Forced - by JC

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Chapter 85

Kevin drove right out of the dirt driveway of the farmhouse and right into the dirt driveway of a little tavern just twenty miles north of town. Was there anything around this town that wasn’t dirt? Even he felt like a piece of dirt for what just happened back at the farmhouse. It really was his fault…as much as he hated to admit it. He should’ve known better than to read someone’s private journal.

It was sneaky and deceitful. If there were ever a need for a drink…this was it. Kevin didn’t like to classify himself into any category, let alone sneaky and deceitful. That was a category for the Lou Pearlman’s of the world, not for him.

Walking into the bar, he headed straight to the back. Once he was up close enough, he gave the bartender a quick glance. He looked nice enough; like someone who would listen to him ramble on about his current predicament. And if the bartender wasn’t that type, Kevin was pretty sure once he started to tip him…he would be.

Taking a seat at the bar, he placed his first of many orders as he explained the whole scenario to the bartender, Tom, over and over again. And each time he tried to twist the story from a different angle, Tom would shake his head and laugh. “You were still wrong buddy.”

“Shit…I know that, but I was worried about her and that she would bottle up her feelings after her Aunt passed away.”

Tom raised his eyebrows as if he didn’t believe a word Kevin was saying.

“What? You don’t believe me?”

“Nope,” he said while sliding another beer down the counter. “Sure don’t.” Lifting a finger, he pointed right at Kevin. “Oh and by the way…you don’t believe yourself either there, I can tell.”

Kevin shot him a look. “Just keep the beers comin’.”

“You’re a nosey son-of-a-bitch…aren’t you?”

The glare coming from Kevin’s eyes would’ve melted ice cubes. And perhaps did. But Tom held his gaze head on. “What’s it to ya?”

“Hey,” Tom said while shaking his head and laughing. “You were the one who wanted to talk about it, remember?”

Deciding that he was done with Tom for the moment, he turned around on the stool and noticed two attractive women playing pool. He looked them over pretty thoroughly and was surprised when they smiled back and waived. "Busted," he mumbled to himself quietly.

For about ten minutes, he sat there and stared. And each time Tom would come by to check on his drink situation, he’d hear him start making this sniffing sound and laugh. It reminded him of something Nick would do and something he'd normally get real pissed over, but he knew Tom was right. He was nosey...plain and simple.

Before long, one of the two women finally made her way over to him. “You look like you want to play.”

Kevin pointed to himself and drew his eyebrows together. “I do?”

She laughed and nodded. “Okay…that was a pick up line.” She held out her hand. “Rachel and over there is my friend Nancy.”

“Kevin,” he replied while shaking her hand. He wasn't in the mood to socialize with anyone but trusty ole' Tom. Turning his stool back around, he summoned Tom and ordered another drink. He sat that way until he felt a little tap on his shoulder. Turning only his head back, he grumbled, "Yeah?”

“Would you care to join us?”

He laughed and turned completely around. “Now that was a pick up line.”

Rachel pulled him up and pushed him towards the pool table. “Nancy, this is Kevin…Kevin this is Nancy…he wants to play against us.”

Kevin laughed and opened his eyes wide. “I said that?”

Rachel winked. “Come on…afraid?”

“I don’t think so.” Grabbing a pool stick, he stood there motionless and watched as Nancy racked the balls. “I’ll let you ladies go first.”

Rachel nodded and took the first shot. “We’ll alternate back and forth,” she said while breaking the balls. She handed the pool stick to Nancy once she knew none of the balls were going in. They both stood back and watched as Kevin sunk a solid ball. “Uh oh…”

He looked over at them and shrugged. “Lucky shot.” He laughed and took another shot, totally aware of their eyes on his every move. He’d seen their looks on millions of other faces before…they wanted him and he knew it. They were undressing him with their eyes.

Did women really think that men weren't aware of when they were being undressed? Because they were...

When Kevin missed the shot, he stood back and motioned for Nancy to take her shot.

“So you live around here?” Nancy asked while stepping up to the table.

“Yeah,” he lied. He really wasn’t in the mood to explain things to them. The fact that they didn’t seem at all aware of who he was made them all that more appealing.

“Really?” she asked while cocking her head to the side. “Haven’t seen you around.”

