14
Ally gathered her courage and rang the doorbell of Rob and Jackson’s home. Rob opened the door and stared down at her, his blue eyes narrowed and his hair ruffled. He looked like he hadn’t slept well either. Ally held up the plate of pie.
“I brought a peace offering. It’s the rest of Jane’s chicken pie. Can I come in?”
Rob stepped back and Ally followed him inside, through the untidy family room and into the big kitchen at the back. She placed the pie on the countertop and turned to face Rob, who had leaned up against the sink.
“I think I might have overreacted to something you said last night.”
Rob raised an eyebrow. “Might?”
“Okay, I did overreact, but I wanted to tell you why.”
He held up his hand. “It’s okay, Ally. I pushed your buttons; you got pissed. I get it.”
“What the hell is that supposed to mean?”
He pushed a hand through his short-cropped hair. “I tried to tell you how to think. I got you a job behind your back. I did all the things that make you nervous about being with me.”
Ally stared at him for a long moment. “You figured that out all by yourself?”
He winced. “With a little help from Jackson, who also regularly tells me to get the fuck out of his face.”
“It wasn’t all your fault, Rob. I freaked out. I’m trying so hard to be strong and independent that I get a bit touchy when I feel like someone is trying to manipulate me.” She tried a tentative smile. “I did want the job.”
“But you would’ve preferred it if I’d asked you first. I get that now. I promise I won’t do it again.”
He still wasn’t smiling and Ally wondered why.
“Would you like a soda, Ally?”
“No thanks, I have to get back to work at three.”
Rob opened the refrigerator and got out a can of lemonade and popped it open. “Lauren’s still working you hard, then?”
“She is and I’m determined not to let her win. She’s stuck with me until I either leave or die on the job.”
He took a seat at the table and gestured to the chair opposite. “Sit down a minute, okay?”
She sat and studied him carefully. There was a faint frown on his face and trouble deep in his eyes. “What’s up?”
“I’ve got to go away for a few days.”
“When?”
“Tonight. They offered me a spot on the gun-safety procedure course Jackson finished up a couple of months ago, and I really need to go.”
“So go.”
He reached across the table and took her hand. “I’ll only be away for five days.”
“It’s okay. I think I’ll survive.”
He tightened his grip. “It’s not that.” He hesitated. “It’s just that in the interest of full disclosure, I want you to let me know if you find anything . . . unusual . . . as you clear out your mother’s house.”
“Unusual?”
His pale blue gaze met hers. “Anything that might seem out of place, or anything your mother mentions in those journals of hers.”
“For what reason?”
“Some of that unfinished business I mentioned the other night. I’ve got a bad feeling in my gut about all this.”
“I thought you were talking about us.”
“We weren’t the only people involved in that mess, were we?”
Ally paused to consider his words. “You want to talk about Jackson and Susan?”
“That’s part of it.”
“And what does that have to do with me cleaning out my mom’s house?”
“Maybe nothing, but I’d be grateful if you’d bear it in mind while you’re working.”
Ally pulled out of his grasp and stood up, her eye on the clock. “I have to go.”
Rob stood too. “And you’re not happy with me again, are you.”
“It’s not that. I’m just confused. Why would you think Susan and Jackson have anything to do with what’s at my house?” She put her hand to her mouth. “Is this because my mom sold drugs to them?”
“I don’t know, Ally.” Rob looked exhausted. “That’s why I’m asking you to help me.”
“Okay.” She moved in close and stood on tiptoe to kiss his mouth. He took control of the kiss, turning it into something far hotter and more visceral than she had intended, so she was soon drowning in it. “I have to go.”
He spread his fingers over her ass and drew her against his rock-hard erection, nipping at her lip. “Let me call Lauren and tell her you’ll be fifteen minutes late due to police questioning about the window.”
“Rob . . .”
He tightened his grip on her ass. “I fucking need to be inside you right now.”
Ally stared at him and then nodded. She let him make the call and admired the calm finality of his voice even as Lauren squawked in protest. She moaned as his finger and thumb closed over her nipple and squeezed hard. He had one hand down her panties even as he clicked off the phone, his mouth plundering hers as his fingers slid inside her already-slick entrance.
