Jake and Lucinda stared at each other from a short distance. Jake felt his breath go short and his heart pounding. She looked more beautiful than ever. Her brown hair was short, just under her ears and her face was youthful as he remembered. She wore a short black skirt and a beautiful ivory color summer sweater. He felt almost frozen for a moment before he could even move.
Lucinda felt her whole body numb. Her son looked more handsome than ever. He looked now more mature. He'd grown a goatee over the few years they'd been apart. He wore a white polo shirt and navy blue slacks.
She's here. She waited for me. God I love her!
Jake said silently.
It took a few seconds until either of them moved. Jake ran to her with open arms and Lucinda held her arms open to her son. He wrapped his arms around her and they held each other so tight.
"You made it. Oh God you really made it!" Lucinda cried.
"I've been waiting for this day! I love you so much!" Jake sobbed.
He cupped her face and took a moment to look at her lovely face. Her tears ran down her cheeks and she smiled up at him with eyes full of glory. He leaned down to plant a long wet kiss on her lips. "You look so beautiful. You'll always be beautiful," Jake said softly.
"Oh Jake I missed you so much! But you're here! You're here with me! We have so much to talk about!" Lucinda wailed.
"Yes we do."
"It's so good to see you again. You don't know how much I've missed you," Lucinda sniffled.
"I got me a hotel room for the night. If you want you can stay with me. It's really nice with a hot tub and everything," Jake offered.
"Yes that sounds good. I have so much to tell you," Lucinda replied.
The walked a few blocks to Jake's hotel holding hands. Once in the room, Lucinda looked almost nervous and yet so excited. Jake closed the door behind him and rushed over to put his arms around Lucinda once again.
"I can't seem to stop touching you. You don't know how awful it's been without you."
She looked into his eyes. "Are you moving to Vegas permanently?"
Jake nodded. "Yes! I'm working with a local newspaper in town. I don't start for another two weeks though. They gave me some time to get settled into a place."
"That's so good honey. So you wanted to be a writer huh? I can't believe you took the chance to live here without knowing what would happen."
"I had to take the chance. If you didn't meet me, then I would still live here knowing you were here too. I love you so much!"
They shared a long wet kiss letting their tongues slowly slide into each other's mouths. Jake ran his hands up and down her back and hips. She felt so womanly, so sexy!
"How have you been? What's being going on with you?"
Lucinda pulled away for a moment and stood in front of him. She looked scared.
"Are you ok?" Jake asked concerned.
"Yes. I think I'll be OK. It's just that I have to tell you something very important."
Jake slowly took a seat on the bed. "Yes?" His heart raced. Had she gotten married? Did she meet someone else? All these thoughts ran through Jake's mind.
Lucinda took a deep breath. "Well let me start from the beginning."
"Here have a seat babe," Jake offered.
"No I need to stand," Lucinda replied in a shaky voice.
"Ok that's fine. Tell me."
"Well I'll begin with what happened with my mother and I. She had a mild stroke three years ago and almost died. Oh Jake I was so frightened. My mother is all the family I had left. Well besides you for course. I headed to Texas to visit her and she was a totally different person. She was no longer the controlling, evil kind she used to be. She was gentle with me and so kind!"
Jake looked up at her with concern. "I'm sorry to hear about her stroke Lucinda. Is she OK?"
Lucinda smiled. "Yes she's never been better. We had a long conversation about my life and the choices I had made. You came up in our conversation."
Jake raised a brow. "Oh? What happened?"
"I told her that we met. I told her you had come looking for me and...."
"Yes?"
"I told her we fell in love."
Jake gulped. "Oh my. How did she take it?"
Lucinda shrugged. "I don't know, at first she took it pretty bad but then she realized she needed to stop being angry. That stroke she had really made her think. It made her realize that life was too short and you should just get over your anger and move on. She warned me about all the consequences our love together would have and then she said it was my life to live. She wasn't going to stop me."
Jake felt so relived. "Thank goodness. I'm glad she was so understanding. I was worried about how she would take it."
Lucinda then sat next to Jake and took his hand in hers. "Did you tell your parents?"
Jake sighed. "Yes. But my father does not know. He passed away as soon as I got back from being with you. He'd had a heart attack."
Lucinda looked saddened. "I'm so sorry baby."
"It's OK. I miss him so much though but I know he's in a better place."
Lucinda squeezed his hand. "And your mother? How does she feel about all of this?"
"Well, she didn't take it so easy at first. In fact she forbid me to come up here or else I'd lose her."
Lucinda's eyes widened. "Oh no!"
"Yes but then she realized I wasn't happy. I would never be happy if I wasn't with you."
"So she knows all about us then?"
"Yes she does. She's actually the one that encouraged me to come out here. She knows how much I love you."
Lucinda felt tears swelling in her eyes again. "Jake I have to tell you something else."
Jake looked puzzled. "Babe what is it? You've got me really concerned." He could feel Lucinda's hands shaking.
"Jake...I...I... had a baby. Your baby."
Jake's eyes widened. "W-what? Lucinda.... you...had...oh my God!" Jakes heart rejoiced from all the joy he felt at that moment.
"Yes. It's a boy. I named him after you. It's yours."
Jake wrapped his arms around Lucinda and held her so tight. "Why didn't you try to reach me about this? I wanted to be here for my son. I wanted to be with you!"
Lucinda sobbed. "I know but we had made a deal Jake. Plus I had no idea I could even get pregnant. I was on the pill at the time and suddenly I just began to feel sick and then you should have seen my reaction when the doctor told me I was pregnant. Oh Jake I was so happy! I was carrying your child in me. Our child. I had a second chance to be a mommy."
Jake looked into her eyes and tears streamed down his face. "Lucinda, I can't believe it. Where is he? Where is my son?"