Kevin contemplated that statement for a minute and could only come up with…“I don’t go out much.”

His eyes darted back and forth from each girl when they started to laugh and roll their eyes. Rachel walked over to him and grabbed his stick. “Come on Kevin…you expect us to believe that a good looking guy such as yourself doesn’t go out much?”

He smiled. “Okay, I don’t live here.”

“We knew that,” Rachel admitted while looking at Nancy. “Didn’t we?”

How could they know that? Kevin looked over his attire…he wasn’t dressed differently. They had jeans on, he had jeans on…“How?”

“We could tell just by looking at you.” Rachel eyed him up and down before speaking again, “You don’t look like the type.”

This could get interesting… “Oh, and what kinda type do I look like?”

Just then, Tom came waltzing by with three more beers. Placing them down on the table, he looked up at Kevin through half-closed eyes. “The nosey kind of type.”

Kevin looked over and tried to give him the evil eye, but couldn’t. He couldn’t help but smile and laugh. “Thanks Tom…I’ll remember that when it comes time to your tip.” Taking a seat at the table, he slammed back half of his beer. “So, besides being the nosey type…what kinda type do I look like?”

Nancy chimed in quickly. “Oh, I don’t know.” She looked over at Rachel and scrunched up her face. “I think he looks like the type that goes out on stage and performs in front of thousand of screaming fans, dances around to get them all hot and bothered, and then leaves.” Looking back at Kevin, she added, “Is that pretty accurate?”

Kevin eyes stayed fixed on hers as he nodded ever so slightly. “So you do know who I am then.”

“Yeah, we know…but it’s obvious you didn’t really want us to know, so we won’t talk about it.”

“Thanks,” he said while smiling. “I’d appreciate it.”

Without missing a beat, Rachel took her shot. She swore under her breath when she missed and then started to look all around the bar. “Ah shit…so any of the other guys here too?”

Kevin sighed and took another swig of his beer. “I thought we weren’t gonna talk about it.”

“Okay, okay…sorry.”

He got up from his seat and walked over to the table. Leaning over, he positioned his stick and stopped. Looking out of the corner of his eye, he cleared his throat. “Hey Rach?”

Rachel’s head snapped back. “Yeah?”

“You can stop scanning the room…no one else is here but me.”

In a somewhat surprised tone, she asked, “How’d you know I was scanning the room?”

“I’ve seen it a million times.” Kevin took his shot and then sat back down at the table. “Why don’t we take a break for a minute,” he suggested.

Both girls sat down at the table to join him. Kevin looked at Rachel and then Nancy when she pulled out a cigarette and offered one to him.

“No thanks…bad habit.”

“Don’t lecture me, I already know the disadvantages of smoking…blah, blah, blah…” Lighting it, she blew the smoke right at him. “Come on…live dangerously.”

He thought for a moment and then shrugged. “You don’t think I know how to live dangerously?” Kevin noticed her shrug. Holding his hand out, he shrugged back. “Ah what the hell…you only live once, right?”

“God, I hope so…I don’t think I could handle coming back again and starting off as a baby…high school sucked, don’t wanna relive that.”

Noticing that Rachel wasn’t saying much, Kevin turned to her. “So, you don’t smoke I take it?” Coughing as he exhaled, “Good choice.”

“Put that damn thing out.” Rachel grabbed the cigarette from his hand and smashed it into the ashtray.

“Hey, you just wasted one of my cigarettes, bitch!”

“I just added five minutes to your life too.” Smiling back at her, Rachel laughed. “Hey, don’t look now Kevin…but it looks like someone else just recognized you.”

Kevin’s head slowly turned as his tried to focus. He wasn’t having an easy time focusing thanks to the beers. “Oh great…listen guys, I gotta go…I’m not in the mood for this.”

Nancy placed her hand on Kevin’s arm when he stood up. “Don’t want to deal with any fans?”

He shook his head. “Not really.”

“Hey, I got an idea…why don’t we all go back to my place. It’s only about a ten minute drive.”

“I don’t think any of us should be driving Rachel.” When he started to walk away, he stopped and turned back around. “Let’s go…I’ll get us a cab.”

