A/N: said I was going to stop yet here I am….lol enjoy!
Frankie walked down the stairs and went across to the kitchen. She opened the card and looked at it. "To my beautiful wife, I love you. Andrew xx."
"Aww." She looked at the flowers and smiled, suddenly a pair of arms wrapped around her waist and kissed her neck. She turned in his arms and kissed him, running her hands down over his butt. "Thank you baby." She said and made out with him for a minute before they were interrupted.
"Morning lovebirds." Liam said and walked past to the fridge. "Guess who the flowers are from?" Frankie said to Liam.
"Me?" He leant in and pursed his lips.
"In your dreams." She smirked and cuddled close to Andrew. "I only love one Kiernan brother."
"Had to be the priest didn't it? Everyone loves a man in uniform." Liam said and swigged his drink. "Hey that's a point do you call him father when you're shagging?"
Frankie stood gobsmacked and Andrew covered her ears. "Only on the weekends." He whispered loud enough for Frankie to hear, she slapped his chest and smirked. "I heard that!"
"Andrew won't let me, says I have to call him daddy instead." She laughed. He looked at her shocked. Liam riled up laughing and walking away. "TMI Frankie!"
"Who calls who daddy?" Charlotte said walking in mid conversation.
"Frankie calls Andrew daddy when they have sex, weird huh? Ya know cos he was a priest!"
"That's not weird a lot of men like to be called daddy. Least they don't like to be called big boy." Frankie about choked along with Andrew as they burst out laughing. Liam went beetroot. Frankie went over to him and touched his shoulder. "Hey big boy." She said seductively and laughed walking off. Andrew made his coffee and shook his head, picking up the mail on the counter.
Frankie's phone started ringing and he looked to see who it was. "Baby someone's calling you…Josh?"
She walked over and grabbed her phone. "The funeral director." She said and he nodded.
"Hello?" She answered and nodded with a few grunts and uh-huh's. "Tomorrow? Well I suppose. I will be there, probably just be me. No I don't… okay I'll see you then, bye."
"Everything okay?" Andrew asked looking at her.
She sighed and shook her head, leaning on the counter and putting her head in her hands. He went to her and rubbed her back, leaning down to her.
"Talk to me." He said.
"He said I need to make arrangements as soon as possible to move his body back to Florida if that's where I want him buried. I said no he's staying there and I want him cremated. He said ok and is sending me a list of costs he said I can sort the money out with him after the cremation. He wants me to come tomorrow and have him cremated as he's deteriorating and if I want to scatter his ashes at sea I am best to do it as soon as possible because there's a big storm coming in, I said ok tomorrow and he's booked it all, there will be a short ceremony followed by cremation and he'll take me out on his boat to roughly somewhere out there where the boat was found and I'll scatter his ashes."
"I'm coming with you."
"Baby no…I can't put this all on you."
"I don't care Frankie I'm not having you stuck out in the North Atlantic with a guy who I don't know and who is used to dealing with dead bodies, absolutely not." He took her hand, "my wife needs me and I'm going to be there."
She kissed his hand and he brought her to him, kissing her lovingly. She looked up at him, "thank you baby." He shook his head and kissed her again, "and don't worry about the costs I will sort it."
"I can give you the money back when my dads will is read. I hope."
"I don't want any money. Your my wife and my money is your money….literally." He added with a chuckle. She smiled and held him to her tightly.
A few days later and they were back in Barbados, the funeral had been short and sweet, nothing what her dad had planned for. Frankie sat in the chair at the local café near to the dock where the guy 'Josh.' Boat was located.
She sipped her coffee and stared out to the sea. "Frankie?" Andrew said for the third time.
"Huh?" She came back to and looked at him. "I said it's beautiful here isn't it."
"Oh yeah, it's gorgeous, I can see why my parents loved it."
"Although that sky is looking a bit dark over the sea…do you think we should hold off?"
"No, I want to get it done and go home." She said to him taking his hand. He held hers and gently stroked it with his thumb. "Did he say what time…" he stopped as her phone rang.
"Hello?" She answered and nodded to Andrew getting up. "Ok see you there." She hung up and grabbed her coffee. "He's waiting for us." She said and he took her hand, linking their fingers as he walked out the shop and they walked to the boat.
"Hey." Josh waved them over, the boat was just a small little thing and barely enough room to move. "Are you sure you want to come?" She asked Andrew.
"Yes. Absolutely." He replied and they kissed briefly before they got on. Josh gave her the urn and she clutched it in her lap as she sat down.
The boat sped off across the sea and out into open waters. The waves were choppy and Andrew didn't realise how much he didn't like small boats till that moment… he went to the edge and threw up over the side.
