Page 20 of Omega's Midlife Love
“Can you drive?” I asked David.
He sniffled, then nodded against me. “Yeah.”
“We’ll follow you back to your apartment so you can pack a bag. Then we’ll take you to the airport.”
“You don’t have to.”
I didn’t want him to have to drive at all, but I knew his car couldn’t stay where it was on the street, and I didn’t drive. Which meant that I was worthless.
I held him close. “Let me do this for you.”
He nodded into my chest. “Ok.”
I remembered the night I’d learned about Clarence’s death. There had been nothing I could do then. But I could get my omega to his family now, and I’d do anything to spare him from the pain that I’d felt.
“We should go,” Victor said. “It’s an hour to the airport. By the time we get to your apartment and you get packed, we’ll just make it.”
David sniffled again, stood and straightened his chef’s jacket.
Something about the strong face he was putting on broke my heart. His child was scared, and he was terrified that he might lose his grandbaby. It wasn’t the time for him to be strong. He’d need to be the strong one when he got there, but for a few minutes he needed to be able to let it out.
I could only imagine that any other omega would be leaning against his alpha for support right then. But David didn’t have that, and as much as I wanted, I didn’t know if he’d let me be that person right then.
“Let’s go,” David said.
I nodded. My omega was so strong.
And I was helpless to do anything except get him where he needed to be.
∞∞∞
~5 Days Later~
David still wasn’t back from Rhode Island, and I felt his absence in my soul. The temporary chef made delicious meals that were tasteless to me. The silence in the house led to a cacophony of anxious thoughts. The clear days might as well have been filled with thunderstorms for all I enjoyed them.
Even Victor had reduced his attempts to lighten my mood.
Part of me wished that I’d accompanied David to Providence. But it wasn’t my place. I had no right to invade in the lives of strangers just because I wanted to be near my omega.
Still, I wished for more than the brief updates we’d gotten. He’d called to let me know when his son-in-law had been discharged, the baby having been saved, and that he was going to stay a couple days to help since the younger omega was going to be on bedrest. He’d said that he’d return when Eddie’s mama arrived to take over.
That was three days ago, and part of me was terrified that he’d change his mind; that he’d decide that he needed to move to be closer to his daughter and her mate.
Would the next time I saw my omega be the day he’d ask for a final paycheck?
Could I really blame him if it was? His Samantha was everything to him, just like Clarence and his family had been everything to me.
It felt selfish to want him back. But I couldn’t ignore my feelings either.
There was a light tap at the door, and I glanced up to see Victor standing there. For a moment I wondered why the light seemed so warm, then I realized that I’d been lost in thought almost all day.
“I just got a call,” Victor said softly.
“From David?” I asked, not bothering to hide the hope in my voice.
He nodded and stepped into my office. “He’ll be returning tonight. Eddie’s mama arrived yesterday, and he stuck around today to prep meals for everybody so that they didn’t have to worry about cooking until she settled in.”
I breathed a sigh of relief. He was coming back to me.