**********

The cab ride was only a ten minute ride…Rachel was right. And the entire time they were on the way there, Kevin noticed how the two girls couldn’t keep their hands off each other. Every time he glanced their way, which was often, their hands were touching and feeling something that didn’t belong to them. It was extremely erotic and suggestive to watch, and Kevin knew right where the night was headed. He just wasn’t sure he wanted to be part of it.

While the thought of having two women at once is only a mere dream for most men, to Kevin it was a dream that he had fulfilled many times. So to him, this wasn’t anything new. Different and unusual maybe…but not new. And yes it turned him on by just thinking about it, but it wasn’t something he really longed to get involved in yet again.

Or was it?

When the cab stopped in front of the apartment, the girls headed out and towards the front door. Kevin stayed back and paid the cab driver, making sure to tell him to stay put.

“The meter keeps running buddy.”

Kevin held out his hands. “I don’t care…just don’t leave.”

Walking into Rachel’s apartment, Kevin could tell right away that he’d been right on target. This was headed exactly where he thought…the bedroom. When Nancy sat down next to him on the couch, she immediately put her hand on his thigh. Rubbing it, she leaned in close. “Do you want to take this into the bedroom?”

Damn…I’m good… He closed his eyes for a brief moment and swallowed. He didn’t know how to answer or what to do. This was definitely a no-brainer really…he’d be a fool not to jump at the chance. And God knows, he would’ve in the past…but now; he wasn’t so sure what he wanted to do. “Don’t you think that’ll be a little obvious to your friend over there.”

“Yeah…so, she can stay out here, watch or join us…I don’t care. Do you?”

“I guess not.” Nancy pulled Kevin up from the couch and held his hand as they walked towards the bedroom. He turned his head back to see Rachel watching them closely. Maybe he wasn’t quite on target as he’d thought…she didn’t seem to be getting up.

When Kevin turned his head back, he immediately heard Rachel jump up from the couch. “Hey, you guys aren’t gonna leave me out…are you?”

Yep…right on target.

Nancy stopped once she got to the door of the bedroom and stood on her tippy toes. “That’s up to Kevin.” She planted a kiss on his cheek. “Stay or go?”

He closed his eyes. Stay or go. Stay or go. What he really needed to do was make up his mind whether or not he should stay or go… Opening his eyes, he looked over at Rachel and smiled. It wasn’t that she was beautiful…but she had a body that didn’t quit. And probably wouldn’t quit until she was satisfied. The thought actually intrigued him for a moment…if there was one thing he was good at; it was making sure his partner was always satisfied. “She can stay.”

Making his way to the bed, he sat down while Nancy immediately got on her knees. There was no beating around the bush for her, which made him a little uncomfortable for some reason. When she reached over and started to unbuckle his jeans, he stood up and watched her as she pulled them down to his ankles.

Nancy playfully pushed him back against the bed and that’s when his gaze traveled to the corner of the room where Rachel stood. She was removing her clothes and watching him. Suddenly, he felt Nancy pull the waistband down on his underwear so that his erection was free.

Damn...these girls don't waste any time...
What the hell am I doing?

He was just about to say something when he noticed Rachel walking towards them. She dropped to her knees as well. Intimately, the two girls began kissing. Kevin strained his neck while he watched them for nearly five minutes; until he couldn’t take the pressure anymore. Bringing his hand to his erection, Nancy smiled at him.

“Turning you on?”

He nodded.

“Want help with that?”

“No, not yet,” Kevin grumbled. Having a change of heart rather quickly though, he reached out and grabbed her hand.

“Change your mind?”

It didn’t take long for Rachel to follow. Her hand came up and starting rubbing the inside of his thigh at first. Then, slowly…their hands met on his erection and together, they worked their way up and down.

Kevin couldn’t think straight… What the hell am I doing?

When he finally opened his eyes, Kevin saw Rachel lick her lips and start to move her mouth closer to him. If he wanted out…he had to do it now! There would be no later once her mouth made contact with him. He knew that…most men knew that. The warmth and softness of a woman’s mouth...“Ah shit,” he replied while standing up as quickly as he could. “I’m sorry girls, I can’t do this…I’m married.”

“So what. Who cares?”

Kevin pulled his jeans up and headed for the bedroom door, without ever looking back. “I care.”

