical. Please promise me that
you will wait? You waited this long already.”
She looks up at me and nods her head. “Yes, I can
do that for you, Pedro.”
I take a few more steps towards her, mesmerized by
her eyes. I lean down and kiss her so gently. I pick her up
and carry her back to my bed. I place her down as I move
in next to her. I kiss her soft pink lips ever so gently. I
move up, pushing myself up over her. I gently lay down
on top of her, our skin touching. I continue exploring my
tongue within her mouth. She lets out a small groan and
squirms under my body. I shift off her and move to her
side. I feel her hand reaching for mine. She takes my hand
placing it on her breast. My excitement level increases
with the feel of her soft skin under my palm. I move my
hand allowing for my fingers to gently squeeze her nipple.
She moans into our kiss. She runs her fingers through my
hair, tugging at my head. I break our kiss, moving my
head down to her breasts. I am dying to taste them to feel
her nipple under my tongue. She arches her back giving
me the access to her body. I place a few small kisses on
her breast while I massage them with both my hands. I
release her right breast as I stare down at her nipple. I
lower me head taking her into my mouth. My tongue
dances around her erect nipple then I gently bite down.
She hisses out as she digs her nails into my shoulder. I
keep kissing down her stomach as I reach the top of the
black lace panties. I bite at the top of the panties and she
lets out a moan. I move my hand between her legs
touching the outside of her panties. I feel how extremely
wet she is. I nuzzle my nose to the lace, breathing in her
sweet scent. I lift my head to look up at her. I speak so
low, asking for permission, “Katie, can I taste you?”
She bites down on her bottom lips before she
answers. “Yes, please, Pedro.”
I smile, looking into her hooded eyes as she stares
down at me. I got overexcited and ripped her panties
from her body. As I did so, she let out a small cry. I peck
a few small kisses around her nether lips. She moans out
again grabbing a fistful of my hair. She moves her knee
up, granting me access to her wetness. I glance up at her
face to see her eyes begging me to begin. I slowly use my
finger to wipe away some of her juices. I place my finger
in my mouth tasting her sweetness. She moans aching for
me. I touch her again with my finger feeling her soft skin.
I lean into her legs, my tongue to coursing over her. She
screams out, pulling my hair. I move my tongue over her
sensitive skin as she continues to moan. A few more
flicks of my tongue and I can feel her shuddering. She
moans wildly as she pulls my hair again. She is pawing at
my shoulder digging her nails into me skin.
“Pedro, get up here. I want to kiss your lips.”
She pulls me up to her, deeply kissing me when I feel
her hand on my cock. She pulls the head of my penis to
her clit.
I jump back. “Katie, No!”
She stares up at me. “That is not what I am doing, Pedro.
Please trust me.”
I nod as she pulls me back onto her. She is rotating her
hips as she rubs herself on my cock. She kisses me deeply,
moaning into my mouth. I feel her shuddering again as
she tenderly bites down on my lip. She pulls her mouth
away and I can see her lips trembling. She keeps moving
as I stare down into her eyes. She turns her head
returning the stare. I feel her tiny hand on my ass as she
squeezes, never breaking the stare. She thrusts faster as
her breathing increases again. She digs her fingernails in
to my ass. I growl now feeling my release. I orgasm all
over her pussy and I pump out a few more squirts on her
stomach. I crash down to her side, my breathing labored.
She turns her head to the side, looking at my face. She
smiles and pecks a kiss to my lips.
“Pedro, you are so fucking hot.”
I scowl at her. “Katie, why do you always have to
swear?”
She laughs. “We just explored each other, orgasmed
repeatedly and you are worried about my language?”
My mouth popped open really wide. “Oh my God,
Katie. I have to clean you off. You can get pregnant.”
She starts laughing, pointing to a scar on her arm,
“No, I can’t. I have ten year birth control in my arm. I got
it right when I started at Harvard. I was afraid one of
those smart sweet talking men would get in my pants. I
did not want to become pregnant like my mom did at a
young age.”
I look at her confused as I wipe her down. “You
were planning on having sex at school?”
She laughs. “Yes, but you convinced me otherwise
now. It is better to wait and I can have just as much fun
like this.”
