Page 41 of Dream Cum True
“Can you do something for me?” I asked, and she nodded. “Give yourself permission to love me. I understand your hesitance, but now is the time to put your big girl panties on and put your guard down. I love you, but if you don’t think you’ll ever feel the same way?—”
“I love you, Elias. I knew I would love you before I left Punta Cana. I’d convinced myself that I wasn’t looking for love because I wanted to protect my heart.”
“Love found you, baby. You don’t need to protect your heart from me.”
“I realized that soon after we reunited, but I was still afraid to give in.”
“Are you ready to stop running?”
“I am.”
“Are you ready to let me love you how you deserve to be loved?”
“I am.”
“Are you ready to meet my parents?”
“I—wait. What?”
I laughed. “You’re carrying my seed. I think it would be a good idea for you to meet my parents. I have a court date in Toledo next Thursday. You should come with me.”
Before she could give me an answer, her phone vibrated on the side table. Cairo’s name flashed across the screen, and she rolled her eyes as she answered on speaker.
“Hello?”
“The kids’ camp just called me.”
“Oh, shit. I forgot to call them and tell them they weren’t coming today. I’ll call them now.”
“Why didn’t you take them?”
“They had a rough morning, so I decided to keep them home today.”
“What do you?—”
“Cairo, the girls are with me this week. I don’t have to explain to you why I kept them home.”
“If something is wrong with them?—”
“They’re fine. I let them stay up late, and they had a hard time getting up this morning. That’s it. Goodbye.”
She ended the call before he could respond.
“So, about you meeting my parents.”
“Oh yeah. Sure, I’ll go with you.”
Seventeen
Karla
“That wasn’t so bad, was it?” I asked Elias as we drove away from my parents’ house.
“Nah, it was cool. I see where you get your cooking skills from. The food was delicious.”
“Yeah. Cooking was the one thing my mother and I did together. She had me in the kitchen when I was Chloe’s age. The girls enjoy cooking with us too.”
I looked in the back seat and smiled. We were only three minutes from my parents’ house, and the girls were already asleep. Although they’d missed camp for the past two days, they didn’t miss out on fun. My parents pulled out all the stops when their grandkids visited.