Frankie went to him and rubbed his back. "I'm sorry baby, you should've stayed back there."
"I'm okay. Just really hate small boats." Andrew said throwing up again as the boat went up and down over the waves. The skies went really dark and after a little while, Josh pulled the boat to a stop. "This is about it."
Frankie nodded as they looked towards the incoming storm, thunder and lightning flashing across the sky.
"Better make it quick miss." Josh said and Frankie nodded.
"Okay daddy, here we are… I guess this is goodbye, maybe we'll see each other again one day…." The storm was moving in quick and Josh turned the boat back towards the shore. It started to rain and thunder and lightning heavy.
"We've got to go Frankie!" Josh shouted and revved the engine.
Frankie took a deep breath and uncovered the urn going down to the back of the boat and leaning over the edge. She tipped his ashes into the water and blew him a kiss, just as she did a lightning struck nearby and Josh freaked with full thrust on the leaver, Frankie stood but the sudden movement caused her to lurch forward and she was thrown into the water. Andrew was looking forward and didn't see for a few minutes, he turned back to look for Frankie and she was gone. "Stop!" He shouted at Josh. "What no!" He shouted over the storm, Andrew looked back, "she's fucking gone!" He said and reached over him reversing the thrust.
"Frankie?!" Andrew screamed but he couldn't see or hear her.
Frankie fell into the waters and struggled to swim because the weight of her clothing in the water. She shrugged off her jacket and let go of the urn, she swam as hard as she could to the surface, but part of her felt like she was being pushed to the surface. "Frankie…" a voice whispered around her, she looked around and screamed, the boat was gone but she could hear something.
A wave crashed over her head and she was thrust under the water, fighting to get back to the surface. Again she felt like she was pushed up to the surface.
When she reached the surface she gasped for air and looked ahead of her, her dad was there bobbing in the water, everything was silent and he swam over to her taking her in his arms, he held her and whispered… "I'm sorry sweetheart, I love you and I'm very proud of you…" she could feel him, he was as he was when she was young, not the thing she saw in the morgue. She sobbed and reached out to him as he floated back from her.
"I've got to go now but you'll be okay, I'll always be with you Frankie…my precious little girl…I love you, see you one day sweetheart."
She reached out to him and he slowly faded into the waters, she sobbed and begged him to come back but another waves crashed over her and she fought to get to the surface. She bobbed in the water and sobbed. "Daddy…" she cried. "I love you…please come back…." She felt his love in her heart, as if he was there holding her. She felt loved finally.
"Frankie!" Andrew shouted as the boat came back. She reached out to him and he grabbed her hand pulling her back up onto the boat. He grabbed her and held her to him tightly, sitting down in the boat. "Oh thank god." He said and held her. Josh powered the boat and they headed back to shore.
"I saw my dad…" Frankie said loudly to him over the storm. Andrew looked confused at her. "He saved me and told me he loved me and was proud of me!" She said as well.
He didn't know what she meant but he held her and stroked her back. "Andrew?" She sat up and looked at him, in the pouring down rain and wind she looked deep into his eyes. "It's going to be ok, I'm going to be ok, we're going to be ok!" She smiled and he touched her face, gently stroking her cheek he smiled too and leant in kissing her passionately. She replied the kiss with more love than she ever could, she was finally free of all that hate she had for her father.
He held her to him and shed a tear. The boat finally broke free of the storm and came to a stop at the dock, Andrew climbed out and helped Frankie out too.
She shivered and Andrew wrapped his jacket around her shoulders. "Can we go home now?" She asked him. "Go home for good?" He looked at her lovingly and wrapped her in his arms. "My beautiful wife, let's go home."
She looked to the sea and smiled. "Bye daddy, I love you."
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A few days later and Liam finished packing everything back into the van. Frankie hugged him and then Charlotte and Connie who was crying over the top of Teagan in Andrew's arms.
"Thank you all for everything." Frankie said to them and they all smiled lovingly. "Come back soon!" She said and stood with Andrew. Andrew wrapped his arm around Frankie and they waved his family goodbye.
The next few days were quiet as they readjusted to the house being just the three of them. Andrew sat at the breakfast bar working on his laptop as Frankie came down the stairs with Teagan. "Andrew!" She said rushing over.
"Yeah?" He didn't even look up. "Andrew!" Frankie said urgently. "One sec…" he said looking through the page he was on.
"Andrew Kiernan!" She said with tears in her eyes. He looked at her and took his glasses off. "Baby what's the matter?" He asked worried. "I need you to look at something."
