Secrets Behind Those Eyes (11 page)

“
I’d prefer that you call.
After the other night and what you witnessed in the back room I
can’t help but feel it’s connected. If you decide to go promise me
you’ll make sure it’s when I can go with you.”

“
It shouldn’t be a big
deal if I go in broad daylight.”

“
Please don’t.” My phone
starts ringing. “Hey Nelson what’s up? - Oh yeah, I’m sure I can
hang on.”

I look over to Scarlet. “Hey can you
swing by the FRM store and run me by my house? Nelson needs a
couple of things for the new calf.”

She gives me a huge smile. “Yes! As
long as I get to see the new calf.”

I go back to Nelson on the phone and
chuckle. “I’ll be there in twenty minutes.”

Twenty minutes later we are driving
down my driveway. “Here pull up to the house and I’ll load this
stuff in the Ranger and we’ll take it out to the barn.”

“
This is so exciting.” She
dances in her seat.

“
Let me guess. You’ve
never actually touched a brand new calf before?”

“
I only petted one once at
a petting zoo.”

I laugh. “Okay well I tell you what
you can help me feed some of the new babies. I have a couple that
have to be bottle fed.”

“
Oh my Gosh
Really?”

I shake my head as I’m loading powder
mix in the ranger. “Yes REALLY!” I act silly like a teenage
girl.

She play punches my arm. “Ass. I’m
excited.”

I pull her to me and kiss her. “Okay.
Come on let’s go make your calf feeding dreams come
true.”

She jumps in the ranger and kisses me.
“This is so exciting!”

We drive out to one of the barns and
Nelson comes out to meet us. “Hey Nelson. This is Scarlet. Scarlet
this is Judd’s dad Nelson.”

Scarlet smiles. “Hey nice to meet you.
Judd looks just like you.”

“
Well that erases my
thoughts that he might belong to the milk man.” Nelson chuckles.
“But it’s nice to meet you too. I’ve been looking forward to
meeting the young lady who not only Judd, but Greer has said has
our Ryder smitten.”

She blushes and I laugh. “Thanks
Nelson, I was trying to play it cool.”

He gives us a belly laugh and Scarlet
starts laughing too.

“
Okay enough laughing at
my expense I promised her she could help me bottle feed some
calves. So let’s get to it.”

Scarlet takes off in the barn like a
kid. Nelson looks at me. “I like her kid. She could love you for
the rest of your life or break you in half if she had to. A true
Southern Belle.”

“Damn he’s right and that scares the
hell out of me.”

Chapter 17

Scarlet

Lying here in my bed I think today has
been an awesome day. I’ve never had so much fun in my life. I loved
helping Ryder out on the farm. The calves are so damn cute. Growing
up I’ve never gotten to spend much time on a farm or
anything.

It hits me “SHIT” I never text
Cade.

I’ll text Cade first.

ME: Thank you for all
you’ve done. I don’t normally do well with gifts like this. It’s
really taken me a little while to calm down about it. But I see now
that this gives me a great opportunity for school. I will
definitely not be as stressed and I really did hate working at that
bar. So thank you and I know you are NOTHING like our
father.

I get an immediate response
back.

Cade: I’m glad you’re
happy. I really did this to make life easier on you. I never got to
grow up with siblings like I said before Gabby and Anna are the
closest things I’ve ever had and even though I know they would kill
for me, it’s different knowing you share blood with someone. Now
get some rest you have class tomorrow.

How did I luck up and get not one but
two wonderful big brothers?

~*~*~

Waking up this morning to go to class
I feel like I have a new lease on life. I’m not stressed about work
or a ride. I’m good. Ryder makes me happy. As I’m walking out the
door for class my cell rings. “Hello. – Hello.” Then a hang-up. I
guess it was a wrong number.

Walking into to my advanced sketch
class, I smile. I feel so at home in this class. I love the rush
that drawing gives me. It’s like my own personal nirvana. So I’m
stoked when our teacher gives us our next project assignment. I
have to sketch a scene from nature and I know where I’m heading to
do that. The rest of the day seems to blur by. Annabelle text me
she wants to get together for coffee after I get finished for the
day.

We meet up at Lulu’s for dessert and
coffee. I walk in to find her already at the table. I sit down
across from her. She looks at me. “So. I can only guess how your
date went the other night since your ass hasn’t called
me.”

“Sorry it’s been crazy. Let’s just say
the date was awesome, I’m no longer carrying around that v-card as
you love to call it, I now have a car thanks to Cade, my mom is
back from her retreat and I spent yesterday bottle feeding calves
at Ryder’s farm.”

She flops back in her chair and lets
out a snort laugh. “Okay. Well that’s a hell of a way to catch me
up on the past few days there friend. I’m not even sure where to
start asking questions.”

“Just start where ever.”

“So you had sex.”

I bark out a laugh. “How did I know
that would be where you would start? Yes.”

“So much for planning not to show him
your panties that night huh.”

“Shut it. It’s not like it was
planned. We got trapped by a rainstorm at the lighthouse. One thing
led to another.”

“So did you get off?”

“What the fuck? Damn Annabelle can’t
you give me a few minutes here. I haven’t told anyone and you’ve
started grilling me.”

“I’m your best friend and I better be
the first person who knows besides you and Ryder.”

“
Oh my gosh. Whatever,
don’t get jealous.” I lean back and look around. “Look I do need
you to give me the name of your doctor. I would like to go on the
pill and I don’t just want to go to some clinic. I’m nervous about
it and I want I don’t know some sort of tranquility when I
go.”

“
Fuck Scarlet I thought
you’d been on the pill.”

“
No, I never really had to
think about it. I mean we used a condom the other night, so I’m
okay there. Look I’d just like to have the peace of mind and you
have always seemed to like your doctor, so I just figured you could
give me his name and stuff.”