Chapter 86

Drake had pretty much removed all of Emma’s clothes; the only items left were her bra and panties. Pushing everything off the kitchen table and unto the floor, he laid back and pulled her down on top of him.

“Oh my God, we’re gonna break this table.”

Drake laughed and kissed her mouth roughly. “No we’re not.”

“Do you have any idea how old this table is?”

“Um…old.”

Emma laughed and began kissing him again. She was drunk…as a skunk. Abruptly, Drake removed himself from under her and stood up. Taking off his jeans, he looked up at her while his hands were on his ankles and smiled. “Do you want my underwear off too?”

“Well, what’d you think?”

“Okay, consider it done.” Removing the last of his clothes, he stood before her completely naked.

Glancing down at his erection, she started comparing it to Kevin’s. Actually, there was no comparison…Kevin had him beat. Shaking her head in disgust, she tried to push it and him aside from her mind. Now was not the time to be thinking about Kevin or his erection. Standing up, she smiled at him. “Do you want my underwear off too?”

He nodded.

She removed her bra quickly but left her underwear on. Looking over at him, Emma shrugged.

Drake wiggled his eyebrows, sat down on a chair and pulled her on top of him. Being able to feel his erection so close, Emma began having second thoughts. Deep down, she wanted this to be Kevin.

Kevin was the one she wanted.
Kevin was the one she loved.
Kevin was the one she belonged to.

Suddenly, Drake positioned himself right at her opening. Slowly, he started to grind himself against her. It didn't matter that there was a thin piece of material separating them...what mattered was that Emma was starting to get spooked about the whole idea of what was about to happen.

Without warning, she drew in a ragged breath and stood up.

“What’s wrong?”

She stammered, “I…don’t…know.”

“If it’s a condom you want, I got one in my wallet.” He pulled her in between his legs and locked his thighs around her. When his mouth landed on her nipple, she practically jumped out of her skin. “God, you taste good.”

Emma stood there…completely frozen. On one hand, it felt good and on the other hand, it made her sick to watch him manipulate his mouth on her. And those words…those words…Kevin had said the exact same thing to her on numerous occasions…only it wasn’t her nipples he was referring too at the time.

Drake was using Kevin's words...

“Come on baby, loosen up.” Drake brought his hand down in between her legs and slid his fingers underneath her panties. “You want this and you know it.” Sliding his finger towards her opening, she let out a small gasp as she reached down and batted at his hand.

This wasn’t what she wanted. Never was and never would be. “I want you to go home now.” Grabbing his offending hand, she bent down and grabbed his shirt.

Drake sat up and tried to pull his hand away as she wiped his fingers clean on his shirt. “What’re you doing?”

“You touched me," Emma stammered. When she looked over at him, she actually felt an urge to vomit. "I can't do this."

He stared at her with amazement. When he finally spoke, the whine in his voice made Emma cringe. “What’d ya mean you can’t do this…why not?”

“Because I can’t.” She shook her head, dropped his hand and threw his shirt at him. “I love Kevin.”

“If you loved Kevin, you wouldn’t have even started this shit in the first place Emma.” Reaching for her, he grabbed her waist and pulled her close. “Now come here…I’ll make you forget all about him.”

Emma pulled herself away from him and walked over to the counter. “It’s no use Drake…I won’t do it.”

Walking over to her, he lifted her up and unto the counter. Despite her protests, he spread her legs open and maneuvered his way in between them. Drake cocked his head to the side. “Would it help if I beg?”

“NO!”

He didn’t move…not even a single inch. Drake stood there and replied casually to her sudden disinterest in sex with him. “You don’t need to yell Em…it’s only sex.”

Emma pushed him back with every bit of muscle she could muster. “No.”

In that instant, Kevin came barreling through the sliding glass door in the kitchen and came within inches of pummeling Drake to the ground. However, he halted as soon as he glanced down.

Drake was buck naked.
No underwear…no pummeling. Raising his hand, Kevin cocked it back, clenched his fist and without raising his voice, demanded for Drake to get out.

Emma froze momentarily before she realized her current state of dress and grabbed the kitchen towel that was next to the sink. Using it, she tried to cover herself as much as possible. Drake, on the other hand, evidently didn’t give a shit if he was naked or not. He stood there stone faced as he stared Kevin down. “Kevin, back off…you know you aren’t gonna hit me…think about your career.”

