The Guard To My Sanctuary - Chapter 52: Chapter 52

Something in his eyes was eerily familiar his face wasn't like anyone I knew but his eyes were piercing and so familiar that I felt uncomfortable. I immediately got on guard just as his eyes moved to look at me after taking glances at everyone else in the room. They left me as soon as they landed and looked back to Calloway. His jaw clenched while looking at him and I knew he wanted to get up and tend to him but wasn't trying to challenge Marco. He looked at Calloway the same way Marco used to look down at me when he first met. The moment would have been cute if he was maybe five years younger. I was torn between calling the police and having his ass hauled off to jail and my child's apparent happiness. Calloway had never blushed that deeply before or smiled so hard. I knew if I took this guy away from him he would never forgive us. I had a patient whose daughter ran away when they stopped her from seeing her boyfriend and the family was broken ever since. I didn't want that for my family, I worked too hard trying to give them everything I could and the space to grow into their own versions of themselves instead of what I wanted them to be. Even if they were at the moment diverging from the path we had started them on. I looked over to Marco and saw that he was facing a similar internal battle.
"So you've been fucking my son," Marco said hopping straight to the point. I tried to push back the uneasy feeling and be as unbiased as possible which was hard. It was like every molecule in my body was trying to flee from the guy. I shifted in my seat uncomfortably and did a few breathing exercises to calm myself.
"Um," he responded taken aback. Calloway groaned at his father.
"Dad really," Calloway said extremely flustered and wincing from the cuts and bruises that were on his face. I had to look at the ceiling to keep my tears from falling down my face. Seeing him wounded truly made me feel murderous.
"I mean you are so why pretend. Do you know he can get pregnant so if you are fucking my son I hope you used a condom he has a bright future ahead of him if I let him live past this... incident," Marco said looking at Call.
"Yes sir we do use protection," Germany said in a deep voice that was a little gravely. He looked like a thug to me which sadly seemed to be my son's type. I always saw him with a clean cut guy but he always would swoon over the drug dealers with a fade on television.
"You can drop the sir we don't have to pretend were following some sort of civil code. So how old are you again, what do you do for work," Marco asked leaning back in his chair.
"I'm twenty-two and my pops loaned me the money to start a dispensary which really took off and I opened a second location in Venice Beach," he answered.
"So you deal drugs... Legally. 22 is a great age you can drink and should know your limits by then and can pretty much be wild and free. Why not someone I don't know at least 18, and why shouldn't I call the cops on you? My son is fifteen years old and not done growing into becoming an adult," Marco asked with lifted brows.
"Well after I saved him we ended talking for a while and I found that he was more mature than most guys my age could be when they hit forty. I didn't make a move on him though because I didn't want to be a creep. That night he ended up in my bed and I continued to try and push him away until I couldn't. We started an open type of relationship a few months back and recently decided that we both were in love and made the relationship official. If I were you I'd probably been called the cops. But honestly I'd die for your son, he's my everything. He makes me work to be a better man and I like to think that I'm someone he could look to. The last two nights not being able to hear from him had me about to go crazy," Germany said looking at Calloway who lay blushing in the bed.
"What's your dad's name," I blurted out saying what I was thinking.
"Ralph Song has been my father since I was six," he said indicating he was adopted which felt important but I didn't know why.
"Alright sorry, but we're going to need a minute to think about everything. We don't know nor have a reason to trust you. As the grown man that you are you should have come to us and tell it what was going on," I said to him letting the judgment flow.
"That's understandable ma'am or sir," he said not sure of what to call me.
"Sir and Elm works just fine,", I said as Marco sat there quietly along with the other boys in the room.
"Can he stay you guys should get to know him," Calloway asked doing his best to push the boundaries. Maddox's eyes darted between me and Marco but I was letting Marco take the lead in this situation since I was at a loss.
"Fine," Marco said which surprised me the moment the words left his mouth," I'm not in the mood to argue right now and you need to stay relaxed," he said explaining his decision.
"Who has my wallet," Calloway asked the room.
"I do," Beo said pulling it out of his back pocket and passing it to Calloway who unfolded then unzipped the money flap. He pulled out a creased hundred dollar bill and held it out towards Germany.
"Can you get me something to eat from the cafeteria, you know what I like," he said which again was pushing it.
"You good baby boy keep your money," he said getting up and leaving the room.
"Where did you get money from," Ozias asked before I could ask myself. Everything was done through their prepaid cards we never gave them cash and definitely not enough for him to have a crop hundred in the middle of the month. I hadn't been informed by anyone that they had put money in the account so I was flummoxed.
"Germany gave it to me," Calloway said to everyone.
"Umm okay," Ozias responded leaning back into the chair. It was an awkward tension in the room that was hard to navigate.
"I... We'll talk about this later," Marco said closing his eyes and pinching his brow ridge. I knew this had to be hitting him hard. His little caterpillar had lost its innocence.