I shake my head into my pillow. “You are a nut job,
Katie. Well, I am glad I can’t get you pregnant. I would
not want you to die.”
She lowers her eyebrows. “Why would I die, Pedro?”
I run my finger over her stomach. “Because I am
cursed. My mother died giving birth to me and I was
supposed to be alone then. Then Cyntia died giving birth
to Ramón. I am not meant to be loved.”
She starts laughing. “Pedro, I think you are the nut
job. You are not cursed. Just bad coincidence. Now shut
up and go to sleep.”
She rolls over to her side, putting her arm around me
as she snuggles into me. I trace patterns on her back,
trying to remember if I held Cyntia like this. I couldn’t
recall a time. It was like Katie clogged up my memories of
Cyntia. I turn my head and kiss Katie’s forehead one last
time before I fall asleep.

I roll over and cover my head with my pillow, trying
to drown out the banging. I hear Katie groan as she rolls
in to my back. I push up off the bed to see who is
banging at the door. I pull on my soiled boxer shorts and
run for the front door. I open the door seeing Olivia
standing in front of me.

Her eyes make her way down my body, then she
stares up at me as she whispers. “Pedro, you didn’t?”
I shake my head. “No, Olivia.”
Katie runs up behind me, stepping past me with a
towel wrapped around her. Olivia’s eye bulge at the sight
of her.
Katie nudges me. “Pedro, it is okay. Mommy, I am
an adult. You know that. Pedro and I were just having
some fun.”
Olivia shakes her head. “Katie, I am not sure about
this. Your father is going to kill me.”
Katie laughs. “No, he will never know. Plus, it is not
like we had intercourse. We are just messing around.”
Olivia looks up at me. “Pedro, I sure hope you feel
the same way. Just messing around and all.”
All I can do is nod.
“Mommy, Pedro understands that I am going back
to school. He gets it.”
Olivia shakes her head. “Katie, I can see it already on
his face. He is going to be devastated when you return
home. Your father is going to kill me. You were on my
watch.”
Katie’s face turns red. “Mom, Pedro is not the first
man I made out with. There has been many. I am still a
virgin, Mom. I like to have some fun, you know. Daddy is
far from here and he will never know. Also, I do not give
a shit if he does find out. Daddy does not control me like
he did you. If he does come after you, Parker, Pedro and
his brothers will protect you. Mommy, you need to move
on and be happy. Parker likes you very much. Just give
him a chance.”
Olivia’s eyes shift down and I can see the pain in her
face.
Katie sees it too. “Mommy, listen to me. Daddy is
not sitting around all lonely like you are. He is out with
his hockey buddies and it is only a matter of time before
he meets someone unless he already has. Please stop. You
have yummy Parker drooling over you. Right, Pedro?”
Katie stares up at me waiting for me to answer.
I nod my head. “Yes, Parker has liked you the
moment he saw you Olivia.”
Olivia stares up at me, shaking her head.
Katie touches her mother’s shoulder. “Move on,
Mommy, please.”
Olivia steps back. “I will leave you two now. I have
to get to work and please do not forget about Noelia at
the house Katie.” Olivia turns away walking back to her
truck. I close the door, thinking about what Olivia just
said about Katie breaking my heart. I know she is right,
but I will love her while she is here.
Katie turns to me. “That went well.”
I shake my head. “It is evident she is hurting Katie.
She loves your father. It is written all over her.”
She looks up at me. “She needs to move on. Just like how
you finally realized. She better not wait around for years
like you did. She is not getting any younger.”
I glare at Katie. “That is very harsh.”
She drops her towel. “Come play with me, Pedro,
then you have to drive me to a phone signal again.”
I follow her into the bedroom ready for her once
again.

I drive Katie up the hillside so she can make another
phone call. I glance over at her and she is nervously biting
her fingernails.

She looks over at me. “I am calling my father. This
has to end once and for all. She needs to be free from
him.”

She waves her hand for me to stop the truck. I turn
off the truck watching her look at her phone.
She looks over at me. “I have three missed calls and
two voicemails.”
She plays her voicemail out loud on the phone’s
speaker. I hear a man’s deep calm voice, “Katie, honey, it
is Grandpa. Please call me right away. I want to talk to
you about what you said to your father. He is raging mad.
