Page 124 of Role Play
But there was no answer thistime.
I took a deep breath. This was her spot. I could still visit her whenever Iwanted.
I wiped my eyes of the remaining tears and slung the backpack over myshoulders.
From the outer pocket of my backpack, the corner stub of my flight information stuck out where my assistant had printed it for me earlier that day. A thought breezed through my mind as I snatched my phone and started googling places near where we were filming in Georgia. Would she let me gift her something so grand? Would she even accept my apology and come back to work for Silhouette? There was only one way to findout.
As I made my way back down the canyon, I was on the phone with the airlines. They would hold the reservation for forty-eight hours. It was much faster going down and as I exited Runyon, I made my way to the final stop for my anniversary tradition. The coffee shop on the corner where Brie had insisted we had earned ourselves a peanut buttercookie.
I was pretty sure I looked like shit as I pushed open the glass doors. Sweaty. Dirty. My fingernails caked in red clay dirt. But inside? Inside, I felt hope for the first time in a couple of weeks. Maybe this could be the gesture that wins Lucyback.
I waited patiently in the busy line to get my iced coffee and peanut butter cookie, the final homage to Brie when across the café, I heard a familiar voice. “What? You never showed herThe Wizard of Oz? Shame on you,Daddy.”
Lucy. My heart leapt inside my chest, slamming against my ribs like a caged lion fighting its way out of the den. I left my place in line, following her voice. And then, Ifroze.
Because there in the café was my Lucy with a little girl in her lap. And sitting across from her was Erik Larson. A Dominant I recognized fromLnS.
And she’d just called him Daddy. White hot anger seared through my veins like my blood was replaced with lava and it felt like I was seeing red. She couldn’t have moved on already… could she? So soon? And with another Dom in mycommunity?
“Don’t worry, baby girl, we’ll change that soon,” Erik said. He smiled at her. At my Shorty. My face flamed and I knew I should walk away. Call the airline and cancel her flight. Turn in the opposite direction and let her have that life that I could neverhave.
But something in me snapped. Seeing her with a child. With another Dom in the community. Happy. Playful. The same fucking Judy Garland banterwe’dhad.
And I couldn’t lookaway.
