“I’m going to see my mom for a few days.”
“Sounds like a good plan.”
“I still want you to talk to me, Billy.”
“Just try to stop me.”
She could feel him smile through the phone. “I’ll call you from the road.”
“I’ll call you first.” His voice caught, and he took a deep breath. “I can’t imagine my life without you in it. Please don’t give up on me because of this. Please don’t stop bein’ a part of my life.”
“I won’t, Billy.”
A little before seven her phone rang.
“Mornin’,” Billy said when she answered.
“Mornin’ yourself. Just wake up?” The sleep she could hear in his voice made her wish she was snuggled up next to him.
“Yeah. Where are you?”
“Larkspur.” She was an exit north of Monument.
“Pull that car off the highway, come over, and crawl in bed with me.”
His voice sounded so sexy, she almost wanted to.
“Come let me love on you, Renie. Please.”
“I can’t, Billy. I’m on my way to Crested Butte. I have to keep going.”
“No, you don’t. Come see me. Please, Renie.”
It was as though her car had a mind of its own, and it wanted to go see Billy.
“Did you get off the highway, Renie?”
“You know I did.”
“Ah, that’s my girl. You wanna know what I’m gonna do to you when you get here?”
“What are you gonna do to me, Billy?”
“I’m gonna go so slow, sweetheart. Takin’ off your clothes, lettin’ your hair down, cause I know you got it tied up, don’t ya?”
He didn’t wait for her to answer. “Then, I’m gonna lay you down and run my lips all over that sweet body. You hear me, Renie?”
“I hear you,” she breathed.
“Then, I’m gonna cover your body with mine, sink into you nice and slow. I’ll watch your face as you close your eyes and throw your head back, makin’ those love noises that drive me wild.”
If he kept this up, she wouldn’t be able to keep driving. “I’m hanging up now, Billy. I’ll be there in a minute.”
“Hurry, sweet girl,” she heard him say right before she ended the call.
Billy met her at the back door. He was shirtless, the first two buttons of his 501 jeans were undone, and his feet were bare. He lifted her up and held her against the wall. His mouth found her neck as she wrapped her legs around his waist.
“God, Renie, I need you so much.” He reached up and took the clip out of her hair, and pulled her jacket off her shoulders before he remembered they weren’t alone in the house, and carried her into his bedroom.