"What?" He asked and watched her go and put Teagan in the bouncer. She came back over to him and took her t-shirt off. Her breasts were just there. He laughed and leant down to kiss them. "Very nice I like." He smiled and wrapped his arms around her waist.
"No!" She said panicked; "something's wrong." She had tears in her eyes as she pulled back.
"Baby there's nothing wrong with those." He laughed.
"There is, look!" She grabbed his hands and put them on her breasts. "Baby I'm working." He smiled and squeezed them a little. "Andrew please." Tears began falling and he furrowed his brow. "Baby what's the matter?"
"I think something is wrong with me." She cried and fell into his chest sobbing. He took his hands off her breasts and wrapped them around her and stroked her back. "Baby nothing is wrong, your fine the way you are."
"I'm not talking about the way they look!" She hit him as she pulled back. "Ow!" He laughed.
"Didn't you feel it?"
"What?"
"The lumps!" She picked his hands up and put them back on her breasts. He gently felt her breasts and as he squeezed around a little he could feel several little lumps in each breast.
"Am I dying?" She asked and looked at him. He put his glasses back on and looked around her breasts, shaking his head. "The best thing you can do baby is go see a doctor as soon as possible." He looked at her concerned. She fell into his chest and he rubbed her back.
Kissing her bare shoulder he picked up his phone and Google searched a doctor in the area or nearest. Finding an oncologist he rang and booked her a same day appointment. Putting his phone down he stroked her bare skin and kissed her shoulders as she cried. "Shh it's okay baby, I'm sure it's nothing."
"Do you think it's bad?" She asked looking up at him. "I'm not a doctor baby but it doesn't feel bad."
"You're appointment is in an hour, I'll book a car for you."
"I'll take Teagan just incase." He nodded. She pulled her top back on and sighed leaning against the counter. "You want me to come with you?"
"No I'll be fine." She said chewing her bottom lip. He took her hand and kissed it softly. She looked at him and leant towards him, he pulled her in and wrapped his arms around her. "Love you baby."
"Love you too." She said and leant up to kiss him.
An hour or so later and Frankie held Teagan on her lap as the doctor came in. "Mrs. Kiernan?"
"Yes." She nodded and he bent down to Teagan, "hello little one." He stroked her hair and smiled. "What can I do for you?"
"Well I've got lumps in my breasts. I was feeding Teagan and I felt something, so I got my husband to check and he felt them too."
"Okay whip them out I'll have a look at them." He waited for her to strip behind the curtain, she felt a bit bad just flipping them out like two saggy melons. She undressed and waited for him to come round, when he did she almost stood to attention.
"Sorry cold hands." He rubbed them together briefly before gently taking her breasts in his hands. He fondled them for a little bit and nodded. "Do you feed little one by breast?"
"Yeah." She nodded.
"I think you've got some sort of inflammation in your breasts, I think it's from breast feeding. The milk ducts may be blocked and causing an infection." He went over to his desk and told her to get dressed she did so and he gave her some medication scripts. "Antibiotics and tablets to calm the inflammation. Come back and see me in three weeks."
"Oh and you may want to consider bottle feeding now whilst you're on the medication. Then continuing after your meds finish. Breastfeeding will help clear the milk ducts so don't stop doing it after you finish your meds."
"Oh okay…" she nodded and he walked her out. "Take care." He said and Frankie pushed Teagan out. An hour or so later Frankie pushed the door to the house open and walked in with a screaming baby. Andrew was on the phone and looked at her pointing at the phone. Frankie mouthed an apology, the bag she was carrying split and the boxes all fell on the floor, Teagan screamed louder.
"Alright honey I know!" She called to Teagan. She went to move the pushchair and it slid on the wooden flooring flying into the unit and knocking a vase full of water and flowers over onto the floor smashing. "Oh shit!" She cursed out loud, Andrew put the person he was talking with on mute and looked at her.
"For gods sake Frankie I'm on the phone to a really important person!"
"Sorry." She said moving the pushchair. "Sorry." She said again. "Teagan…" she just screamed louder at all the noise. Andrew unmuted the person he was talking to and tried to continue. Frankie took Teagan out the pushchair, she wailed louder and had a full on meltdown.
Frankie grabbed a bottle from the pushchair and tried to give it her but she wouldn't have it. She walked over to Andrew. "Andrew I'm sorry but I need your help."
"Yes I'm sure there are sixty four of them." He turned away from Frankie and Teagan knocked the bottle out of Frankie's hand it flew out of her hand and landed on Andrew's laptop splitting open all over his laptop and paperwork.
