"The Neighbors: A new Emaya story"
Yes, it seems both Emily and Josh think they have this all figured out. So let's see who actually does…
Rated M for Mature.
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Little do they know they stumbled upon a devious plot to separate the two of them with the most devious part of all being…
Separating Maya from her baby…
Chapter 34: A Shadow in the Night
At the Sullivans…
Emily POV
"Maya, are you awake?" I whisper into her ear.
"Mmm, what is it," she turns onto her back still with her eyes closed but seemingly listening.
"What do you want to do with the envelope?" I ask propping myself up on my elbow.
Now she opens her eyes looking at me quizzically, "What do you mean?"
"I mean, will you runaway with me?" I ask knowing the answer might be difficult for me to hear.
She rolls over to her side and props herself up on her elbow mimicking me, "I want you Emily and no one else but this whole thing is so elaborate. Getting on Josh's plane then chartering another plane while I'm into my sixth or seventh month of pregnancy. Not to mention I wouldn't have any of my doctors around me who know what I've been through."
"So that's a no?" I ask not really sure if she answered me.
"It's more like I have to do what's best for the baby. I don't think flying all over the world is best. Do you?" she asks hoping I will agree.
I fall onto my back staring at the ceiling, "I guess I just want to start over, anywhere, as long as I can be with you."
She scoots closer to me, brushing my hair to the side, snuggling into my shoulder to which I naturally slip my arm around her keeping her close, "I want that to. But I love New York and so do you. My dad will get us the lawyers we need to deflect anything that Josh might sling at us and hopefully he won't sling anything."
"I know you want to believe that Maya but Josh and his parents are up to something, I just haven't quite figured it out yet."
"You're right and that has me worried too," she lets out a sigh.
"My, you can't afford to worry. That's why we need to seriously think about getting on that plane. I need you to be stress free and happy," I say as I caress her bare arm.
She looks up at me, "I am happy. I'm always happy when I'm with you…"
One week later in the Grayson's Living Room…
Maya POV
"Maya, I don't like this. I don't like this at all," my mother shakes her head worried about mine and Emily's plan to escape my marriage.
"Your mother's right. Neither of you are getting on any plane that belongs to the Grayson Family. You have no idea where they're taking you. You have no idea what, if any, hospital is even on this so called island. And most importantly no one is going to run my daughter out of this country!" My dad means business. He is adamant about us staying in the U.S. to fight for custody.
"Dad, I want to believe in him but then again I don't want to worry about waking up to find out my baby is gone because Josh and his parents have all this power and money to make that happen," I say feeling my legs weaken beneath me.
"I want to do whatever will keep Maya and her baby safe. She wants to do the right thing and give Josh a fair chance but then again she doesn't think she can trust him and I know I don't trust him," Emily shows me her protective side.
She supports me with a side hug and I take full advantage needing desperately to lean on someone.
"Maya, your father and I were talking and…"
"And…" I interrupt curious that they were talking behind my back.
Then my father cuts me off, "And you're coming home to California with us."
"Dad, I'm twenty-eight years old. I don't need daddy telling me what to do," I stand firm with Emily by my side.
"Maya, you listen to me! Josh and his parents won't get anywhere near you, and do you know why?" he stands tall with his hands at his waist.
"No, why dad?" Stop making me guess!
"Because when we get you back to California you're going to file a restraining order against him for what he did to you and he won't get anywhere near you or your baby!" He means it too.
I look at Emily for something, anything and she responds to my plea telling me what I need to know with her eyes.
"Okay."
"Really?" my mother questions as she rises from the couch.
"Yes, really."
"Maya, you're doing the right thing. I know you want Josh to be her dad but you have to take care of you first. And maybe just maybe it isn't in the cards for her to have a dad," he looks directly at Emily. "I'll make the arrangements so we're out of New York on Saturday."
"I love you daddy. I love you mom," I cry like their little girl not like the grown woman I've become.
"We love you too baby girl, and you too Emily," my mom replies full of emotion and I'm guessing some anxiety as well.
We all hug in an effort to show our unity as a newly extended family…
After my parents retreat to the guest room, I embrace Emily, "I love you and I trust you. Two things I don't think I can do with Josh anymore. I know he hasn't shown any signs of aggression but his parents have turned quite cold. That worries me and that's why we need to leave. My dad's right, it's time I put me first and our baby."