Please call me and also have your mother call me. I am
worried, Katie.” The phone beeps then the second
voicemail plays, “Katie, it is Daddy. Please tell me where
your mother is. This is not fair to me. I know you want to
hurt me. I get it, but please I want to talk to her. Please,
Katie, call me back.”
She stares forward looking ahead. “Time to get this
over with.”
I nod. “He sounds really upset, Katie.”
She dials her phone and places it to her ear. “Hi,
Daddy. Yes, I understand that. But she doesn’t love you
anymore.”
In shock by what Katie just said I blurt out, “Katie,
that is not right.”
She puts up her hand to silence me as she pulls the
phone away from her ear. I hear him yelling into the
phone, “Katie, who is that? Is that him? Katie, what the
fuck is going on down there?”
She pulls the phone back to her ear. “Are you
finished? Listen to me, no it is not him. I am hanging out
and there are guys around. Stop, I will let whoever I want
to touch me. You do not control me like you had
Mommy. You were fucking rotten to her for years.
Daddy, please just let her go and be happy with someone
who loves her. I know you love her, Daddy, but you hurt
her too. Odd way of showing your love. No, she is not
here. Yes, she is with him. When you pick Noelia and I
up from the airport on Saturday. I will give you the
mailing address to the school that she works at for you to
send her records. No, it is not a good idea for you to
come down here. It will
only hurt you, Daddy. I
understand, fine. When I come home. No, not now.
Because I am having fun with Mommy, and I do not want
you to ruin it for me. When I get home, I think you can
hold out for a few more days. Listen to me, Daddy.
Mommy has many new friends here. If you dare hurt her
in any way, they will hurt you. They care about her very
much. Yes, I am threatening you because I can’t sit by
and watch you belittle her anymore. Just let her go, please.
Move on, Daddy, she has. I know, I know. Saturday, I
promise. Bye, I love you too.” She hangs up the phone.
I look at her in shock. “You are horrible, Katie.”
She turns to look at me. “I think he was crying.” She
pauses, breathing in deeply. “Pedro, listen to me, and you
cannot say anything to anyone. When I get back home, I
have to give him the address. He has very important
paperwork that she must sign immediately.
Mommy
wiped out her bank account when she left. He wants to
stop her from accessing anything else. I think he may be
getting ready to file for divorce. This is good. Anyway, he
has to come down for the day to have her sign the
paperwork. Please, promise me that you and your
brothers will protect her from him. Just watch that he
does not touch her.”
I shake my head. “I will make sure Olivia is safe.”
She smiles. “Good! I will come down next break and
see you.”
I grin. “When is that, Katie?”
She looks at her phone again. “End of May until end
of June. I have summer classes. I will see if my mom will
let me stay for a month.”
I smile as I lean over to start the truck. I keep
thinking about the wedge she is driving between her
parents. I have to trust her since she is adamant that they
are better apart. She wants the abusiveness to stop. I have
to say though, I was very taken back when I heard the
way she spoke to her parents. I would never speak to my
parents in that manner ever. I am just happy that she
wants to see me on her break from school. I can wait for
her. I have waited this long to meet someone else, and
here she finally is, all for me. I pull up to her mother’s
house.
My eyes dart to hers. “Can I come in for a minute? I
would love to see the old house. It was my grandmother’s
house before she got married to my grandfather.”
She raises her eyebrows. “Yea, I guess so.”
I follow her into the house to see Noelia sunbathing
topless on the deck. Noelia waves at us not even covering
up.
She yells out to Katie, “Did you lose it?”
Katie smiles back at her. “Nope, he wouldn’t do it.”
Noelia shakes her head in disgust.
I scowl down at Katie. “What Katie?”
She laughs. “Calm down, Pedro. I told you last night
how much I wanted you to be my first. I wanted a sexy
strong man to love me the right way. I thought it would
be you. Then what you said about waiting made complete
sense to me.”
I walk to the kitchen. “I love being here. I miss my
grandma so much. She was a rich woman that got our
farms moving in the right direction. She was so smart.”
She shrugs. “My mother seems to love the house. My
father would most likely throw up if he was here.”
I look back over at her. “Why?”
She laughs. “He is high maintenance. He would gag
when my mother went hunting. He would never let Briar
go with her either. He is against it.”