Kevin retracted his arm further. “Grab your fucking clothes and go.” He kicked Drake’s jeans towards him with his foot.

Drake slowly bent over to retrieve his jeans. When his gaze traveled across the kitchen floor, Kevin's voice got louder. "Forget about your fucking underwear and get out."

Drake's lack of urgency in putting on his jeans proved to piss Kevin off even more. “You better move a little faster here or else you’re gonna be sorry.”

“I’m leaving…don’t worry you’re pretty little ass about it.”

“It’s not my pretty little ass I’m worried about.” Kevin dropped his arm and walked over to Emma, who was still sitting on the counter. He stood directly in front of her. “You really should learn that when a woman says no…she means no.”

Once Drake’s jeans were zipped up completely, he looked over at Kevin. “Well, she wasn’t saying no earlier, were you Emma?”

Emma’s head fell. She was so completely embarrassed and ashamed of her behavior, she could hardly stand the sight of herself. Drunk or not, what happened here was not good. Not good at all.

“And I’m sure the alcohol you forced down her throat didn’t help,” Kevin mumbled under his breath.”

Drake threw his head back and laughed. “Is that what you think? That I got her drunk?” He brought his gaze back to Kevin and his tone turned serious. “I did not get her drunk Kevin. She was already drunk by the time she called me over.” He grabbed his shirt and slipped it on quickly. “She called and invited me over.”

“Get out,” Kevin replied calmly.

“What’s the problem Kevin? Does it bother you to hear the truth?” Heading towards the door, he stopped and turned around. “I bet you never considered that your own wife would want another man, have you? Considering your this famous, made of money…”

That about did it.
Drake's penis was now properly covered and he could continue were he'd left off.

Kevin lurched forward and quicker than Emma could bat her eyes; Kevin was on top of him. “KEVIN! STOP!” She yelled while jumping down to her feet. “Just let him go. It isn’t worth it.”

“I’ll decide whether or not it’s worth it!” Kevin yelled back with his fist in the air.

Emma grabbed hold of his arm that was in the air. “Please, just let him go.” When Kevin didn’t make any attempt at moving, she pleaded again. “Please…he’s right. I’m the one that invited him over…it’s not his fault.”

Drake never said a word…and no one knew why when he just about always had something to say. Obviously, he didn’t want to upset Kevin any more than he already was though.

“Kevin…please…” Emma whispered.

When Kevin slowly got off Drake, he yanked his arm free of Emma’s hold. Taking a few steps back, he never took his eyes off Drake. “Don’t ever try and make any attempt at seeing Emma again…do you hear me?”

Drake jumped to his feet. “Don’t worry…I’ve had about enough of you two anyway. You two are about the most fucked up couple I’ve ever seen.” He opened the door and walked out.

Kevin walked over to the door to shut it, but not before getting the last word in. “I mean it Drake…you come near her again and you’ll be in over your head. Being famous and made of money…has it advantages.” He slammed the door and turned around to face Emma who had since disappeared.

Emma had made her way back to the kitchen where she was seated on a chair and semi-covered with a kitchen towel. Her head was down. “You didn’t have to threaten him.”

“Like hell I didn’t.” He walked over to where she was seated and stood directly in front of her. “I don’t want him near you…you got that?” Grabbing the kitchen towel from her hands, he threw it on the floor. “Wasn’t doing much good anyway.” He turned around while demanding that she get dressed. “We have to talk.”

When Emma walked into the living room, she was fully clothed. She sat down as far away from Kevin as she could. Looking down at the floor, she knew she owed him an apology. “I’m sorry…I’m drunk.”

“Being drunk is not an excuse,” he gruffly murmured.

“I know it’s not…but I’m sorry nonetheless. I told him no just before you came in.” When Emma didn’t get any type of response from Kevin, she looked at him. “I’m serious…I wouldn’t have gone through with it. You gotta believe that.”

Kevin stood up and for a fleeting moment, she thought he was going to leave. Instead, he slowly walked over to her and sat down on the love seat. He brought his hand to her cheek and she immediately flinched. “I’m not going to hit you,” he said quietly. “I know you told him no. I heard it all through the kitchen window that was open.”

“Oh.”