He carried her into the family room and brought her down on the couch, moved on top of her, and shoved down his shorts. “Yeah, right now, give it up.”
Ally moaned as he penetrated her in one smooth thrust and kept doing it, pounding her into the pillows until she started to orgasm around him and cling on to his muscular shoulders. He kissed her throat, her shoulder, and then took her nipple into his mouth and sucked so hard she climaxed again.
He brought his hand up to cup her head and stared down at her. “I want you to think of me when I’m away. I want you to miss this—miss the fucking and miss me.”
“I . . .” Ally gasped as he bit down on her throat, making her arch against him. He gathered her ass into his hands and pumped harder until all she could think about was the hard grinding rhythm of his thrusts, his labored breathing, and finally the heat of his come deep inside her.
He slumped over her for a moment and then rolled onto the floor and pulled up his shorts. Ally lay there and looked at him, too exhausted to think of moving let alone going to work. Rob found her panties and shorts and eased them up her legs.
“I need to shower, Rob.”
He kissed her mound, his tongue sliding between her already swollen folds. “You don’t have time, and I like you wet like this. I like the thought of you working with my come on you all day.”
“You are such a Neanderthal sometimes.” Ally winced as he helped her sit up. “I at least have to pee.”
“Then do it quick, because you’re supposed to be there in five minutes, and you look like you just got out of bed.”
Ally cleaned up as best she could and then joined him in the kitchen, where he handed her a bottle of water. He’d changed into his uniform. He picked up his hat and buckled on his belt. “I’ll drop you off.”
“You don’t have to.”
“I do need to ask you some questions about the break-in. I can ask you on the way, and if we arrive in my patrol car, Lauren won’t get suspicious.”
Ally cast him a sidelong glance. “It all worked out very nicely for you, didn’t it?”
He held the door open for her and patted her ass as she walked by. “Sure, sex and interrogation. My two favorite things. Too bad I forgot to use my handcuffs.”
Ally had nothing to say to that; all her energy was focused on trying to look as if she hadn’t just been fucked by the sheriff. By the time they pulled up at the diner and Rob got out to escort her inside, he’d stopped smiling and had his cop face firmly in place. Ally envied him his ability to switch moods so easily.
He walked her through to where Lauren was working in her office. “Here she is, sis. Fifteen minutes late.”
Lauren ignored Ally and nodded at Rob. “So do I bill you for her time as well as for the window?”
“If you like.” Rob stepped forward and kissed Lauren on the cheek. “I’m going out of town for a few days. Talk to Jackson if you need anything. Later, Lauren, Ally.”
Ally smiled and moved out of his way. She turned back to find that Lauren was staring at her.
“What would you like me to do first, boss?”
“Get your claws out of my brother?”
“We’ve already had that discussion, Lauren. He’s a grown-up and so am I.”
Lauren swung around and presented Ally with her back. “Go and bus the tables and then wash dishes, okay?”
“Sure.” Ally turned to leave.
Fig waved at her from the kitchen as she gathered up her cleaning supplies. Even one of the waitresses smiled when she saw Ally coming. Two weeks on the job and she felt quite at home, despite Lauren’s lack of welcome.
 
Jackson parked at the old courthouse, took off his jacket, and walked around the corner to the diner. It was well after closing time, and the lights in the front were off. As he came closer, Jackson sniffed the night air appreciatively. Coffee and fries always put him in a better mood, and the diner smelled of both.
The back door was open, and Jackson could see Ally talking to the other busboy as they carried out the trash. He’d been so busy covering Rob’s shifts that he hadn’t seen her for five days, so the sight was more than welcome. He caught her eye and nodded slowly. “Hey.”
She smiled at him and then went back inside. He wasn’t worried; she’d come out eventually. He checked his radio but everything was quiet. Jeff had the late-night shift, and Jackson wasn’t due back on until six in the morning. His hand went to his gun as another shadow overlaid his.
“Evening, Jackson.”
He took a long, slow breath. Despite all the years since he’d been in Afghanistan, his nerves still jangled sometimes. “Hey, Lauren.”
“What are you doing out here?” Lauren came out of the kitchen, followed by Ally and the other guy. Lauren locked the back door and then walked around to the front of the diner.
Jackson followed her. “Just checking up on you.”
