afterwards as she reached for the phone. “Don’t be a stranger.”
With her iced coffee most likely melted in the car, Karen left with her cookies and headed back to her cool motel room. Maybe she’d pull out her Pilates mat for a quick stretch and workout before gorging on eggplant and baked goods. Maybe she’d think about that parting smile Taz shot her. Maybe she should just take a nice, cool shower, eat and watch trashy television.
One thing was for sure – she was slowly beginning to not miss the big city.
~~~***~~
The sky told him to stay put, but his head wanted out. Thunder clouds weren’t going to keep Taz in tonight.
After a much needed shower at the clubhouse, he dressed and headed out of his room. Checking his phone, he saw a text from his ma.
‘C oming over for dinner? ’
He ’d had a late lunch at Ben’s, then worked most of it off stacking all the cut trees on one side of the yard until they could get the wood chipper. Besides, he had other plans tonight, which included a little detective work involving and chick with dark, red hair.
He felt a bit guilty, as he usually ate dinner at his ma’s three times a week, but he didn’t want her to fuss either, since she was feeling a bit under the weather.
‘ Can’t tonight. You feel okay?’
‘I feel great!’ :)
Taz wasn’t into all that symbolic texting shit, but knew that little thing at the end was a smiley face. She sounded good and felt good - making him feel less guilty. ‘ Good. Will stop by bakery tomorrow’
‘Okie dokie’
Wow, Jan was in a good mood. And now it was time for him to get into one.
“Taz, baby.” Stephanie, the brunette he’d tongued the fuck out of Monday afternoon, had that glint in her eye as she shimmied up to him. “In a hurry?”
He rarely ignored the girls, especially ones with double entendres written all over their faces. “Kinda.” He gave her a wicked smile and pinched her ass. “What’s up?”
“Just, you know…,” she slid a delicate hand over his fly, “wanna return the favor from the other day.” She kissed him heartily, the tip of her tongue playing with the stud affixed to his own. That tongue was enough to tell him what she wanted to do, and his hardening cock under her hand told her he was game.
Instead he pulled away, t ipping her chin up with his fingers, then gave her a sweet kiss on the lips. “Bad timin’, Steff. Be back in a few, though.”
She sighed then licked the corner of his mouth. He was going to get the best blow job later. “I’ll be waiting.”
Wiggling his brows, he headed towards the door, past the bar where Aero sat. “Did you just pass that up?”
Taz stopped short and though t. Did he just pass up a sure thing to search out some chick and…..what was he going to do if he found her? Probably freak her out for stalking her, that’s what. Whatever, he just needed to satisfy his curious nature. “Just puttin’ it on hold, bro.”
~~~***~~~
Karen had no idea how her mother and sister were satisfied being stay-at-home wives. Shelia and Sam didn’t even have children yet, but she didn’t work. Because she didn’t have to. Instead Shelia lunched, shopped, organized client functions and did volunteer work. Betsy could care less about anything where she had to exert anything but a breath. It was plain as day that Karen had inherited her father’s hard work ethic. She hadn’t gone to school just to be a pampered housewife princess either.
Channel after channel had nothing but dreck , as low rumbles of thunder could be heard in the distance. Great, maybe it would break this heat. Though bored, she was feeling satisfied and accomplished. She hadn’t landed a job with a corner office and expense account, but it was work. Clicking the remote again, she sipped her iced coffee while checking her hair to see that it fully dried from her shower earlier. She then put her coffee down and stretched out on the bed, her body feeling very relaxed. Screw what she
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