"I'll just have a….look…" he saw his laptop and paperwork. "Paul I'm going to have to call you back in a minute." He glared at Frankie as he hung up the phone, Frankie held the screaming baby in her arms. "I'm sorry it just slipped…"
"What in the actual hell Frankie! I'm on the phone to someone very fucking important, I'm at the critical stage of the talks and you fly in here, she's screaming, your breaking glass, spilling milk and now you've god damn ruined all the work I just spent the last nine fucking hours preparing! For fucks sake Frankie can't you do anything right? Is it so fucking impossible for you to take care of a baby and watch where you're fucking going! Jesus Christ! It's like being married to a fucking looney tune!"
"Andrew I….." she tried to help him clean up his files when she leant over the desk and knocked his laptop on the floor, it smashed and sizzled and she stood up, slowly looking at him.
"That's it!" He said and grabbed her arm and hauled her over to the door. Opening it he pushed her out, the pushchair out and stood at the door. "I want you out for the rest of the day! Don't come back until later when I may have managed to pick up what's left of the life's work that you've just destroyed! You're such a god damn annoying useless idiot!" He slammed the door shut and Frankie stood there for a long moment thinking he would calm down and come back out but he didn't.
Teagan screamed louder and Frankie walked down to the dock with a couple of different premix bottles for her to try. She poured out the breast milk of one bottle and poured in a pre mix. She shook it and sat down on the deck chair. Bringing Teagan to her lap and rocking her. "It's okay baby it's okay… shhh…" she put the bottle to her mouth as soon as Teagan tried it she spat it out and started screaming again. "Oh Teagan come on honey…" she tried a different premix bottle and she wouldn't have that one either. Trying the next one she tried to feed her but she spewed it back up.
Frankie jumped to avoid the milk spew up but it went all down her. "Great." She sighed. She cleaned herself with a wet wipe from the pushchair and sat down on the deck chair, pulling out her breast she allowed Teagan to suckle, not knowing how much she was getting if anything. The pain in her breasts as she suckled was intense and Frankie cried a little.
Teagan finally calmed down and Frankie cleaned and changed her diaper before putting her back in the pushchair and rocking her to sleep slowly. She picked up her handbag and started walking into town, once she got there she stopped at a café and had a coffee. She wasn't hungry at all she kept thinking about Andrew and how angry he was.
Frankie's phone rang and she looked at it, Andrew was calling her and she hit the ignore button, she wasn't going to deal with him until later. After a little while of just sitting there she got up and started walking around the shops, she picked up a few groceries that she could keep until later on that night.
She went to the local park and fed the ducks. Teagan woke up and again Frankie had the nightmare of feeding her. Her breasts were sore and aching but Teagan was determined not to have anything else. They fed the ducks and Teagan happily watched as they came over and quacked. Frankie wrapped a blanket around her as the afternoon gave way to evening.
"I don't know sweet girl." Frankie said as she held Teagan on her hip. "I bet your daddy is still mad at us…mummy messed up big time…" she spoke as she walked pushing the pushchair up the road. Her phone kept vibrating, Andrew had been trying to contact her all day, she was deliberately ignoring him, he was happy enough to throw them out so he could deal with the consequences of his actions. Frankie came back to the same café she was at earlier that day and ordered another coffee and sat staring out the window people watching for a couple of hours. It was getting late and Teagan was grumpy, she started walking home checking the time.
It was gone 9pm and Frankie hoped he was in a better mood than when she was tossed out like garbage. She was angry with him for doing it, it was an accident she didn't mean to and his words were cruel.
Walking up the driveway she got to the front door and took Teagan out of the pushchair, holding her in her arms Frankie knocked tentatively on the door. A few seconds later and the door opened, "are we allowed to come in now?" She asked.
He lurched forward and took them in his arms, bringing Frankie's head to his shoulder and holding Teagan close to him. "Baby are you okay?" He asked touching her cheek and checking Teagan. "I've been worried sick."
"So you should be." She looked at him sternly.
"I'm sorry…" He said and touched her face. "I'm so sorry…please forgive me."
"Can we come in?"
"Of course it's your home…"
"Well it sure doesn't feel like it."
"Frankie…" she walked around him and into the house. He'd cleaned everything up from earlier and she stopped at the foot of the stairs taking her jacket off and putting her bag down.
"Baby…" he put his hand on her shoulders from behind and she shrugged him off, kicking off her boots she went upstairs and to Teagan's room, sitting down she pulled out her breast and sat in the rocker, her breasts hurt and were sore.
Teagan began to feed and she winced in pain rubbing her face in her hand. Andrew came in slowly and stopped in the doorway. "Frankie.."
"Don't Frankie me cos you messed up."
"I'm sorry baby…I was angry and I lost my temper I didn't mean to be…"
"Cruel?" She asked. "Throwing your wife and daughter to the streets."