Lauren keyed in the alarm and shut the front door with a decisive bang. “Did Rob ask you to?”
“Of course.”
Lauren checked him out, her lip caught between her teeth. “Are you still on duty?”
“No, I’m off for the night. I’ve got a meeting to go to.”
“That’s a shame. We haven’t had a good talk for ages.” Lauren set off for the rear parking lot.
Jackson was aware of Ally still waiting at the back door, but he kept his attention fixed on Lauren. “We ‘talk’ now?”
Lauren stopped and looked over her shoulder. “I’m worried about Rob. Since she came back he’s—” She suddenly noticed Ally. “Why are you still here?”
Jackson cleared his throat. “She’s waiting for me.”
Lauren made a disgusted sound. “Don’t tell me she’s messing with your head, too, Jackson.”
Jackson held Lauren’s angry stare. “She’s coming to the meeting with me.”
“What kind of meeting?”
“The kind that addicts go to.” Jackson held out his hand. “Are you ready, Ally?”
She came around Lauren and took his hand. He noticed her fingers were shaking. “Thanks, Jackson.”
He turned his back on Lauren and kept walking. “Are you okay?”
Ally paced alongside him, her long legs easily keeping up with him. Without her heels on, they were exactly the same height. “Are we really going to an AA/NA meeting?”
“Yeah, it occurred to me that you might not know where they were held around here.”
“I didn’t, but I was going to look them up.”
He squeezed her hand. “We don’t have to look too far. There’s one in the Baptist church hall right here in town twice a week, or if you want to go more often, Jamestown has way more choices.”
Ally stopped walking and looked at him. “Why do you go to meetings?”
“Because I’m like you.”
“An addict?”
He smiled at her serious expression. “Yeah. Me and alcohol? We don’t mix.” He kissed her on the forehead. “So let’s go show our faces, and then we can have dinner together, okay?”
 
Ally looked up at Jackson as he unlocked the back door of the house. “Thanks for taking me, Jackson.”
“You’re welcome.” He hesitated beside her, his fingers brushing her cheek. “I know I’m not supposed to tell you this, but I regularly saw your mom at the meetings before she died.”
Ally thought about that and tried to smile. “It’s yet another piece of the puzzle, isn’t it? People keep trying to tell me that my mom had changed, and it’s so hard to believe it.” She kissed Jackson on the nose and laughed. “And then I wonder why no one believes I’ve changed and I get all pissed about it. You can never really trust an addict, though, can you?”
“You can try,” Jackson whispered.
Ally walked through the garage at Jackson and Rob’s house and into the narrow laundry room. It was getting late, but she’d enjoyed her evening with Jackson, especially having his silent support when she’d had to stand up and introduce herself to a meeting hall full of fellow addicts.
Jackson touched her shoulder. “Take off your clothes here and I’ll stick them in the wash. They’ll be ready for you to wear later.”
“Everything?”
His heated gaze tracked down her body. “Yeah.”
Ally flipped on the light and watched as he started the machine. As she pulled her clothes off, she dropped them into the foamy water. By the time she was naked and closed the lid of the machine, Jackson had disappeared. Ally left her sandals on the cool tile floor and headed into the dark kitchen.
The only light that was on appeared to come from one of the bedrooms, so Ally kept going. A lamp illuminated the white and brown covers on the pristine bed. Jackson’s clothes lay in a heap on the floor. The door to the bathroom was open, and she could hear the sounds of the shower going.
She went into the bathroom and paused to admire the view. Jackson was facing away, stripping off his tight white boxers and giving her a perfect view of his ass and long legs. He stretched his arms above his head and groaned, which made all his muscles ripple like silk. He caught sight of her in the mirror and turned slowly around.
“Let’s shower.”
She followed him into the small glass shower stall, and he kissed her, his already erect cock nudging her belly. She grabbed the shower gel and poured some on her hands. She couldn’t help but start washing his chest. He closed his eyes and leaned back against the wall.
“That’s nice, Ally.”
She continued to run her hands over his burnished skin and licked at the droplets of water and used her tongue on his tight brown nipples. His hand moved to her ass, and he slid his fingers between her legs, finding the wetness already there waiting for him.
“Rob said you’d be wet.”
“Did he.”