Kevin drawled deeply, “Emma?”

“Yeah?”

“Look at me,” he demanded. When she finally did moments later, Kevin saw the tears in her eyes. “If it makes you feel any better…you weren’t the only one who screwed up tonight…I did too.”

Confused, Emma looked away. “Screwed up?” She shrugged while the truth sank in. “Oh…did you…did you…did you have sex with…”

Kevin injected quickly, “No, I didn’t…I stopped it before it got too far.”

“Oh.”

He began running his hand through his hair, trying to gather his thoughts that were running every which way but straight. “We need to try and figure out here what’s going on between us.”

She sighed, “I know.

“I think we’re both confused about this whole marriage thing.” Kevin rested his hand on his eyes for a moment. “At least I know I am.”

“Yeah, me too,” she admitted.

He just sat there, unsure of what to say. And her short comebacks weren’t helping. Kevin wanted to try and open up to her but he needed for her to do the same. When he removed his hand from his eyes, he looked over at her and noticed how uncomfortable she was. “C’mere.”

She shook her head. “No, I’m fine here.”

“Emma?”

“What?”

“When we were in Florida and you told me that you loved me…did you mean it?”

Emma looked down and took a deep breath. “Just a much as I did when I told you the same thing in my speech at the cemetery.”

“That’s what I thought.”

She immediately looked up at him. “It’s okay if you don’t feel the same way.” Stammering, she continued, “I…just…wanted…you to know…how I felt.”

Kevin nodded and kept silent.

“I’m sorry that I fell in love with you…I tried really hard not too.”

He sort-of laughed thinking about her statement. If he wanted too, he could really play that one up citing how irresistible he is and so on… Instead, Kevin opted to stay serious. They needed to get to the bottom of things. “Do you even know what love is?”

Emma cleared her throat and struggled to find the right words to describe how she felt. “I think I do…I mean, I know that when I’m with you…I’m happy and when I’m not with you…I’m sad. I know when you’re mad at me…it hurts like hell.” When she looked over at him, his smile was almost too much to bear. “And I know that when you smile at me like that, it makes my heart melt.”

Her mouth twitched as she smiled back at him. “And I know that when this whole thing is over…I’ll never be the same.”

Chapter 87

After hearing Emma’s admission of her love, Kevin grabbed a pillow off the floor and placed it on his lap. Patting it, he pulled her lightly until she was resting her head on his lap. “I feel the same way.”

Emma looked up at him and straight in the eyes. “You do?”

He smiled and nodded his head. “Yeah I do.”

Emma sighed and stared back at the ceiling. “So, where do we go from here?”

“I don’t know.” Kevin took a deep breath and gathered his thoughts again. “It’s gonna get real complicated with Lou.”

“I know.”

“No Emma…you don’t know.” He’d been thinking about Lou for weeks now…and what would happen if they didn’t divorce in the two years that he stipulated. He couldn’t risk everything he had worked so hard for…could he? And what about his friendships? Could he risk putting them in jeopardy? Kevin knew the answers to those questions already… “We’re gonna have to follow this plan of his through, I really don’t have any choice.”

“That’s okay…I understand.”

Kevin took his hand and rubbed her cheek gently. “No, you don’t understand and I wish I could make you understand…but I can’t. I’m sorry honey…I really am…but, I don’t see any other way out of this.”

Emma sat up quickly. She desperately wanted to change the subject. She knew that whatever Lou had over Kevin was bad and she didn’t want to mess that up for him, no matter what. “I do understand.” She smiled at him. “So…you fly out in the morning right?”

“Yeah.”

“I’m hoping that if everything goes well with the realtor this week, that’ll I’ll be able to fly out of here in a week and catch up with you.”

Kevin sighed. It was obvious she didn’t want to talk about their situation any more and he really couldn’t blame her. “And if it doesn’t…go well?”

“It should.”

“Are you sure you’re gonna be okay here…all alone?”

Emma put on her bravest face. “Yes, I’ll be fine.”

“But what about Drake? Maybe I should see if Carlos could recommend someone to come down and stay with you. I’ve been meaning to do that for months now anyway.” Kevin jumped up from the love seat. “You really should have some type of security.”