"I tried to call you…"
"I know…"
"Why didn't you answer?"
"Because I was mad at you." Frankie winced in pain and stopped Teagan from feeding switching breasts, that one was worse.
"Are you okay?" He asked slowly coming over and kneeling down in front of her.
"No." She shed a few tears as Teagan hurt her. "What did the doctor say?"
"He thinks my milk ducts are blocked and inflamed, he's given me antibiotics and some anti inflammatory tablets to take, I'm supposed to keep breastfeeding to clear it but not whilst I'm on the medication."
"Does it hurt?"
"It's extremely painful at the moment."
"I'm sorry…" he took her hand and held it, bringing it to his lips and kissing it softly. "My beautiful wife, I messed up I know but I'm begging you to forgive me for being a stupid idiot, I said and did some horrible things and I'm sorry."
She touched his cheek and smiled softly, she couldn't stay mad at him. "I love you." He said and rested his hands on her knees. "I love you too." She whispered back. Teagan fell asleep and Frankie gently picked her up and put her in the cot.
Andrew touched her arm and turned her to him, he leant down gently taking her bare breasts in his hands and very gently began to massage them. Leaning down he kissed them softly each one in turn trailing kisses back up to her lips. She watched him and placed her hands on his hips. Once he'd kissed her lovingly he wrapped his arms around her and brought her to him, holding her close lovingly. She loved the touch of his hands and his arms around her she melted and her anger faded away.
"I'm sorry about your laptop and your paperwork, I'll buy you a new laptop and do what I can to salvage your papers…"
He pulled back and took her hand leading her out the bedroom and down the stairs to where he was working. "You see all this? It's immaterial compared to you, compared for my love for you and our daughter. I can replace documents but I can't replace you two." He took off his shirt and put it on her doing up the buttons so she wasn't cold. "You scared me so bad, I thought something terrible happened to you, I was about to call the police when you showed up. Please just send me a text next time to let me know you're ok." He kissed her lips softly lingering for a second.
She felt really bad about ignoring him, she kissed him back and stroked his now bare chest kissing him on his chest as he had her. He sighed and brought his arms around her and held her to his chest, he kissed her head and stroked her hair and back slowly. "I love you." She said softly.
"I love you too my angel." He smiled glad she was home and in his arms where she was safe. "What about your work?"
"There sending me a new laptop and the files are all on the cloud anyway so nothing is ruined, it's just me being over dramatic. I'm sorry."
"Don't be sorry I should have been more considerate and just not come in or left or something, I think anything that could have gone wrong for me today did."
She looked down dejected and rubbed her face in her hands, pushing back her hair. "Hey you…" he said and picked her up suddenly into his arms. "I love you and it was my fault for being so rude and obnoxious so I want you to sit here…" he placed her at the breakfast bar stool and kissed her. "And let me make you something delicious you must be starving."
She grabbed his hand as he went to go to the kitchen and looked up at him, bringing his hand up to her cheek. "I just want you."
"You've got me hook, line and sinker." He held her to him and closed his eyes. "Can we just go to bed, I've walked so much today my feet are killing my boobs are sore and I'm exhausted."
"Of course beautiful." He picked her up onto his hips and she wrapped her legs and arms around him. He took her upstairs to the bedroom and laid her on the bed coming over the top of her. She touched his chest softly and he unbuttoned the shirt letting it gently fall open, his mouth gently kissing her nipples. Softly kissing around her nipples and across each breast. "My god you're beautiful." He said looking up at her. She blushed a little and he kissed her passionately.
"Thank you for being a wonderful husband and father Andrew, you make sure we are loved and safe and happy. Even if sometimes we loose our temper, I know I'm not easy to live with but I do love you and I'm thankful for everything you do and buy and give to me."
"Where's my wife? What have you done with her?" He laughed and kissed her softly. "Thank you and you're welcome I do it because I adore you and Teagan, you're my world."
"Do I satisfy you?" She asked brushing her hand through his hair.
"Always." He said without hesitation. "Because if there's anything you want from me or for me to do to you, you can tell me and I'll do it."
"Well there's that one thing you do with your lips…"
"Oh that one little thing huh?" She laughed a little smirking.
"Yeah that small thing, that one I like the best."
"It is very small." She said and he looked shocked at her. He grabbed her wrists and held them above her head using his mouth to blow raspberries onto her stomach, tickling her. She squirmed under him laughing hard.
"Mercy! Mercy!" She cried laughing. He stopped and let her go, he loved hearing her laugh. Sliding his trousers off he climbed into bed, she did the same leaving on his unbuttoned shirt, she adored his smell. Wrapping themselves up in each other he turned off the light and they both fell asleep.