He drew her head up so that he could look her in the eye. “Yeah. He said I’d need to fuck you while he was away because you’d need it.”
“So this is for Rob’s benefit, is it?”
His hand tightened on her hair. “I was going to fuck you anyway. Rob just gave me an extra incentive.” He brought his lips against hers in a slanting kiss, and she let him slide his tongue into her mouth. He kissed like he had sex, with a focused intensity she found irresistible.
She slid her hand down to his shaft, but he pushed her questing fingers away. “There’s no hurry. Let’s finish the shower first.” He helped her wash her hair, his strong hands making the task easy as he rinsed the soap away.
She put her arms around his neck, and he turned off the shower and carried her out to the bedroom, her legs wrapped around his hips, his shaft sandwiched between them. He dropped her onto the bed and stood looking down at her. “Now suck my cock.” He moved closer, and she knelt on the mattress and carefully took his cock into her mouth. He tasted of the shower gel and himself, a salty familiar flavor that made Ally want to devour him whole. “Do it fast.”
Ally sucked him hard and used her tongue to torment the wet slit at the tip of his crown. He groaned and shoved himself farther into her mouth. His hand tangled in her hair, keeping her where he wanted her, where she wanted to be.
“Yeah, that’s good. I’m going to call Rob now.”
Startled, Ally tried to look up at him, but he didn’t release his grip.
“I didn’t tell you to stop. Keep sucking me.”
From the corner of her eye, she saw him flip open his cell, punch in a number, and place the phone on the pillow beside her head. Rob’s sleepy voice suddenly filled the room. “Yeah.”
“It’s Jackson. I’ve got Ally here, too, but she’s busy right now.”
“Doing what?”
“Sucking my dick.”
There was a hiss of static and then Rob cursed. “And you’re telling me this why?”
“I thought you might like to play along.”
“While you fuck her?”
“Yeah.”
Rob’s sigh echoed through the room. “I’m hard just thinking about it.” There was the sound of rustling sheets. “Yeah, I’m really hard.”
“I’m going to fuck her ass first. She’s really wet, and I want her begging for it before I finally take her pussy.”
“Jeez.” Rob’s voice sounded hoarse now. “I wish I was there to help you out.”
“Tell me what you want me to do to her, and I’ll add it to my repertoire.” Jackson rolled his hips just to feel the warm pressure of Ally’s mouth on his shaft.
“You do your own thing, buddy, and I’ll just listen in and do mine,” Rob eventually said.
“Sure.” Jackson carefully disengaged his dick from Ally’s mouth and found the lube he’d placed by the bed. “Turn over, Ally.”
She moved onto all fours, presenting him with the most awesome view of her ass and her sex. Jackson coated his fingers and then his cock and moved closer until the front of his thighs brushed against the curves of Ally’s ass.
“I’m going to get her ready for my cock now, Rob.” He slid two oiled fingers into Ally’s ass and moved them back and forth, heard her moan. “She likes it. Can you hear her?”
“Yeah . . . make her moan some more.”
Jackson added more fingers, and Ally arched her back, offering him more. “You want me to spank her, Rob?”
“Shit, yeah. She likes it, don’t you, Ally?”
Jackson obliged with half a dozen quick slaps to each of Ally’s ass cheeks. He paused to admire the effect, felt the fine trembling running through her as he continued to work her with his fingers. His cock ached like he imagined her skin did, and he wanted to shove himself deep and make her scream his name. The thought of Rob listening in made it even better. He imagined Rob sitting up in his hotel bed, one hand gripping his cock, all his attention on the noises issuing from his cell phone.
“Next time one of us goes away, we should set up a video link,” Jackson murmured.
“I’m not sure my heart could take it,” Rob replied. “Are you going to fuck her or just talk about it?”
In answer, Jackson removed his fingers and pressed forward with his latex-covered cock, making Ally gasp and writhe beneath him. He closed his eyes as her tight passage enclosed him and struggled to stop from coming too soon. His whole upper body was now curved over Ally’s, and his cell phone was closer so that he could hear Rob’s harried breathing as well.
“She likes it, right?”
“Yeah, and she’s going to like it even more when I start moving.”
“I’ve seen you fuck her, Jackson. I know how good it is.”
