Chapter 14
But being a man, and a Marine, and having traveled the world, Victor had met many non-ladies. Over the years, he'd had plenty to do with them! With all the time that he had been in the service and single, he had his share of the 'girl in every port' times. Plus the years that he had been in the sheriff's department, there had been many women that had been just as impressed with that uniform as his Marine one. He had never had a shortage of women that were more that willing to relieve his sexual tensions.
There had even been a few legitimate romances in there and one or two that he had thought might become serious enough to take the lady home to meet his mother and sisters, but in the end none had proved to be the one. However, since meeting Harriett there had been fewer non-ladies in his life.
There just wasn't much pleasure in being with a woman that wasn't the one you wanted. Those non-ladies had all been during the time that he knew Harriett was completely unavailable to him. He did find it odd that all those non-ladies had been blonde though. Before meeting Harriett, he had always preferred brunettes. Somehow he had been trying to replace the imagines of Harriett in his mind with women that looked as much like her as he could find.
There had been no one in the months since Bud's death though. Harriett was the only one he wanted and now that he hoped there was a chance with her, there would be no other woman in his life. However that made for many cold showers during the months that he had been around her so much helping out at the house. He would see her almost every day and need to quell his erotic thoughts by the time that he got home and then his dreams at night would be full of her, and he would have to deal with a raging erection in the morning as well! It was hard to get her out of his mind.
So now he was trying to quell lustful thoughts of the woman he loved when all he could do was picture her in either her bath or her bed. It seemed that a cold shower might be in order!
After his long ice cold shower Victor crawled into bed and wondered what Harriett would think of the gift he had brought her. He knew the children well enough by now to know that all four of them would love the presents he had gotten for them. He already was thinking of them as his. Knowing that his mother wanted as many grandchildren as she could get he knew that she would be thrilled when he presented her with four ready made ones if things went the way he hoped that they would with Harriett. He also knew that Harriett would protest that he shouldn't have done it and that the children didn't need anything just because he had been out of town. But he also knew that she would look into their faces as he stood there with the gifts in his hands and her heart would melt and the children would get the gifts.
When they rushed off to play with their gifts he would still be standing there with one more package in his hands and he knew just what she would do when she realized that this one was for her. She would once again protest that he shouldn't have done that and that she didn't need anything. He was hoping that she would also tell him that just having him back home was enough for her. What he didn't know was how she would react to what he had gotten her. How would she feel to find out he knew her so well? Well, he would just have to wait till tomorrow to find out.
And so will you…
In other words…..
To be continued….