Midway through the night Frankie stirred as she heard a noise. She gently pulled away from Andrew lifting her head. Teagan started to cry and Frankie heard Bruno growling. That wasn't like him at all suddenly he barked and Frankie jumped up and went out the door. She ran down the hall and just as she got to Teagan's door she heard things crashing on the floor inside her room.
Bruno barked loudly and enough to wake Andrew who sat up worried wondering where Frankie was and why Bruno was growling and barking, he slipped out the door stopping and calling down to her… "what's wrong?"
Frankie gently pushed the door and something big and black jumped out at her, she fell backwards and Bruno launched at it. "Frankie!" Andrew shouted running, the thing was a bear and it was right there on top of her, Bruno bit its leg and the bear yelled clawing its way off Frankie and running towards Andrew, Andrew scared it and it turned running down the stairs and out the open porch door, back out into the woods.
Frankie laid there for a few minutes catching her breath. Bruno whined and went to Teagan, sitting down by the bed. "Frankie!" Andrew went to her, "check Teagan!" She cried as she sat up and leant back against the wall.
Andrew went in and she was still, just looking around and unharmed. "Good boy Bruno." He patted the dog. "Stay!" He said and closed the door a little going to Frankie. "She's fine…" he said and looked at her… "where does it hurt?"
"Everywhere." Frankie said. The bears claws had scratched her as it was trying to get away. She checked her arms, hands chest, face, legs everywhere seemed uninjured except for cuts and grazes and one nasty slash across her lower abdomen.
"Oh great!" She said looking at it. "Now I have to see if I had my tetanus jab."
He laughed a little. "You could write a book of the things that happen to Frankie."
He pulled her up and she walked with him downstairs. "I could write a bible on it." She laughed. They both went over to the door and looked at it. "I must've forgot to lock it." He could see scratch marks where the bear had clawed its way in.
"Andrew I know it's probably a lot of money but… do you think we could get security fitted? I know we have Bruno but it would be…" he stopped her and smiled. "I think that's a brilliant idea baby."
"Well who's the smart one now huh?" She showed off pointing at herself.
He raised his eyebrow "who's the one that forgot to lock the patio door this morning after she went outside?"
She did big exaggerated points at him laughing. "Come here you!" He grabbed her and tickled her again, she laughed trying to get away, he slipped and she landed on top of him on the floor.
"Owww!" He cried out in pain rolling her off him he grabbed his man gold and tried not to cry. "I'm sorry…" she said, going to him and rolling him to her. He rolled back on his side and held his prize. She took his hands away and replaced them with her own gently massaging the area as she leaned over him.
He still moaned in pain but gradually pain became a slow pleasure. "Owww it hurts so bad don't stop rubbing!" He over acted. She slapped his arm and massaged it and his nuts a little more through his boxers.
"I'm sorry… I think I hit you with my elbow." She laughed.
"Felt like a wrecking ball!"
She laughed and he turned onto his back. "Mmm…" he murmured. "Has it stopped hurting yet?"
"No baby I'm in a…gony just keep rubbing." She stopped and bent down kissing it through his boxers. "Sorry little man." His head whipped up. "Errr… big man I mean." She said and gave it another kiss.
He pulled her down to him and laughed, "when did you get so funny hey?"
"Shortly after meeting you." She smiled and kissed him. "Best thing that ever happened to me." She stroked his face and he leant up on his arms and cupped her face kissing her lovingly.
"Who'd have thought a priest from the Vatican and a girl from Naples Florida would have ended up falling in love and spending the rest of their lives together?" She added.
"I couldn't have wished for anything better." He kissed her softly and pulled her down to his chest. She stroked his chest, "do you miss being a priest?"
He shook his head, "sometimes but my relationship with God hasn't changed, I fell in love and isn't that what being a Catholic is all about? Wouldn't God want me to fall in love?"
"I hope so." She said. For a moment they lay there together, he stroked her back slowly and looked up at her, she had her head on his stomach and was quiet. "Baby?" He asked her and sat up slowly. She was drifting off and he brought her up to his lap.
"Frankie?" She stirred and sat up. "Sorry."
"Don't be." He smiled and brushed her hair back behind her ear. "Let's go back to bed."
She stood and helped him up too. When he was up she wrapped her arms around his chest stroking his back slowly. "Sexy lady." He smiled and stroked hers.
"My gorgeous guy." She smiled and took his hand. He checked the door was properly locked this time and she pulled him back upstairs and back to bed.
Bruno pushed the door open with his nose and came wandering in the next morning, he rounded the bed to Frankie's side and put his paws up on the bed, licking her arm.