“You like watching me fuck her?”
“Yeah, I do.”
The thought of Rob watching him made Jackson so hard he just couldn’t contain himself anymore. He slid one arm around Ally’s waist to anchor himself and pounded into her. She started to pant and moan with every stroke of his cock, and he forgot about Rob and thought only of how much he wanted to please Ally. He cupped her sex and rubbed her clit in time to his thrusts, felt her start to fight him to reach a climax, but she couldn’t beat him. He was, Christ he was coming so hard his cock was going to explode.
Ally screamed his name as he poured himself deep inside her, and he heard Rob groan. Jackson slumped over Ally until he got his breath back and then slowly peeled himself off her. “Talk to Rob while I go and wash up, Ally.”
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Ally couldn’t believe it when Jackson thrust his cell phone into her shaking hand and headed for the bathroom. She rolled over onto her back. She could barely breathe let alone speak, and she knew Jackson would be coming back soon, ready to fuck her again.
“Ally?”
She thought of Rob alone in a strange hotel bed. “Did you come, Rob?”
“Not yet, honey.”
“Jackson will be disappointed.”
“He’ll live.” She heard him shift around. “I’ve got one hand wrapped around my dick, and I’m picturing you lying on that bed, naked, waiting for Jackson to come and nail you again.”
“Are you naked, Rob?”
“I am now. I took my boxers off the moment Jackson called and said you were sucking him.”
“I like sucking you too. I like the way you feel in my mouth and how big you are.”
“Ally . . .”
She kept talking, loving the rough sound of need in his voice, need she’d put there and could add to at will. “I liked it best when I had you both in my mouth. Do you remember that?” She felt her clit throb as if enjoying the memory. “I like it even more when you are both fucking me.”
“God . . .”
She almost thought she could hear the sound of Rob’s hand moving on his shaft through the phone.
“I wish I was with you now, Rob. I’d take your hand and your cock and lick and suck you until you came all over me.” She looked up to see Jackson standing beside the bed, his gaze fixed on her face. “Then I’d do it for Jackson too.”
“Ally, you’re killing me here,” Rob said.
“It would be awesome. I’d love everyone to see us. Love them to look at us and be so jealous.” Ally shivered as Jackson pushed her knees wide and positioned his cock at the entrance to her sex. “Jackson’s about to fuck me now, Rob. The tip of his cock is right up close to my clit.”
Rob groaned. “I’d like to be there so I could lick your pussy.”
“You’d have to lick Jackson’s cock as well, because it’s right there too.” Ally looked up as Jackson suddenly tensed, and she patted his thigh.
“Hell, I’d lick anything right now if it meant getting us all off. I’m dying here.”
Jackson came into her, and she grabbed hold of his shoulders and held on tight. For long, frenzied minutes, she could think of nothing else but the power of his body plunging into hers, the strength of his grip and the thick hardness of his shaft pumping inside her. She climaxed hard and he just kept going, each thrust a smack of flesh against flesh, his fingers biting into her spanked ass, his mouth capturing and keeping hers in a long, drawn-out, salacious kiss.
She came again and clung on to him even more, her body almost limp with pleasure, her mind reeling from the satisfaction he was giving her. His sudden withdrawal left her gasping and reaching for him. He flipped her over onto her stomach and started again. His hands were rough on her breasts and then on her already swollen and sensitive clit.
“Please, I can’t . . .”
He kept going, drawing yet another orgasm from her, narrowing the boundary between pain and pleasure, between flesh and mind, between what she wanted and what seemed unbearable.
She moaned when he pulled out again and flipped her onto her back. He knelt up, grabbed her heels, and positioned them over his shoulders. She couldn’t even breathe as he plunged back inside her, the angle so acute that she could do nothing but take it.
She opened her eyes and saw his were closed, his features drawn back in a savage mask of lust as he controlled her with his thrusts and the weight of his body. A tide of extreme pleasure edged with pain radiated through her. She scrabbled to hold on to any part of his flesh apart from his cock and screamed so hard through her orgasm that she hurt her own ears.
Jackson came, too, and his climax seemed to take forever. Each hot spurt dragged out as if he didn’t ever want to stop. He collapsed over her, and she took his weight, held his shuddering, twitching body in her arms until he started to relax.
