31. Raider

"Damn,what the hell am I going to do? Daisy deserves someone who doesn't have all this bullshit in his life." I watched her and my boys playing basketball without them knowing I was home. The boys loved Daisy, and I knew she loved them too. I'd heard her telling them she did.

Maybe if I didn't watch her all the time, I wouldn't be so obsessed with wanting her. I opened the back gate, and she turned and looked at me. Then she smiled, and my heart did that thing it does whenever I'm near Daisy.

"Dad, you're home! Are we still going to Universal Studios this weekend?"

"Yes, we are. How about it, Daisy? Do you feel like going to Universal Studios?"

"Oh, you guys don't want a girl hanging around on a boys" vacation," Daisy said, ruffling Sean"s hair.

"Yes, we do. We love you, Daisy, and we want you to go with us everywhere," Sean said, taking her hand.

"You'll make me cry if you keep talking like that."

I glanced at Daisy. "Please come with us; it'll be fun."

"I would love to go with you. If you're sure you want me to tag along," Daisy said, looking at the boys. My boys threw their arms around Daisy and hugged her. I was surprised to see that because I don't remember them showing so much emotion. Cheryl loved the boys but didn't often show emotion toward them.

"Now you have me all excited about going. I'll find other fun things to do while we are there. I heard there is a place where you eat like in medieval times, and they put on shows. It's called Medieval Knights. Doesn't that sound like fun?"

"Yes, we'll go there too, right, Dad?"

"I wouldn't miss that for anything," I said, putting my arms around my boys. I will never forget how Cheryl shouted at those Taliban, risking our boys" lives. I kept telling her to be quiet, but she was so angry over her parents" death that she wasn't thinking about anyone else.

I knew they were going to kill her. I saw it in their eyes. When they shot her, I started fighting, and the neighbor ran out and grabbed the boys. They stayed hidden until the Delta Force Guardians showed up and took them back to America to my father.

Then, they rescued me before the firing squad could kill me. That was four years ago, and now I wanted to take Daisy to bed, but was she ready after her husband and baby girls were killed in a car pile-up on the freeway three years ago?

"I guess I'll be heading home now," Daisy said, picking up her sweater from the grass.

"Daisy, why don't you stay for dinner? I picked up a pizza. Unless you have other dinner plans."

"No, I have no plans. I'll make a salad to go along with the pizza. Thank you for inviting me to eat with you."

"You're welcome. We like eating our meals with you."

"Thank you. I like eating with you too," Daisy said, smiling.

I didn't say there were many other things I would like to do with her. The first thing was tasting those beautiful lips and then making my way down the rest of her body. And it would happen, but I would wait until I knew she was ready.

I set the pizza on the table, and Daisy set the salad down. It was like it always was when Daisy ate with us. We talked and laughed and had another great meal together. The sun was down before dinner was finished.

"Daisy, I'll take you home. It's dark outside," I said, looking out the window. "Why don't you spend the night?"

"Umm, but you're home," she said, looking confused.

"I know. I thought we would watch a movie and eat some popcorn."

"Okay, I would love to watch a movie and have popcorn," Daisy agreed.

I knew I was confusing her, and she most likely agreed to stay so the boys" feelings wouldn't be hurt. But that was fine with me, whatever it took to keep her here overnight.

"What movie are we going to watch?" she asked.

"We'll pick out one together," I said.

"Whatever you guys want to watch is fine with me. Have any of you watched Arthur the King? It's about a dog who joins a racing team with Mark Wahlberg. I've heard lots of good stuff about it."

"Let's watch that movie, and Duke can watch it with us. Maybe he wants to be in the movies," Sean said, talking about their big German Shepherd. We all chuckled because the boys thought Duke was the smartest animal in the world. Sometimes, I think he is too.

Like the time he heard that boy who fell into the swimming hole. He ran and jumped into the water, barking, so we ran after Duke. He grabbed the boy's shirt and pulled him out of the water. I never figured out how Duke knew about the boy.

The boys fell asleep on the sofa, and I carried them to bed, even though Sean was almost as tall as I am now at thirteen. I chuckled as he leaned his head on my shoulder. "Thanks, Dad. This reminds me of when I was little." I kissed his cheek, and he chuckled.

When I got them down for the night, I walked to the kitchen, where Daisy was cleaning up. "Daisy, you don't have to clean up; I can do that. Why don't you get ready for bed?" The moment this was out of my mouth, I knew it sounded different from the way I meant it.

She turned around, looked at me, and smiled. "First, I'm going to shower, and then I'll join you in bed."

"How about I shower with you?"

"That sounds even better," she said as I pulled her into my arms and leaned down. My lips touched her soft, warm lips while we gazed into each other's eyes. I raised my head, then kissed her again. This time, I picked her up and walked into my room, then to my bathroom, where I stripped her clothes off and then mine.

We kissed again. Her hands trailed across my shoulders and down to my ass. I chuckled. "You"ll have to move your hands if you don't want me to carry you straight to the bed." She slowly ran them back up my back.

I started the shower and soaped her entire body the entire time; little sounds came from her throat. Then she took the soap and started washing my body. When her hand found my hard cock, I moaned out loud. I picked her up and carried her to bed.

My tongue came out and ran across hers as I passionately kissed her. I knew making love to Daisy would be different. I've wanted her for a long time, and I was damn glad she wanted me, too.