We kiss.
"I love you too Maya and I love New York but if California is where we need to be then that's where we should rebuild our life together."
We walk back to Emily's house in each other's arms knowing we're doing the right thing…
At the Hospital…
Narrator POV
It's late. Josh sits up swinging his legs over the side of the bed. He lowers himself to the floor putting all his weight onto his feet with his arms slightly extended for balance. He settles into his toes then into his heels. He takes in a breath and lets it out slowly. He pulls the monitor wire away from its connection and walks over to his hospital room door. He opens it slowly checking to see if anyone is nearby. It's very quiet. He closes the door and walks over to his bed sitting on the edge as he grabs the phone on the table and starts dialing…
"Did you send the envelope?" Josh asks.
"Yes sir, it went out a week ago."
"A week ago? Then how come I haven't gotten it yet?"
"I'm not sure. It was mailed out on Friday so you should've gotten it by Monday I would imagine."
Josh asks one more question, this time through clenched teeth, "Where did you send the envelope?"
"To your address sir at 222 Evergreen Way…"
"Evergreen Way!" he angrily interrupts.
"Yes, sir that is your address, isn't it?"
"Umm, yes, yes it is." Josh answers staring blankly at the wall.
"Sir? Sir?"
"Yes, that will be all."
Josh slams the phone down knocking it onto the bed next to him. His hands cover his face pressing his fingers against it sliding them down to his mouth, his eyes grow wide but then his thoughts reveal a smile forming at the corner of his mouth…
He picks up the phone and calls the hotel where his parents are staying. His father answers the phone before his wife has a chance to wake up.
"Joshua, what's wrong? Why are you calling so late?" he whispers.
"Dad, I had to. I have to go home to Maya now."
"What? Son, you're not making sense," he keeps his voice low at the same time checking to make sure he didn't wake his wife.
"Maya has the envelope and we have to get it back."
"What? How do you know?"
"I called to find out why we didn't get it yet and they said they mailed it to my house."
"I don't understand. You mean you want to be sent home so you can look for it?"
"Yes. Dad, you and mom know I can walk but Maya doesn't."
"Son, your mother and I can look for it."
"I know but I have to see her, I need to see Maya."
"Joshua."
"Father, she's coming less and less. I'm losing her. I can feel it. It's time to push our plan full steam ahead."
"Are you sure about this?"
"Yes."
Joseph Grayson sits up in his bed. He really does love his daughter-in-law but how could she humiliate his son like this. He carefully rises from the bed being sure not to disturb his wife. He quietly gets dressed and slips out of their hotel room…
Josh hangs up the phone and realizes he can't wait until the end of the week to see her. He puts the phone back on the table and checks the closet in his room, picking out street clothes to change into. Then he uses the date of his wedding to open the mini safe attached to the wall. He grabs his wallet and puts on his coat closing the door quietly. He sneaks out of his room undetected and walks towards the exit doors of the hospital…
The Sullivan's bedroom…
Emily POV
We kiss sweetly and I can't help wanting more but there's the baby. I don't want to complicate things by needing to make love with her. To love someone so much emotionally and to want to show them how much you love them physically is a feeling I felt with Ryan but it's a feeling I don't want to let go of with Maya…
She can feel me thinking, "What is it Em?" She asks against me.
I take her chin with my other hand lifting it towards my mouth. She can see the message in my eyes pleading with her to make love with me…
"Baby, do you want to?"
"Maya, I can't help it. I always want to be with you. I don't know if you're pheromones are extra potent being pregnant and all but you've got me under your spell."
"I love you Emily and I kinda think we should take full advantage of this power my pheromones are having over you," she winks making me blush, making me smile that smile only she can make me smile.
She sits up to pull off her pajama top and then she wiggles out of her pajama bottoms. She rests on her side with her arm bent keeping her head up off the pillow. The sheet and blankets stop at her waist exposing her beautiful swelling breasts. I'm motionless. Her beauty astounds me. Her hand reaches up to my face cradling it,
"Are you okay? Don't you want to?" she asks in her sweet silky voice.
