Total pages in book: 54
Estimated words: 50032 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 250(@200wpm)___ 200(@250wpm)___ 167(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 50032 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 250(@200wpm)___ 200(@250wpm)___ 167(@300wpm)
“As ready as I’ll ever be.” She looks up at me, wringing the strap of her purse in her hands. The orgasm we gave one another has long since worn off. Winnie’s nerves are back. Damn shame there isn’t a way for me to calm her. I know us; if we so much as touch one another, we’ll be lost in a haze. Something tells me the judge might not be thrilled for us to miss our court appearance because my mouth is on my wife’s. “He’s falling asleep.” She nods to Sebastian in my arms.
“I not.” Sebastian lifts his head up for a moment before placing it back on my chest. He’ll be conked out by the time we go through the next part of our journey. Matthew talked to the social worker who’s been on Winnie and Sebastian’s case, coming in the formal documents we’d be filing today. Proof of whatever they needed: my financials, our marriage license, and a plan we’d be using to transition Sebastian into a normal childhood. There’s even a letter stating where he’d be attending daycare once we’re settled. Winnie has made it known she’d like to work, at least part time, and keeping Seb in daycare when they lived here in Georgia did a world of good for him.
“He so is, and you look hot holding Sebastian in your arms,” she mouths in order for him not to hear her. I smirk, watching as she fans herself. At least I’ve managed to get her mind off what’s about to happen.
I lick my lips for good measure, and she barely has time to compose herself before Matthew walks out of the office.
“The judge will see us now.” He holds his thumbs up, giving us the all-clear that everything went as planned. I didn’t have a worry. Winnie, on the other hand, paced the floors, wrung her fingers until they were red, and her chest has been a blotchy mess from her nerves.
“Really?” she asks Matthew. My hand reaches for hers, and I lace our fingers together as we move toward him.
“Honey, there’s a reason why I’m paid the big bucks. This isn’t my usual area of practice, but it’s nice to be able to dabble in it a little. In all honesty, the only issue you ran into beforehand is from being estranged from Johnny. Now that you’re together, we’ve got proof of your residence in Florida, and everything else they’ve asked for, it’s good to go. They will ask to conduct check-ins, which we’ve already discussed and agreed to. The parenting classes will need to be completed, too. We came to an agreement that you’ll do those once a week, and I’ll send in the proof of completion.” We’re doing things a bit backwards; the circumstances tend to make it that way. I’ve also learned no case is the same. There’s a uniqueness to every single one of them, and Winnie and Sebastian are no exception. What helped is having Matthew in our corner, even though he’s refusing to take a lick of my money until this is said and done. Still, I doubt the bill will be what he’d charge a normal paying customer.
“Oh my god, I don’t know if I should hug you or throw up,” Winnie says. I pull her into my side, wrap my arm around her lower back, squeeze her hip, and hold her steady.
“Well, hug me after you and Johnny sign on the dotted line, and maybe save the getting sick for another time when you’re not in a courthouse.” Matthew tosses a wink at her, then opens the door for us to proceed him.
While we’re here doing this, Tysen is at Winnie’s apartment with the co-pilot he chose to fly with today. Liam is a friend he’s known for a while from the airline, and Tys is trying to pull him in the same direction he is going in. The downfall is that Liam has a wife and kid at home, needs the benefits the bigger corporation includes, and yet I heard the two of them talking. Liam is leaning more and more toward coming on board with Tysen, which means our friend has to have his shit locked the fuck down. I’ve got more than an inkling while they’re boxing up the contents of Winn’s apartment, he’ll further convince Liam to cut ties with the airline. Of course, he’ll still have to talk to his wife. A career change while there’s a little one at home means a lot of communication between partners. One that I missed the mark on years ago, but I’m righting a lot of wrongs and working on the pieces I’ve missed. Winnie is also allowing me to take more off her plate, whereas before, she’d try to do it all. My wife thought she had to be superwoman, working full time, keeping up with the house, maintaining her sister’s drug addiction, and somehow finding a way to be a wife. She did, although at the expense of giving up too many pieces of herself.