My eyes open wide. “Your mother hunts? That is
impressive of her. So my grandma was a nurse. She was
from Scotland. She had amazing spiral curly auburn hair.
I used to tug on it when I was a boy. I loved her. My
brothers and I were given the gift of her green eyes.”
Katie raises her eyebrows. “So you are mixed,
Pedro?”
I nod. “Yes, I am. My mother too was not from here.
She was from Holland. She too was a school teacher who
met my father.”
She laughs. “So, how is your Spanish, Pedro? Your
English is perfect but I wish you had more of an accent
like Lasaro. When he speaks in the deep tone in Spanish,
it sounds so sexy.”
I glance over at her while I pick up a framed photo.
“Sexy, huh. Katie, is this your father?”
She walks over and takes the photo from my hand to
examine it. “Yes, that is him at my sweet sixteen party. He
always looks great in a suit.”
I take it back from her and look closer. “Five years
ago. He looks muscular. If your mother is still displaying
his photo, she must still love him.”
Katie glances back to the photo. “She will always
love him. He just does not know how to treat her right.
Here, look at this photo. Mom, Dad, Briar and me.”
I look close. “Everyone looks gorgeous.
Your
brother looks just like your father and you just like your
mother. Your mom looks different with darker hair.”
She throws her head back laughing. “That is because
Daddy would freak out if men looked at her. He would
force her to add low lights to her hair so she was not so
platinum. It did not matter though, men always stared at
her.”
I look at Katie’s face. “He was not a jealous man for
protecting what was his, Katie. I do not think you can
blame him. Have you looked at yourself?”
She chuckles. “Noelia and I have them banging on
our apartment door every night.”
A flash of jealousy rises within my chest. “Really,
Katie? You can have your pick of men but you choose to
seduce the poor farmer.”
She laughs. “I have never met anyone like you. If I
could smuggle you back to Cambridge, I would.”
I shake my head. “No, my family is here. This is
another photo of your father. Why is he angry?”
She laughs. “He is always mad. He yells a lot. He
works so much that he would want the house in complete
silence when he came home from work. One time, Briar
had friends over and the video games were very loud. He
pulled Mommy by her hair out to the garage. I ran to the
door listening. I could hear him talking to her all nasty.
About 20 minutes later, Mommy runs back into the house
trying to fix her hair. Daddy storms off to the shower.”
I start laughing. “Katie, what did you think was going
on?”
She stares at me. “He was beating her up.”
I laugh again. “Sure does not sound like it to me. I
am no expert, but could they have been having rough
sex?”
Her hand comes up to her mouth. “Yes, on my gosh.
I think you are right. Mommy had red bites all over her
neck.”
I shake my head trying to erase the image that
flashed across my mind. “Are you sure he is abusive or
just likes to be rough with her?”
Her eyes open wide as she stares up at me. “I am not
sure anymore, Pedro.”
I tilt my head. “You may be tearing apart two people
who very much are still in love.”
She stiffens up. “No. It is over. He blames her for
Briar when it was not her fault at all. They are going to
move on.”
I shake my head at her while I look at another photo.
It is obvious to me that Olivia loves her husband despite
what Katie says. He looks genuine to me in these photos.
Maybe I am more mature to see it and Katie is still very
young. I respect the man that I see in these photos with
his perfect family. I see something that I could never have
here, a perfect family. I look over at Katie’s petite face. “I
must go. I have a lot of work to do at the farm. I will see
you later.”
She nods. “Paolo watching Ramón again tonight?”
I shake my head at her. “No, that is asking too
much.” I back away and leave out the door.
I pull up to Lasaro’s truck at his farm. He glares over
at me as he watches me walk towards him.
Paolo comes out of the shed smiling, then he lets out
a big laugh. “Did someone get caught sneaking the school
teacher’s daughter out last night?”
I look down slightly embarrassed. “Yes.”
Lasaro shakes his head. “Pedro, you are very stupid.
You know the girl is going to go back to school?”
Paolo taps my shoulder. “Leave him alone, Lasaro.
Pedro deserves to have a little fun with that gorgeous
little girl. If I wasn’t married I would definitely be chasing
her mother.”
I shake my head at him. “No, Paolo, that is wrong.
