Author's Note: This story was edited by Tim413413. His work was embarrassingly difficult. I actually think he spent more time on this than I did. Thank you sir!
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Jayden breathed deeply, enjoying her scent. Bev had shaved her nether regions to add some spice. He was still grinning at her earlier comment. "If you're going to be spending so much time down there, I don't want anything slowing you down." Bev wasn't even slightly bashful about her body. She shared it freely with Jayden. There were no white lies between them. Sexual honesty sped up their enjoyment and neither took it as an insult. Jayden ran his fingertips across her now uncovered bare skin. It was silky soft. 'She must have used lotion,' he thought. He kissed the newly-exposed skin, admiring the texture.
"Jayden, are you trying to torture me?" Bev asked sardonically. Jayden saw the glistening between the folds of her sex. He kissed her softly just below her clitoris.
"It's new and adorable. Let me play," Jayden responded. He knew what he was doing to her. He was still overcome with her shaving gesture. In her own way, Bev was trying to please him, beyond sexual release. She was letting him know what she thought about him even when she wasn't in his bed.
Jayden ran his finger between Bev's folds, gathering her moisture. He smiled at the giggle his caress created. He used his lubricated finger to tease her little bud with slow, sensual circles. Bev responded with a soft moan. He had no intention of bringing her off with his fingers or tongue. Her gesture was personal and deserved a more personal response. Jayden rose between her thighs and met her eye to eye as he moved on top of her.
"It's gorgeous and I love that you did it for me," Jayden admitted.
"I love that you love it," Bev returned as she laced her fingers into Jayden's hair and pulled his lips to hers. She had learned, over the past four weeks, she loved kissing Jayden. It was a strange change for a woman whose past lovers were mere tools for her enjoyment. Jayden sparked something deeper within her. Bev found herself doing things just to be physically closer. Earlier, she didn't ask him to move when he blocked the silverware drawer. Bev just slid up behind him and reached around while caressing his waist with her other hand. It earned her a peck on the cheek which brightened the otherwise ordinary moment.
Jayden melted in Bev's lips. He felt her breasts cushioning his chest and warming his desire. This is where he would choose to spend his life. The world seemed so much more alive when he was in her arms. Jayden lifted his head until he was eye to eye and nose to nose. He entered her and relished her lustful change in expression. "I want to call you Beverly," Jayden whispered during a slow in-stroke.
"Why?" Bev questioned softly as she caressed the side of his face.
"Beverly is so much prettier. So much more 'you,' " Jayden responded and shifted his hips to make his strokes deeper. Bev wrapped her legs around his waist as her breathing became deeper. She loved it when he went slow. It meant he wanted to be with her longer. No one had called her Beverly since she was a small child. "Bev" seemed to fit her tomboy attitude and she never looked back. She knew Jayden saw her in a different way. She felt so full with him in her and the determination on his face was delicious.
"I love being your Beverly," she groaned with passion. Jayden's thrusts became more determined. She watched his eyes tighten and sweat form on his brow.
"I love you, Beverly." Jayden was looking straight at Beverly when he said those words. He said them slowly and carefully so she knew it was the truth. Beverly tried to answer, but her body answered for her. The words drove her over the edge of an impossibly high cliff as passion exploded between her legs and traveled through every fiber of her being.
"Jayden...Jayden," Beverly moaned through clenched teeth. His name sparked Jayden's climax and he spent himself in her. She pulled him deeper with her legs and melted through heaven with him. Beverly, spent, collapsed deeper into the bed. Jayden smiled into her eyes.
"I love you too, you lovely man," Beverly breathed and pulled him in for another kiss. It was the first time anyone had ever said those words to her and meant it. It made her feel beautiful and returning the truth made her feel so connected. Her life was shared in way she never knew she wanted. Jayden sighed and separated from Beverly and her wonderful afterglow.
"I found him," Jayden claimed as he lay next her with his head propped up in his hand.
"What?" Beverly exclaimed, "why didn't you tell me?"
"You want to have sex again?" Jayden inquired with a lecherous smile.
"NO! I want kill that bastard!" Beverly's voice was dripping with venom. Jayden just stared with a goofy smile. He knew what she would turn into once she knew about Vincent. He loved her deeply and wanted to be with her at least one more time.
"Oh, you greedy boy." Beverly's venom had turned to sugar. "You knew that would be a mood killer. God, I love you." She grabbed him by the hair and pulled him back to her lips. The kiss was deep and hard. Beverly was back on the job. She lightly pushed his head back, "How did you find him?"