She stirred and pulled away from Andrew looking at Bruno. "Hey buddy, morning, you ready to go out?" Frankie got up slowly and Andrew stirred. "Where are you going?"
"Bruno wants to go out."
"Open the balcony door then." He mumbled.
"And throw him out?" She laughed.
"Bruno…" she called him walking over to the balcony doors. Andrew whipped his head to look up at her, "just kidding." She laughed. He rolled his eyes "didn't fall for it."
Later that morning Frankie, Andrew and Teagan were up and dressed. Frankie sat staring at the tablets on the dinner table in front of her. "Do it now." She said to herself. "But I don't want to." She answered herself. "Don't be stupid Frankie." She continued. Andrew looked over at her eating some cereal.
"Nope." She pushed the tablets away.
"What are you doing?" He asked.
"Not taking these tablets." She stood and took the boxes to the bin throwing them in. "Frankie." Andrew said in his best telling off voice.
"Not happening." She said walking away. He grabbed her arm as she walked past, taking her back to the bin he plucked out the boxes, took her to the table, sat her down and spoke to her. "Take the tablets, Teagan will have to get used to a bottle from now on. It'll be hard but she will get used to it." He kissed her head and went back to his cereal.
She sighed getting the meds out and swallowing them. Frankie got up and went to the pushchair, she got out the tub of baby powder and mixed a new clean bottle. She put Teagan in the high chair and sat in front of her on a chair.
"Okay Teagan this is the last powder I could find, now I know it's hard but mommy wants you to grow up a big strong girl. Can you please try this one for mommy?" She put the bottle on the high chair and waited. She knew Teagan was grabbing at the bottle but for the first time ever she managed to attempt to pick it up herself. Frankie helped her and she sat back. She tilted the high chair back a little and put a cushion under her chin to help support the weight of the bottle.
Teagan pulled the bottle to her mouth and moaned a little at the taste. Andrew looked over his shoulder to Teagan and blew her a raspberry. Teagan laughed and looked at Frankie, "that's it good girl!" Frankie praised her. Teagan began sucking happily on the bottle of milk and pretty soon the whole lot was gone and she excitedly threw the bottle on the floor.
"She likes it!" Frankie said excitedly jumping up and grabbing Andrew shaking him. "She likes it!"
"Yes I see." Andrew laughed.
With that the next few weeks flew by, pretty soon she was seven months old and sitting with the bottle herself.
Frankie came down the stairs in her bikini, a sarong and a sun hat. It was a gorgeous day and she had Teagan on her hip in a swimsuit and sunhat.
Andrew looked up from his laptop and turned in his chair. "Wow." He said checking her out. "Who's this hot woman in my kitchen?" He grabbed her and touched her bare skin between bikini bottom and top leaning down and placing hot kisses across her bare skin and up to her chest, across her neck and chin to her lips. "You're incredible." He said and started kissing her neck. "Why don't you come join us in the lake?"
"Let me finish this up and I'll come join you." He kissed her, making out with her for a second. "You're a tease you know that?" He said smacking her butt as she went past.
"Bruno!" Frankie called him and he followed. Going out to the dock Frankie threw the tennis ball in the lake for Bruno and he threw himself in going after it. Teagan laughed and Frankie took off her sarong sitting on it on the end of the dock with Teagan.
Andrew finished his document and shut the laptop, he was just about to head upstairs when the doorbell rang. Going to it he answered the door. A good looking guy stood there, fairly muscular with a tight T-shirt on and workmen's trousers.
"Yes?" Andrew asked.
"Maximum Security Solutions? You booked us to fit you with a whole house security system?" The guy responded.
"That's today?" Andrew asked, looking at the date on his phone. "Damn I completely lost track." Andrew said and nodded. "Andrew Kiernan." He held out his hand.
"Max Darby." He replied shaking hands.
"Well come in and get started, is there anything you need from me?"
"No man, I'm happy just getting on with it." The guy said and looked around. "Wow she's hot!" He said looking down the garden.
Andrew looked then looked back at him. "She's my wife and her names Frankie."
"Oh sorry man, she is though you're a lucky guy." Andrew nodded slowly and rolled his eyes a little. "Well I'm about to go join her, I take it I can trust to leave you here to get on with it?"
"Absolutely." He smiled. "Enjoy." He added, watching Frankie as he walked back to his van to get his kit. Andrew raised an eyebrow but brushed it off. Thinking he was overthinking it, he went up and got his swim shorts on, going outside he put Bruno's leash on and tied him up whilst the workman was here. He then walked over and sat behind Frankie leaning her back into his chest. He ran his hands up her bare arms and to her shoulders where he massaged them gently.