After a while, she remembered the cell phone and held it to her ear. “Are you still there, Rob?”
“I’m . . . here.”
“Did you come this time?”
His laughter was edged with desperation. “Yeah. You two certainly give great phone sex.”
“It will be even better when you get back.”
“Ally, don’t say stuff like that. My cock is already getting hard again.”
“You’ll be back in two more days.”
“I will and you’d better be ready for me.”
Jackson took the phone from her and held it to his ear. “Yeah . . . Sure . . . Later.”
He flipped the cell shut and put the phone on the bedside table. Ally rolled over to study his face. “That was awesome.”
His smile flickered. “It sure was.”
“Were you inspired by the thought of Rob sucking your cock?”
“Ally . . .”
She kissed his chin. “It’s okay, Jackson. I think I’ve always known what you want from him.”
“And he’s never wanted that from me, so can we drop the subject?”
“Have you ever asked him?”
“I’m not a girl. We don’t talk like that.”
“Maybe you should.” Ally hesitated as she sensed the tension return to his body. “I don’t think he’d be that surprised either.”
Jackson lifted her off him and sat up, his burnished skin glowing in the lamplight. “Why do you think I left when you did, Ally?”
“Because of what Susan did?”
“That was bad enough, but there was more.” Jackson swung his feet over the side of the bed and sat facing away from her. “I knew that if I stayed, I’d be offering Rob less of an ‘I’m sorry for fucking your girlfriend’ and more of a ‘Can I fuck you instead? ’ vibe.”
“But you didn’t stay.”
He sighed. “I couldn’t do that to you, Ally.”
“Because you felt guilty?” Ally crawled over and touched his shoulder. “Did you arrange for Susan and Rob to catch us in bed together?”
He turned to look at her. “Is that what you thought? Shit.
“It’s a possibility that had occurred to me.”
“Here’s the truth, Ally. I sure as hell thought about it, and, yeah, I have a lot to feel guilty about.” He got to his feet. “I’m going to check on the laundry.”
She watched him leave and worried at her lower lip. Was he suggesting he had betrayed her, or what? But how? After her confrontation with her mother, she hadn’t exactly planned on heading over to his house, and she certainly hadn’t meant to jump into bed with him. After she’d collapsed in his arms crying, he hadn’t been out of her sight for a moment until Rob and Susan caught them fucking.
She washed up, drank a glass of water, and waited quietly for Jackson to return to her. He’d pulled on a pair of black boxers and halted in the doorway.
“I was wondering if you’d still be in bed.”
“You have all my clothes.”
“I just put them in the dryer. They’ll be ready to go soon.”
“Thanks.” She patted the rumpled covers. “Aren’t you coming back to bed?”
“Do you really want me to?”
She raised her eyebrows. “You didn’t betray me to Rob. I’d bet my life on it. You might have wanted to, but you didn’t, did you?”
He sighed and came to sit down next to her. “I did enough. You know that.”
“You offered me comfort when I needed it.”
“I offered you sex.”
She squeezed his hand. “I thought that was me.”
“I should’ve taken you back home.”
“Because you were older than me?”
“Because you were my best friend’s girl. I wasn’t upset like you were. I knew what I was doing, Ally.”
She let out a long, slow breath. “I knew what I was doing, too, Jackson. Originally I tried to blame you, but lately I’ve realized that I was trying to break free of Rob and I figured the most awful way to do that was by sleeping with you.”
“I don’t believe you were thinking that clearly. It’s easy to look back and find reasons for stuff we did. You were scared out of your wits that night, and not by Rob.”
She met his kind gaze and stared into his dark brown eyes. “You are such a nice person, Jackson.”
He grimaced. “Nice.”
She slid a finger inside the waist of his boxers. “How long does the dryer take?”
He hissed as her finger brushed over the tip of his cock. “About half an hour.”
“Then we’ve got plenty of time for me to suck your cock, haven’t we?”
He placed his hand over hers. “And to fuck.”
Her body was already sore, but she still wanted him. “If that is what you want.”
“Yeah, I want.”
She pulled down his boxers to expose his half-erect cock and licked her lips. Sex wasn’t the answer to everything, but sometimes it made showing how you felt for someone so much easier.