Emma panicked. She didn’t want security…not now. She needed to take care of a few things…alone. She desperately wanted to get her hands on that box Betty told her about and if she had some type of security…then Kevin would more than likely find out about it and she wasn’t ready for that yet. “I’ll be fine…stop it. Drake won’t bother me. Hell, he probably won’t even come near me now.”

“You don’t know men very well, do you?”

She shrugged. “The only one I really know is the one I’m looking at.”

Kevin laughed at her comment. “Most people would probably say that isn’t a good thing,” he said while flashing her a smile. “We’ll see how it goes the first couple days…but, if he starts to bother you, then you’d better call and let me know. I’ll get Carlos to come down here if I have too.”

Emma smiled and pointed to herself. “You’d give up your main man for me?”

Kevin nodded. “Absolutely…besides, I can share AJ’s main man if I have too.”

She quickly jumped up from the couch and put a hand over her mouth. Instead of saying anything, she headed straight down the hall. Kevin quickly followed behind her. He knew exactly where she was headed. "Not feeling to good, huh?” He noticed her head bobbing up and down. “You gonna be sick wife?”

Again, her head bobbed. “How’d you know?” she mumbled through her hand.

“I’ve been there and done that one to many times dear.” Stepping in front of her, Kevin opened the bathroom door quickly and waited for her to step in. Once she did, he quickly shut the door behind her. “I’d love to help you out…but I have a weak stomach and seeing as how I’ve had too much to drink myself…” When he heard her start to cough, he left his explanation unfinished. “Have fun praying to the porcelain god.”

Kevin cringed when he heard her…and quickly plugged his ears. He knew that if he heard her, he was sure to follow. Lying down on the bed, he pulled the covers over his face and buried his head beneath the pillow.

**********

Standing in the makeshift driveway of the farmhouse, Kevin opened the trunk and placed his belongings inside. Slamming it closed, he turned to Emma. “Remember what I told you…if Drake even so much as pays you a visit or calls for that matter, I want to know about it.”

“Yes dear,” she replied while rolling her eyes.

He rolled his eyes back and walked over to her. “I’m serious.” Placing his arms around her, he whispered in her ear, “I’m sorry about last night.”

Emma pulled away some so that she could see his face. “Sorry about what?”

Kevin wiggled his eyebrows. “Sorry that we were both too drunk for me to show you how much I’m going to miss you.”

She blushed. “Oh that.” He pulled her in closer again as Emma reached up and pulled his head down. “Shouldn’t you be sorry about reading my journal too?”

He stared right back at her. “Okay, okay…I’m sorry about that too.” Kevin quickly placed a small kiss on her lips. “I gotta go or else I’ll miss my flight.”

Emma nodded and whispered, “I know.”

Walking to the driver’s side door, he opened it and sat down. Emma followed behind him and shut the door. Leaning through the window, she sighed out loud. “Don’t shake your cute little ass too much out there tonight.”

“You know I have too…it’s what I get paid for.”

“Oh, so in other words…if I get a job, which by the way we need to talk about soon, and my job entails taking off my clothes…”

He interjected, “Like a stripper? You want a job as a stripper?”

Emma laughed. She really wasn’t thinking along those lines. “Yeah…as a stripper and I have to shake my ass in front of all those drooling men…it’ll be okay because it’s what I get paid for?”

Kevin looked at her like she was positively nuts. “Absolutely not.”

“That’s what I thought.”

He laughed and put his hand on the back of her neck. Pulling her closer, he kissed her intimately. “And about the job thing…you’re not gonna work at Wal-Mart…so don’t even go there.”

Emma shrugged while stepping back from the car. “Fine…Kmart works for me too.”

“Add Kmart to the list dear…that’s out of the question too.”

She walked back up to the open window and playfully slapped his shoulder. “Hey, do you remember saying that you didn’t tell your wife what to do?”

Kevin shook his head. “Nope.”

“Well you did…back in Hawaii to Leighanne.” Emma leaned in. “Now do you remember?”

“I distinctly remember saying that I don’t tell my wife what to wear.” He started the car and then turned back to her. “So…you can wear what you want to your job but you need my approval of the job.”

Emma stepped back and smiled. “Fine…so wearing a thong to the office isn’t a problem for you?”

Kevin winked as he started to pull away. “Not as long as you're wearing pants over that thong.”


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