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by
K.C. Mills
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April 11 - April 17, 2024
No more walking away, for either of us.
“You stay grinning at that damn phone. I swear that man got your nose wide open.”
“And what do you mean he didn’t ask? What did he do, throw the ring at you and walk away? Damn that’s some sexy, big dick energy shit. He probably was like, I know she’s gon’ say yes, so I’m not even gonna ask.”
“Yep, her new man put his big ass dick in her and a big ass diamond on her. You gonna cry about it tonight while you’re looking at Shaunta’s ugly ass knowing you fucked up.”
Simultaneously, they lifted the lids to the boxes and black paper butterflies released from each one, fluttering around them. McKenna smiled and Carter’s mouth brushed her ear. His fingers glided over the ring on her left hand.
he followed the woman he would be committing his life to. She could have whatever she wanted, but he had a feeling she’d figured that out a long time ago.
Happiness will find you if you’re willing to…”
“Compromise…”
“A deal?”
If this man tries to pay me off or threatens me to leave his daughter alone I’m gonna fucking lose it because that will never happen.
“I give you my word that I will be good to McKenna. Not perfect, but she’ll always have the best of me and she makes me so much better than I ever knew possible. My best is a reflection of her, so if you don’t trust me, trust her.”
“No one and nothing will ever prevent me from being with you. Not even my own selfishness.
“Fuck if I know. People do wild shit and to be perfectly honest, I don’t like you saying another man’s name at all. So how about you hurry and tell me why the fuck we’re here so I can decide if there’ll be a news story about him later or not.”
He smirked and she nodded, knowing he was teasing her because she wouldn’t reference him killing his grandfather.
“But this isn’t about that. I know how to navigate that space. Killing comes easy. I’m good at it. What I don’t know is how to fucking navigate being a father. I can’t mess this up.”
“I’m so fucking terrified of failing them and that shit makes me angry because that’s not me. I don’t like looking at her and thinking about things that I can’t control.” “You’re angry because you feel vulnerable.”
“And how the fuck do I raise a son or a daughter? Shit, maybe both.” He wanted as many kids as McKenna was willing to have.
“The same way your father raised you. The connection is there, Carter. It will always be there. Rely on that and you’ll be just fine.”
“I like the idea of you taking care of me.”
“Then get out of my way and let me do it.”
“My heart is outside my chest, Kenni,”
“This feels eerily familiar.”
Like when you spent three days with me, intruding on my time off.
“You’re recreating that day.”
“For a man who swears he doesn’t have a softer side, you’re doing a lot of soft shit.”
“Loving you makes me wanna do soft shit.”
“That’s not what I’m saying. I don’t mind. I will fuck you in public and have you delirious and dizzy from the dick, Kenni.
“And you do realize my day off activities are supposed to be solo, yet here you are intruding, again,”
“At least this time you don’t have to use them weak ass subpar medical skills. And for the record, your days of being solo ended the first time I made you cum.”
“I think I like this a lot better than my days of being solo.”
“You know I got you, right?”
“Your mother didn’t fuck with me when we first met but I won her over. I hope I don’t have to fight for your affection too. I will but I’m hoping you cut your old man some slack.”
Carter was a father and he loved the woman who gave him the title. What he had with McKenna was unconventional, but he loved her so fucking deeply. This he knew because of how badly it’d hurt to walk away back then, how badly it wounded him to stay away, and how at peace he felt in this very moment, knowing he would never make that same mistake again.
His home felt different. His life felt different. He was different. Father. They had a son and McKenna was back in his life. Two things that changed the trajectory of everything he believed to be true about who and what he was.
For the past couple of months, Carter and McKenna had settled into a space of finding their rhythm and he fucking loved every second of it. Nothing could compare.
