Those Who Wait

by Haley Cass

“I’ll see you at home, my tall drink of water. Take care of her, Stunning Charlotte!”

because of all of the people in her life, who would have ever have known that it was the woman who wasn’t calculating or manipulative who could stun her?

Sutton slowly nodded, twice, before she cleared her throat, “I’m nervous. But I think I will be with my – my first woman, no matter what,”

the gentle excitement she’d come to associate with hanging out with Sutton

she reveled in her soft swearing and the goosebumps that followed her touch.

I’m so many things, Sutton. And many of them are not quite so simple to love, I imagine. But you are.”

“Darling,” Charlotte pulled back, a slow smile spreading over her face. “Haven’t you ever heard that good things come to those who wait?”