How do you know I got caught?”
He laughs. “I saw Olivia this morning, glaring at me
when I brought Ramón to school. She thanked me for
keeping Ramón so he would not be exposed to Katie’s
ruthlessness. She had this look in her eyes like she wanted
to scream. Then I am pretty sure she checked me out
looking down my body. She glared back up to my eyes
and said you damn men are all the same. If I wasn’t
married I would have showed her that we are not all the
same.”
Lasaro and I turn to him in shock by his words.
Lasaro walks away from us in disgust.
Paolo turns and points to bags that need to be
moved. I help him move the bags.
Paolo looks up at me smiling. “Lasaro is cranky,
man. Galiana is pregnant again. I think he is starting to
worry about money again.”
I open my eyes really wide. “That will be child
number eight. Galiana should really go on birth control.
Doesn’t she see how much stress this puts on the
family?”
Paolo shakes his head. “Pedro, really, birth control?
Look who we are and where we are. They do not have
enough money to feed their kids, but you want them to
spend money on birth control.”
I look up. “Maybe the clinic could have helped them
out. Katie has this implant in her arm. It is birth control
for ten years. Modern medicine fascinates me.”
Paolo nods. “Lasaro should have listened to me after
the fifth baby. He could have done what I did. Speaking
of Katie, what happened last night?”
My eyes jump to his. I again feel embarrassed. “We
kissed and held each other.”
He starts laughing. “That is it, Pedro?”
“Yes, that is it. Katie is a virgin.”
Paolo’s eyes open wide. “You have to be kidding me,
Pedro. Are you sure?”
“Yes, extremely sure.”
Paolo laughs. “I was hoping you would have gotten
laid. Parker was telling me that she is very wild and very
immature for a twenty one year old.”
“Yes, he is very right. You should have heard her
language when she spoke to her mother when Olivia
came up to the house this morning.”
He steps back. “Olivia came up to the house? That
must have been awkward. It appeared that Olivia was
more afraid for me then Katie. She thinks I am going to
be hurt.”
Paolo looks up. “You will be hurt, Pedro. But, maybe
now you can get past Cyntia. Go woman-hunting in
Limon with Parker.”
I laugh. “No, Parker has his heart wrapped up in
Olivia. I think that they will be great together once she is
divorced.”
Paolo looks up. “Parker is too young for Olivia.”
I shake my head. “No, they are around the same
age.”
He raises head. “Olivia is my age. She is forty one.
Pedro, do the math. If she was thirty six, that would mean
she was fifteen when she gave birth to Katie. Olivia and I
already had this conversation before.”
I look up at him surprised. “I did not know that you
talk to Olivia that much.”
Paolo laughs. “Only when the wife is not around.
Olivia sings too. I had to run back to the school to get a
book that was left behind. She was at the piano playing it
and singing. She sounded so beautiful. She is a complete
package being so smart. Such a shame.”
I stare over at him. “Paolo, you are horrible.”
He stares back at me. “I can look all I want. Plus, I
blame Mom.”
I blink at him. “What does Mom have to do with
this?”
He raises his eyebrows. “Mom was super beautiful
with her long blonde hair. Dad would always melt at the
sight of her. They really loved each other. I feel that Mom
sent us Olivia and Katie to torture us. Well maybe not
you, Pedro. Maybe Mom is giving you a gift with Katie.”
“I wish I would have got to meet her. Dad never
spoke too much about her.”
“He was so heartbroken when she died. You only
had maybe ten minutes with her before she was gone.
Dad did not know what was going on at the time. It was
rough. Grandma and I had to bury her. Lasaro cried for
months. I think he even hated you, but he was only six
years old. He loves you now. Then when Grandma died,
Dad just gave up focusing on the farm.”
I looked down. “I had no idea. What else do you
remember about Mom?”
Paolo smiles up to me. “Everything. She giggled all
the time as she watched Lasaro and I play. She would
smile at us. Her eyes were green too. She loved us very
much. She wanted more children. She had several
miscarriages until you. She was so excited when she went
into labor. She couldn’t wait to see her new baby. Then
you were born, Pedro, and she held you so tight, staring
at you. Grandma took you from her as she started to fade
away. Grandma told me that all the other lost babies now
needed her to be with them.”