Want to? I blink my eyes and shake out of my hypnotic gaze. I move to my knees causing Maya's arm to fall to the bed. She watches biting her lower lip as I toss my tank top to the floor and slip out of my pajama bottoms. When I lie back down, the sheet and blankets lay over my thighs exposing my hips and more. Her hand reaches for my belly. She palms it lightly fingers pointing south. My breathing picks up as her hand glides lower and lower. Without any further prompting, I end up on my back with my legs slightly parted giving her immediate access. Her hand coasts to exactly where she wants it to be, completely covering my bareness…
"I like that you're so excited by my touch," her lips part drawing mine to hers muffling any response I might have had.
Her hand, so gentle, as it caresses me, being sure her middle finger slips between my pussy's thin smooth lips. My body surrenders to her but I'm starting to feel guilty. Shouldn't I be pleasuring her? She shouldn't be exerting herself like this so I put my hand over hers pushing it away and then the kissing stops as well…
"What Em? I want to."
"I know but I should be doing that to you. You're overdoing it."
"When I overdo it, you'll know."
"So, you're okay."
"I'm more than okay."
She gets up on all fours and I push back onto the pillows wondering what she's about to do. She climbs between my legs crawling toward me until the length of her body is even with mine. She lowers her naked sexy pregnant frame onto my naked shuddering frame. I bend my legs towards the ceiling, lifting my feet off the bed, attaching my knees to the curve of her waist as she rubs herself against me. Our top lips seal as our mouths relax dropping our bottom lips letting our tongues find each other and love each other before our bottom lips join together passionately…
Her kisses slow, moving her mouth to my breasts leaving a full lip kiss on my flesh. Her lips glide over my nipple, her top one getting snagged by my erectness until it finally pulls free making me shiver with excitement. Her lips kiss down down down to my hip where she sucks on my prominent pelvic bone. I squirm beneath her thrusting towards her mouth not wanting her to stop. Her kisses move to my clit. The palm of her hand rests against my inner thigh holding it down so she can do what needs to be done…
She kisses and licks and sucks making me secrete my juices, giving her fingers a slippery slope to skate effortlessly into. In and out her fingers work while her mouth sucks and her hand holds. Her tongue gets involved moving faster than I think I've ever felt before. Her rhythm picks up plunging deeper and deeper into my soul until my cries of ecstasy fill the room and my heart!
Heaven is a four letter word spelled M-A-Y-A…
Narrator POV
But unbeknownst to Emily and Maya, someone enters the Sullivan's home through the unlatched slider door. Someone ascends the staircase quiet as a mouse. Someone slowly heads towards the cries of pleasure. Someone clenches their fists as the screams grow louder and louder. Someone steps into the bedroom doorway watching Emily and Maya make love to each other. Someone's body fills with fury upon the blatant disrespect of marriage vows. Someone's veins pop out of their forehead. Someone's breathing becomes labored. Someone stumbles back into the hallway unable to watch anymore. Someone collapses against the wall…
Emily POV
I want to reciprocate but she just wants to lie against me. Ahh, I get it now. I know. Making love to me gave her the pleasure she craved. I hold her against me and we kiss closed mouth, opened mouth, pecking each other's lips lightly until her exhaustion completely sets in…
Narrator POV
Someone regains their composure…
Emily POV
"Maya?"
"Mmmm, what is it baby?"
"On Saturday we leave for California and I just want you to know…I wanted you to know how excited I am that we're going to be a family."
"I know. I could tell," she palms me once again.
We giggle as she takes her hand away from my wickedness.
"I'm so glad my dad made us really think about the contents of that envelope," she sighs.
"Maya, I just wanted you to be safe and in doing so I overthought everything. I'm just really happy we confided in your parents. I tend to think with my emotions when I'm around you and I'm glad we didn't follow through with that 'not so well thought out' plan."
"Your idea played with my emotions too. I just want to be with you raising our baby. And because of my parents' level headedness, we can do just that."
She kisses the tip of my nose. We kiss each other's lips softly and lie naked in each other's arms slipping back under the sheet and blankets cuddling into the night…
Narrator POV
Someone heard everything. Someone enters the bedroom. Someone stands at the foot of the bed. Someone watches two beautiful women entangled in each other's arms. Someone's ire returns. Someone makes a decision. Someone is going to end this once and for all…
A shadow in the night...
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To Be Continued…