“
Sure and Scar I am really
happy for you. Now on to this car business.”

We spend the next hour catching up on
everything else.

Once we walk out to my car she smiles.
“Damn this is a nice car.”

“Yes it is. I’m still kind of in awe
over the whole thing. But I need to go, I’m doing a nature sketch
for class and there is a cute little calf that has his name all
over my project.”

She smirks. “Oh and I’m sure the guy
who owns the calf has nothing to do with your sketch
huh?”

I sit down in my seat. “Shut
up.”

She blows me a kiss and I blow her one
back.

~*~*~

Twenty minutes later I’m pulling up to
the barn where the calves are. I jump out with my pad and charcoal
set. Nelson is coming out of the barn. “Well if it isn’t Miss
Scarlet.”

“Oh wow Nelson like I
haven’t heard the
Gone with the
Wind
references my entire
life.”

He chuckles. “Well, Ryder isn’t out
here. He’s gone over to Waycross for the day. I needed him to go
check some stuff over there.”

“Oh I just need to do a nature sketch
for one of my classes and I want to sketch one of the calves I fell
in love with.”

He shakes his head. “You girls. I
remember Lillian falling in love with new animals too.”

“She must’ve been really been a great
person. I mean everyone talks about her so wonderful.”

He sits down on a stump. “Lillian was
a wonderful person. She made Greer the happiest man alive. Pearl
had the daughter she’d always wanted. Lillian didn’t come from much
and at times all of this was a little overwhelming to her, but she
loved with her whole heart. When Ryder was born she fell in love
all over again. She took care of that boy even when she was too
sick to walk.”

“She died from cancer didn’t
she?”

“Yes. Bless her heart she suffered.
Greer and Ryder suffered right along with her. You know Ryder
didn’t talk for months after his Momma died. Judd spoke for him, he
was the only person that Ryder would talk to.”

“That’s awful. When did he finally
decide to start talking?”

“Well he started talking
some about six months later, but he was still quiet. A few years
later a local woman from town decided all of a sudden that she was
smitten with Greer and had her sights set on him. Well she also had
a thing for Ryder who was now 11. She started touching him and
getting him to do things to her. He wouldn’t say anything for a
long time because he wanted his daddy to be happy again. He finally
talked to Judd about it who talked to me and I talked to Greer.
Needless to say that woman was run out of town. Greer made Ryder
start going to counseling but he’s never trusted women much after
that. He’s always had shall we say an
active
lifestyle, but he figured
either they just wanted that or they were after his money so he’s
never trusted a female. Well until you.”

“You really think he trusts
me?”

“I know Ryder as if he were my own
boy, he’s over the moon for you. Now go sketch that calf. If you
want you can help me bottle feed a few in a little
while.”

I smile. “Yes!”

He walks back out to check on some
fence and I go to catch a glimpse of Button. Well that’s what I’m
naming the calf I fell for. Well I think I’ve kinda fell for his
owner too.

Chapter 18

Ryder

I can’t help but be excited when I
pull up in the yard and see Scarlet’s car at the barn. I walk into
the side door and see her bottle feeding a small calf. “Hey looks
like you’re making friends.”

She smiles. “I came to sketch Button
and his mommy for my art project. Nelson told me I could help
feed.”

“Button?”

“Yeah. I gave him that name in my mind
because he’s cute as a button.”

I step over to her and pull her close.
“Well I could say the same for you.”

“Mmm really. Are you sure that I’m
really that cute or is it just because you’ve seen me
naked.”

“Oh Baby. Cute isn’t what I would
describe you naked as. Hot as Fuck is you naked. Cute is when you
are here feeding calves.”

She starts kissing my neck. “Oh
really. Well I think you’re pretty hot too.”

“Baby I need to take a shower. I
stink, I’ve been at one of the farms all day.”

She looks up through her eye lashes at
me. “Well, would you like some help in that shower?”

Fuck. “Yep, right in here.” I lead her
into the mud room shower at the barn. As soon as we walk in the
small room I turn the shower on. I start kicking my boots off, she
tears at the buttons on my shirt. I slip the sundress she’s wearing
over her head as she kicks off her flip flops. We start kissing as
she’s pushing my jeans and boxers down. I flip the clasp on her bra
and tear her panties. Picking her up we step in the
shower.

She breaks away. “Condom.”

“Oh shit sorry.” I step back out and
grab one from my wallet.

I pick her back up and thrust into
her. “Shit Ryder.”

“Oh sorry was that too
much.”

“Fuck no. Just right.”

She grinds against me and I start
slamming into her pussy. “Shit Scar you have the sexiest pussy. I
would leave my dick in here forever if I could.”

She giggles. “People might look at me
funny.” She draws in a deep breath as I start moving faster. “Fuck
Ryder harder. Don’t stop.”

I can feel her tightening around me.
“Baby I’m almost there.” I slam into her again. “Fuck!” Spilling
into the condom, I feel her shiver as she says something I don’t
understand. I lean against her on the wall. “Shit girl you are
going to kill me. You make me do things and fuck like a mad man. It
takes all I can do, not to blow my load as soon as I see
you.”

“Well that’s attractive.” She
giggles.

I gently let her legs down and step
back. I pull off the condom disposing of it in the trash. “Sorry,
you make me feel crazy. I can’t explain it.”

She starts washing my body with soap.
“I think I can understand. I’ve never felt like this before
either.”

A few minutes later we both step out
of the shower. I hand her a towel as she dries off she starts
picking up our clothes. She puts my jeans and stuff on a chair. She
picks up her now shredded panties and looks at me. “Really you
couldn’t give me the opportunity to slide my panties down. You had
to tear them off.”