Art of Seduction 3/?
**disclaimers and all info in chapter 1**
**Beach behind Burnett house La Jolla California**
Well running ten miles along the beach maybe harder on my knees than ten miles in Rock Creek Park but the scenery's better. This is exactly what I needed after the past couple of months. I needed to get away from D.C. get way from JAG. I was reluctant to come out here, because I assumed my mom was going to try and fix me up with somebody. She tries to hide it but she really wants grandkids and since I'm an only child it's my job to provide them. I think she even had a time table for when she wanted grandkids at one time. Of course I've shot that all to hell in a handbasket.
You'd think somebody who has as much trouble getting up in the morning as I do would still be asleep if they were on vacation. I was up at the crack of dawn though and ready to go run. I did actually take time to have a cup of coffee with Frank before he left this morning. The older I get the more of an understanding Frank and I are able to reach. I'll admit he's been good to my mom and he really loves her. He just wants to be my friend, not my father. He considers me his son but understands why I couldn't accept him as a teenager.
It'll be nice to see Kelsay tonight. I'm usually not much on mom's gallery openings. Way too stuffy for me. Kelsay's will be different. If I know her there will be soft jazz playing in the background. There will be all different kinds of people mingling and talking and there will be plenty of food but none of that fancy crap that Renee always liked so well when she managed to drag to those fancy parties she attends. Renee has such expensive tastes, I wonder how Cyrus can afford to be married to her. She was frequently after me to leave the Navy and do something that paid better. I can't believe being a mortician pays much better than being a Naval Commander. I haven't thought about Renee in quite awhile. We were okay together but I never loved her the way I do Mac.
I really hope my mother's not trying to fix me up with someone out here. She promised me last night that she wasn't and while I believe her I can't help feeling that she's up to something. I know she wants grandkids but she needs to understand that the only woman I'd want to marry doesn't feel the same way about me.
I wish I could tell me mom about the baby deal. She'd be horrified but at least she'd know she'll be grandma someday soon. Even if we're never more than best friends at least with a child Sarah will let me stay in her life. At this point of screwed up with her so bad that I'll take whatever she's willing and able to give me.
As I climb the steps to the deck I notice my mother in the kitchen fixing breakfast. Guess I better go grab a quick shower and join her so I can find out what the plan is for the day.
TBC
**disclaimers and all info in chapter 1**
**Beach behind Burnett house La Jolla California**
Well running ten miles along the beach maybe harder on my knees than ten miles in Rock Creek Park but the scenery's better. This is exactly what I needed after the past couple of months. I needed to get away from D.C. get way from JAG. I was reluctant to come out here, because I assumed my mom was going to try and fix me up with somebody. She tries to hide it but she really wants grandkids and since I'm an only child it's my job to provide them. I think she even had a time table for when she wanted grandkids at one time. Of course I've shot that all to hell in a handbasket.
You'd think somebody who has as much trouble getting up in the morning as I do would still be asleep if they were on vacation. I was up at the crack of dawn though and ready to go run. I did actually take time to have a cup of coffee with Frank before he left this morning. The older I get the more of an understanding Frank and I are able to reach. I'll admit he's been good to my mom and he really loves her. He just wants to be my friend, not my father. He considers me his son but understands why I couldn't accept him as a teenager.
It'll be nice to see Kelsay tonight. I'm usually not much on mom's gallery openings. Way too stuffy for me. Kelsay's will be different. If I know her there will be soft jazz playing in the background. There will be all different kinds of people mingling and talking and there will be plenty of food but none of that fancy crap that Renee always liked so well when she managed to drag to those fancy parties she attends. Renee has such expensive tastes, I wonder how Cyrus can afford to be married to her. She was frequently after me to leave the Navy and do something that paid better. I can't believe being a mortician pays much better than being a Naval Commander. I haven't thought about Renee in quite awhile. We were okay together but I never loved her the way I do Mac.
I really hope my mother's not trying to fix me up with someone out here. She promised me last night that she wasn't and while I believe her I can't help feeling that she's up to something. I know she wants grandkids but she needs to understand that the only woman I'd want to marry doesn't feel the same way about me.
I wish I could tell me mom about the baby deal. She'd be horrified but at least she'd know she'll be grandma someday soon. Even if we're never more than best friends at least with a child Sarah will let me stay in her life. At this point of screwed up with her so bad that I'll take whatever she's willing and able to give me.
As I climb the steps to the deck I notice my mother in the kitchen fixing breakfast. Guess I better go grab a quick shower and join her so I can find out what the plan is for the day.
TBC