Jayden smiled and replied, "It occurred to me this morning that the reason we couldn't tie him to a house lease or purchase was that he may not be living in one." Jayden smiled as he laid out his deduction. "I spent a few hours online looking at the marinas and, low and behold. There was Vincent's smiling face standing in front of his boat 'Dream of Clouds.' He seems to be pretty popular at the Marco Island Yacht Club. He died his hair dark and sports a mustache, but it's him. He goes by 'Thomas Saunders' now."
"So he did go to Marco Island." Beverly was smiling. She wanted Vincent badly. Susan still wasn't talking and Beverly wanted to take that out of Vincent's hide. "When do we leave?"
"I figure we should leave tomorrow morning," Jayden responded as he lightly ran his finger across her lips. "I want to stop at a bank in Gary, Indiana. I can make a large withdrawal and hope no one flags the transaction until the next day. We can really use the cash," Jayden sighed. "Either way, this part of the country will be dead to us for a while. We'll just head south and not look back."
"What about Susan?" Beverly asked.
"We take her with us," Jayden replied, "I know someone just outside Fort Myers who can watch her."
"I not sure we can trust anyone in the business," Beverly said with a bit of concern.
"She's in business, but not our business," Jayden chuckled. Beverly felt a tinge of jealousy at the word "she." Another new feeling for her. She really wasn't interested in sharing Susan with a Jayden ex. She didn't like the idea of thinking about Jayden even being near an ex.
"I'm not comfortable with leaving Susan with someone new." Beverly tried to make it sound motherly, not bitchy. "What happens if it's a one-way trip for us?"
Jayden thought a bit before responding. "I've got nothing else. You?"
"No. I just don't like it," Beverly sighed. Jayden curled up close and hugged her to his chest. 'That helps,' she thought. Jayden kissed her neck and shoulders and nibbled a little at the top of her breast. 'That helps a lot,' she thought, inwardly smiling.
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Jayden used an alias to rent the SUV. It wasn't a great solution, but they needed travel freedom and stealing a car was out of the question. The morning drive was uneventful. They stopped in Gary and withdrew funds without any difficulty. Jayden was sure Gary would host a few hunters by tomorrow.
Susan was as silent as ever. She would nod or shake her head in answer to questions. When she wanted something specific, she would point. Beverly was starting to get worried that this wasn't just a phase. It may be more permanent. They stopped at an IHOP for lunch and the picture menu was all Susan needed. She pointed at the smiley-faced pancakes and Beverly added some juice to her choice. Beverly wanted to grab her and just shake out some words, but she knew anger wasn't the way to go. She feared for Susan's future. She was really beginning feel responsible for that future. Beverly wondered if it was okay to cut Vincent's nuts off before she killed him.
It was around three in the afternoon when they passed through Chattanooga. Against Beverly's objections, Jayden pulled off the highway to Molsen Tire and Auto. Jayden had given Beverly the short description of Marissa's problems and Beverly felt that little green twinge again. She hated the feeling. It was persistent and nagged at her. Beverly began to really dislike the bad parts of love.
Jayden hardly recognized the place. All the buildings were there, but the parking lot was filled with cars and there seemed to be an abundance of customers. All the bays were filled and the mechanics were hard at work. Business certainly didn't look slow.
"Jayden!" Marissa yelled when she saw him get out of the car. Beverly cringed when the lithe girl with the trim body jumped into his arms. Jayden hugged her in return and let her happiness infect him. He separated from her and pointed at Beverly.
"Marissa, this is..." Jayden's next words caught in his throat. "Who did that to you?" Jayden's tenor changed to anger as he looked at the large bruise on Marissa's face.
"Kyle stopped by three days ago," Marissa laughed and continued, "you were wrong, he did come back." Jayden was lost. How could she possibly be happy about Kyle. Marissa's eyes shifted to behind Jayden and went from sparkling to mesmerizing. Jayden turned and saw a confident Doug walking up while wiping his hands on a rag. His right hand was wrapped in a cast. His face looked like it was hit by a truck. Following behind him walked two very dirty boys. Sebastian was sporting a bruise like Marissa's.
"Where is that asshole?" Jayden was seething.
"I think he is still in the hospital," Doug said, smiling. "He has a date with the judge after that."
"I hope he looks worse than you," Jayden offered as he calmed down. Doug laughed, hugging Sebastian to his leg.
"This guy bit him," Doug said, looking down proudly at Sebastian. Sebastian just gave Jayden an it-wasn't-anything look. Jayden sensed a profound change in the whole group. It was like they were floating on air. "And you are?" Doug quizzed while holding his now clean left hand out to Beverly. Jayden didn't give her a chance to answer.
