I Need You (Learning to Let Go) (21 page)

Once the furniture was unloaded at the thrift store, Chris would load up his motorcycle in the trailer and they were ready to go. They hadn’t planned on leaving until the next morning. Of course after a quick breakfast with Bryn and Charlie. It was almost surreal that she would be leaving again,
and
with the man that completed her mind, body and soul.

Sara was hesitant at first to move back to Colorado, permanently. Once Bryn and Charlie had gotten home, and they all had a few terse conversations about moving, Sara and Chris agreed that there would be more opportunities for both of them in Colorado. Chris already had a host of contacts at the local gyms where he could be a trainer, he had a fully furnished apartment, and the college was nearby so that Sara could go back to school. After Bryn had given the move her seal of approval without too many arguments, Sara was sure that her sister was going to be just fine here in Wisconsin. Especially after getting to know Charlie, and seeing how much he cared about Bryn.

Sara’s cell phone vibrated in her pocket, nearly scaring her out of her own skin. Pulling it from her pocket, she didn’t recognize the number, but answered it anyway.

“Hello?”

“Sara Lonneman?”

“Yes. May I ask who this is?”

“Of course, this is Becca from the Humane Society. We did find homes for all the puppies you had offered to foster care for, but we do have a few other animals that need placement. Would you be interested?”

Sara had completely forgotten about her offer to take in an abandoned dog when she was still staying with Darrin. Her heart sunk that she was going to have to turn them down, but she didn’t have a choice.

“I’m sorry, Becca. I’m moving to Colorado with my boyfriend. I won’t be able to commit to being a caretaker anymore. I really am sorry.”

After a long pause, Becca asked, “That’s okay. Is your boyfriend back in the service? Is that why you are moving?”

Sara was completely thrown off by her comment. There was no way that Chris had met Becca, nor had he ever been in the service. It quickly dawned on her that she was referring to Darrin.

Sara laughed to herself, before she gave Becca what would be good news. “Oh, you mean Darrin. No, he’s not my boyfriend.”

“Really?” She didn’t even try to keep the elation out of her voice and it didn’t bother Sara one bit. Everyone deserved to find happiness in their lives, and maybe Becca’s full of herself attitude would be good for Darrin.

“Yup. He’s all yours, sweetie. Have a great day!”

Sara rolled her eyes as she shook her head back and forth. Chris was still standing there and had a pained look on his face as he asked, “What was that all about?”

After Sara gave him the abbreviated version of her meeting with Becca, Chris gave her another sexy smile. “So you threw Darrin to the wolves, huh?”

Shrugging, she replied, “I wouldn’t say that. I don’t have any romantic feelings for Darrin, but I do hope that he can find someone who makes him happy. He certainly won’t go out looking for someone himself, so I just gave it a push, that’s all.”

Chris kissed her forehead, as he wrapped her up in his arms. After a few minutes passed, he had started trailing kisses down her face until he was nibbling on her neck. The gentle pressure of his mouth turned into a sharp bite and she squealed and pulled back from his arms. Sara backed up slowly, watching his expression for any signs of how much trouble she was soon to be in.

Finally, Chris put one hand on his hip and held the other hand up in the air with all five fingers spread out. He pulled one finger down, and then another, making an inaudible count down on his hand.

Sara was terrified when he got to two fingers, and held up her hands and screamed, “Wait, Chris! I’m sorry. I’m sorry.”

“I can’t wait to get your bratty ass back to Colorado. My membership at Dominic’s club is still very active, and I plan on lighting you up, properly, my little one.”

Then his last two fingers slowly pulled back down, and instead running away from Chris, Sara ran straight into his open arms.

“I sure hope so, Master.”

Want more of Sara and Chris’ story? Coming in the spring of 2013 is a short story with plenty of hard-core BDSM scenes in Colorado.