Page 82 of The Kidnapped

“No, babe. I’m going to give you another orgasm, and then, you’re going to fall asleep for me because you need sleep, Hollis.”

“I can–” Hollis stopped talking when Raleigh touched her clit and started slowly moving up and down. It was still hard and swollen. “Oh, that’s good.”

“Close your eyes,” Raleigh said, resting her head on Hollis’s chest and listening to her heart race for a very different reason than before. “Just think about how good this feels. Don’t worry about anything else.”

When Hollis came, she was almost silent. Raleigh left her hand between Hollis’s legs until she heard slow, even breathing. Still not wanting to move her hand from where it was and also risk waking Hollis up in the process, Raleigh decided to keep it there as she thought about the woman beneath her and how touching Hollis made her feel. She thought about that spot on the sheet that she’d need to change and silently laughed to herself.

Then, she thought about how she should feel bad about what they’d just done. She hadn’t been working or looking for Eden. She’d been having sex. No, she’d been making love. That was what they’d done. They’d made love, and there was nothing wrong with that. There couldn’t be anything wrong with how Hollis made her feel because this feeling was something she’d been missing and wasn’t sure she could be without again.

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She woke the next morning to find Hollis unmoved. Raleigh’s hand had made its way to Hollis’s stomach during the night, and surprisingly, neither of them had rolled away in their sleep. Raleigh smiled at the scent of Hollis’s hair, which had somehow ended up draping a little over Raleigh’s face. It smelled of coconut. And sex. Yeah, it definitely smelled of sex, too. The stirring started in Raleigh’s belly and moved lower. She groaned internally, knowing she’d never be able to get through the day if she didn’t touch this woman again and let Hollis take care of the pulse that was now between her thighs. Raleigh moved slowly, but not slowly enough.

“Where are you going?” Hollis asked, trying to keep Raleigh in place.

“You’ll find out,” Raleigh told her, moving a little quicker now and ending up between Hollis’s legs, which she’s spread just enough. “Good morning.”

“It’s about to be, I think,” Hollis replied.

Raleigh kissed her thighs, licked them, and sucked on soft skin, letting Hollis wake up more before she moved her mouth to her center, spread her with her fingers, and stared at her.

“God, you’re wet,” she said as if she’d never seen a woman’s arousal before.

She couldn’t resist it any longer, though, so she dipped her tongue and licked, causing Hollis to twitch in surprise. She sucked until Hollis writhed beneath her and came hard. Then, Raleigh moved on top of her and kissed Hollis just as hard until she was flipped onto her back, and Hollis was thrusting inside her even harder, taking Raleigh higher and higher, until she called out Hollis’s name… and a few profanities.

“Now, it’s a good morning,” Hollis stated as she breathed fast and hard against Raleigh’s body.

CHAPTER 26

“She called in sick, so I did, too,” Hollis said.

“She’s only been working here for a couple of weeks,” her mom replied.

“She’s a nurse, Mom. I bet she gets sick a lot, dealing with sick people,” Hollis replied, pulling the car into the parking lot.

“You shouldn’t have to take the day off. We could have postponed the appointment.”

“It’s a doctor’s appointment, so no, we couldn’t have. And it’s fine. I’ll work tonight. Kenna said it was okay. She cleared it with my actual boss.”

“We should have Kenna over. And her wife, too. You said she has a daughter?”

“She does, yeah,” Hollis said, unbuckling her own seat belt and then her mom’s.

“I can make dinner,” Olivia offered. “Do they like anything in particular? Maybe we could do a whole thing for them. Kenna’s been so nice to you. The tomatoes out back are looking good. I could make homemade sauce for some pasta.”

Hollis looked at her mother, who was smiling at the idea of making a nice dinner for Hollis’s friends when she’d never been able to do that before. There were no tomatoes in the back garden. There might have been years ago, but not now, and Hollis had been struggling with what to do in these situations. Her mother was sleeping even more now, and sometimes, she’d have these moments where she’d say something like this, something that wasn’t possible. Olivia hadn’t done any cooking in weeks. She hadn’t been able to sit at the table long enough to teach Hollis anymore, either.

“Maybe,” Hollis replied. “I can ask her when they’re free.” She smiled softly at her mother.

“That would be great. Now, let’s get the poking and prodding over with.”

Hollis checked them in, and they waited for a few minutes before a male nurse came out front to help Hollis get her mom into a wheelchair and take her in the back. Olivia could still walk short distances on her own, but she needed to stop and rest more and more. Once her mom was on the bed in the patient room, Hollis sat in the chair designated for family members and waited for the doctor, who did his best to make Olivia feel like a person and not a patient, which Hollis appreciated more than she’d ever be able to convey to him.

“So, here’s where we are, Olivia,” he said, checking her test results. “Hollis tells me you have two at-home nurses now.”

“Yes,” Olivia confirmed. “It was too much for Hollis to handle on her own.”

“I think we’re at a point where we should get you checked into the hospital so that we can keep an eye on you. I’d like to get a few more tests, and it seems you’re still a little dehydrated.”

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