When I opened Steph's bedroom door and walked over the threshold into her living room, Lester jumped up from his spot on the couch. When I looked up he had this strange look on his face. I ran a hand over my face because I can guess that he probably heard us arguing and probably was wondering what the hell was going on.
"What's going on? What were you two doing in there and why was Steph yelling like that?" he asked me and I didn't want to tell Les all about my sex life with Steph and why I wouldn't have sex with her
"She's fine" I told him hoping she was and that I would have a girlfriend after what I'd done
Walking away from steph was one of the hardest things I had to do. She wanted me and wanted me to be with her and I said no. I know that sounds bad of me since she and I have already done it but I just couldn't do it. I could have done it but then I'd be participating in something I knew would have done more harm than good. The night Steph and I were together, I knew she was in pain, I also knew that she was hiding a lot of it. If I had had my wits about me that evening maybe id told her to wait but that's not what happened. The next morning she was in pain because we had been so careless.
Steph didn't make my decision easy by any means and for a moment before I forced myself to walk away, I was thinking what the hell. While sitting with her on the side of her bed, I was warring inside myself the two Bobby's were going at each other. I had the "Boyfriend" Bobby on one shoulder and the "Medic" Bobby on the other. The "Boyfriend" Bobby had his amazing, hot, sexy, in tiny panties girlfriend rubbing herself all over him, kissing him, he was telling me to go for it she wants you and you want her. The sensible "Medic, protector, healer" Bobby wanted to love her, care for her, and cause her no harm. Thankfully I fell back onto my Army training when dealing with hard choices. When I enlisted I took an oath to honor, protect, and to serve, and that's what I did.
When I pulled myself together and forced myself to pull away and stand up from Steph the look of hurt and anger did not go un-noticed and it pierced my heart like a knife. Before I forced myself to leave, I had to make sure she understood that me leaving was me loving her. Giving her a firm kiss on her forehead because I didn't trust a mouth kiss, I walked out of her room. Hopefully what I told her about understanding in the future will be true and we can make amends.
As I stood there with Lester telling him Steph was fine, I hope that our RangeMan etiquette would kick in and he'd drop it. As I was watching him to see if he had got it, I heard my name called out. When I turned around, Steph was leaning in her doorway and had removed her shirt. She didn't know it but she stood there in front of Lester and me in a set of barely there underwear.
"You won't reconsider?" she asked in a deep purring seductive voice
"OH MY GOD!" I thought as my heart jumped into my throat. Steph smiled this wicked little smile at me knowing she had gotten to me
Fortunately before I had a chance to go back on my promises of not doing anything with Steph, Lester stepped up closer to me and saw her.
"DAAAAMN BEAUTIFUL!" he said and I saw Steph's eyes flip over to the side of me and her face fell as she realized Les had been there the whole time
Stephanie darted back into her bedroom and I looked over at Lester. He had this shit eating grin plastered all over his face and I told him that if he valued his life he would forget what he had just saw. He just clapped me on the shoulder and told me what a lucky man I was. I sure as hell didn't feel lucky right now. Lester and I waited on Steph to come back out but after an hour and still no Steph, we pretty much knew she was holding herself up inside her bedroom. Les sat back on the arm of her couch and looked at me.
"Well since Steph won't come out and tell me herself what they found on her x-rays what did they find?" he asked me
"The X-rays she did was your ordinary typical bone X-rays and that only showed that there were no broken bones or fractures" I told him
"Well that's good"
"Yes and no. Yes it's very good that she has no actual broken bones but what has upset her so much is now they need to do a more extensive exam on her ankle and foot to find the true cause"
"Some kind of surgery to go in and look? I mean we all know there is something not right here. Is that what her doctor told her to have her flip out like she is?" Les asked and that caused a cold chill to run thru me
"Oh God I haven't even thought about her possibly having to have surgery. If they ever tell her that, this flipping out will be mild compared to that one when they give her that news" I said imaging Steph in my mind
"So no surgery…yet?"
"No, her foot doctor wants her to have an MRI, it will show everything"
"Stiva" Les said locking his eyes to mine
"Yep"
"SHIT"
"And she's pissed at you because?" he asked me
"Because I wouldn't sleep with her" I answered and then realized what has said… DAMN! Les was good. He was a smooth talker. Ole Les could talk the pants off a woman and crack the toughest of criminals and he had just used his talent on me, a fellow brother.
Les gave me a sly smile. This was his plan all along to get info from me. He knew if he got me to talking about the results and the medical stuff id spill and then he would swoop in with the other more personal stuff. He was dying to know and I had just gone along for the ride.
"And why not?" he asked
"Because I know what…." I said stopping myself before I did it again but I had just shook a bone at a hungry dog
"You know what?"
"She's injured Les. I don't want to cause her anymore pain then she's already in" I say and level my eyes at him telling him this was enough. I'm not usually a violent man but I will cut you off at the knees if I have to and I didn't wanna discuss my sex life with Steph, with Lester.
"You think she's ever gonna come out?" he asked receiving my silent warning
"Who knows? Steph is very stubborn and a woman. She will just stay in there out of spite and to prove her point" I tell him tired of standing so I walked around him and sat down on her couch
I laid my head back onto the couch cushion and closed my eyes just for a second. I heard a sound coming from Step's bedroom area and thought maybe she was coming out. When I sat up to look for her I saw Lester pick her lock, open her door, and slip inside her room. This was not going to be good.