"The guy is here fitting the security system by the way." Andrew said looking back. She nodded "okay." She leant back into his hands and he kissed her neck, wrapping his arms around her shoulders, the boombox blasted out some summer tunes and Frankie happily swayed along as they sat in the sunshine.
"I'm going in the water with Teagan, you coming?" She asked, he nodded. Frankie slid into the water and turned to Andrew who had Teagan. She reached out to her and he passed Teagan to her before throwing himself in with a splash.
"Daddy's crazy!" Frankie laughed and held her daughter in the water. Teagan happily bounced on the water with her armbands. Andrew came up in front of her and held his hands out to her, "come to daddy?" He said, Frankie gingerly let her go and Andrew had his hands under Teagan ready to grab her. To their amazement she did well and took to the water like a fish.
Frankie swam around a little before having a water fight with Andrew and Teagan.
After an hour or two Frankie got out sitting in the deck chair catching some sun rays, her skin already going golden.
A little while later Frankie sat up putting on her sarong. "I'll go make us some lunch, do you want me to take her?" She asked Andrew.
He shook his head, "no I've got her." Frankie nodded and slipped on her sandals as she wandered back up to the house. Going in she went into the kitchen and got a glass of water.
Looking down she took off her sarong to readjust it. "Hello beautiful." A man's voice said admiringly from across the room. She covered quickly forgetting he was here. She smiled politely but she was pissed at him for watching her.
"Would you mind if I helped myself to a glass of water?"
She turned away reaching for a glass and handing it to him. "Help yourself."
"Thanks." He walked past her slowly and she was sure he sniffed her. She felt a cold chill go down her spine. Outside Bruno started barking and whining. "Bruno stop it!" Andrew called out.
Frankie started to make lunch and all the time she felt like someone was watching her, her bikini bra needed readjusting so she went upstairs to their bedroom and slipped out of her bikini bra. She stood with her back to the door and didn't notice him approaching behind her.
He stepped quietly and then suddenly he reached out with his hands around her face and mouth, she went to scream but she couldn't…
Bruno was going mad, he was fighting his collar trying to get free, barking intensely and the fiercest growl Andrew had ever heard, he was trying to get to Frankie. "Bruno!" Andrew got out of the water with Teagan. "What's the matter with…"
Frankie kicked as he threw her onto the bed and screamed as loud as she could. "Frankie?" He said aloud. The chain snapped on Bruno's collar and the dog ran, Andrew ran too. He put Teagan inside her play pen as he came in and followed Bruno up the stairs running.
Frankie tried to get him off her but he grabbed her and head-butted her dazing her a little. He grabbed at her breasts and she fought him. "Get off me!" He reached down to her love just as Bruno blew the door open and ran at the bloke jumping and biting his arm. Andrew ran in "Frankie!" He ran across and the grabbed the guy hauling him backwards and throwing him a punch across the jaw.
The guy fought Andrew and Bruno until he tripped backwards and knocked himself out on the cupboard. Bruno dived on him and held his bite around the man's neck, not enough to kill him but enough to hurt to which he wouldn't move.
Andrew looked up at Frankie and got up running to her, he grabbed her and she sat up falling into his arms with sobs.
"Hey, it's ok I'm here. It's okay baby, shhh."
He grabbed his shirt and put it on her doing the buttons up and pulling her back to him. "It's okay I've got you." He kissed her all over and held her tightly to him.
Pulling her up he took her out of the room and downstairs to check on Teagan. Gently sitting on the sofa he pulled out his phone and called the cops. After they'd come and arrested him and took him and his property away Andrew shut the front door and walked over to Bruno. "Good boy!" He fussed him and Bruno went to Frankie and sat down next to her protectively, still in his upright stance, ears listening.
Andrew went over to Frankie and sat next to her looking at her he brushed her hair behind her ear and she smiled softly at him. "Sorry baby, I didn't think to check his credentials I thought he'd got the wrong day, turns out it was completely the wrong company just some guy preying on women."
"Ugh." She remarked. "He was so slimy, I feel like I can still feel his hands all over me." Andrew leant in and kissed her neck and jaw softly. "You're safe now baby, I'm here."
"What would I do without you and Bruno." She smiled at him. He brought her to his lap and she straddled him, resting her hands on his shoulders she touched his neck gently and looked into his eyes. Slowly she leaned down and kissed him a little biting his lip playfully. He laughed a little and grabbed her wrapping his arms around her and holding her to him sighing. "You crazy woman. I love you."
"I love you too." She said and rested her head on his shoulder. He stroked her back so glad she was safe he couldn't imagine what he'd do without her.