It had been a weird week for our family there was a lot of emotional exchanges going on but for the most part, things were getting back on track. After a long talk with various family members, we had decided to let Calloway date Germany with restrictions. He couldn't spend the night with him or go to San Francisco by himself. Marco was taking it hard and had been barely speaking to Calloway. I got out of bed when my alarm sounded off and placed my feet on the cool floor and shivered. I hated waking up alone but knew it would be unfair of me to say that to Marco who I know wished he could win the lottery and spend every moment of the day with his family. I bounced my way to the bathroom where the tiles didn't help to warm the pads of my feet. I quickly got ready to take the boys to school decided to just put sweats on and a hoodie before leaving out the house in my fluffy slides. I walked down the stairs where the boys were all sitting on the couch watching early morning cartoons as they used to as children. I longed for the days that they pretended to be airplanes in the sky. Now Ozias had Beo on his lap laughing at the Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy. Maddox was face-timing with his girlfriend Wylder watching her put her makeup on and Calloway was more than likely texting Germany.
"Maddox you're getting dropped off at your uncle Pine's since you're suspended."
I wanted to be mad at him for fighting but he was fighting the guy who tried to jump Calloway the first time so I let it go.
"Beo and Ozias did you guys print your essays out for World History," I asked them.
"Yeah," they both responded to me at the same time.
"Alright get into the car," I said to them. I looked over to Calloway who was wincing a little when he stood up.
"Calloway your GPA will be alright you've been working yourself too hard, Maddox change of plans watch your brother who's going to be staying home to rest," I said and could see Calloway's face drop. He loved school ever since he started pre-pre kindergarten at two years old. Learning always seemed to come easy for him which was a good thing. Despite all the headaches he had created for me and his father recently we never had to worry about him remembering to keep up with his grades.
"Mommy I'm fine I promise," he said to me walking towards the garage door.
"Take your narrow ass up them damn stairs and get in that damn bed or you will be going to the hospital to get my foot removed from your esophagus," I said through my teeth. Maddox walked up behind him and led him towards the stairs out of sight.
"Now on that note, boys get in the car you guys can't be late," I said grabbing my keys and walking to the vehicle. Beo climbed into the passenger's seat smelling like some sort of flower I couldn't identify. We had cleared out the game room which went mostly unused and set it up for Beo to stay in. Ozias climbed into the back seat throwing his gym bag on the side of his body.
"Ma, Josué is bringing me home and Cartier is coming over later so she can drop Beo off," Ozias said to me as I pulled off.
"Alright be safe out there, keep your helmet on and wear your pads, drink plenty of water, stretch, do your homework during study hall, make sure to turn I all your work. No more fighting please for me," I said as I pulled into the school parking lot. It was only a fifteen-minute drive to the school.
"Alright Ma," he said and leaned up in his seat to kiss me on the cheek and got out making his way to his friends.
"Have a good day Beo," I said to him and he smiled and gave me a side hug before getting out and moved toward the building. I had no idea what they were doing but I hoped they took each other's feelings into consideration. I shook my head then pulled off and made it back home. I parked the car in the garage and then entered the house and walked upstairs. I didn't see Maddox I'm his room so I walked to Calloway's and saw them both asleep in his bed. It was the cutest thing. Calloway slept with the tip of his pinky finger in his mouth and curled up in a ball in one corner of the bed while Maddox was spread out and snoring softly towards the bottom. I smiled at my sons getting along and walked to my room. I shut the door then stripped my pants and slides off and climbed into bed. I didn't have any appointments till seven at night so I had the day to kill and my preferred method was sleeping. I reached into my bedside table and pulled out my lavender room mist and spritzed it in the air above me letting the vapors fall. I then grabbed my over the ear headphones and plugged them into my phone and turned on nature sounds. The curtains were drawn to the room with dark but still had enough light to navigate. I laid my head on the pillows and pulled the covers over my body before drifting off to sleep...
I woke up feeling something warm and hard under me. My body was tilted as if I was on some sort of ramp. I could smell the comforting scent of lemon and the pleasant smell of a man under me. His fingers were smoothing down my cropped hair and another rubbed my back. I opened my eyes realizing that Marco was under me and I was between his legs with my head on his chest.
"Hey honey," he said softly to me and kissed my cheek.
"Hey baby why are you here is it lunch or something," I asked him.
"No I got the rest of the day off so I was thinking we could carve out some more time for just us," he said and placed a kiss on my cheek. His hand already began to roam my body over the covers.
"What about the boys," I asked him starting to get turned on as he aggressively pulled me closer to him.
"They are swimming or well Maddox is while Calloway is sitting on the edge, I locked the doors so they will be out there for as long as we need them to be, right now let's forget about the boys and just focus on us," he said kissing my neck.
"Baby I should clean or check on the boys. Calloway hasn't said anything about the attack which isn't a good sign and Maddox is running up the water bill with all of that masturbating he does in the shower. Then I need to talk to the lawyer to see if she drew up the papers," I was cut off by Marco.
"Honey, calm down you don't have to build Rome today. I love you but you doing too much now get undressed and let's get to it. You're not leaving this room until you catch a nut," he said them slapped the side of my butt.
"Baby," I started to complain but Marco aggressive brought me up to him and kissed me. His tongue forced its way into my mouth and explored. I felt his big hands grip my underwear and he struggled to pull them down. In just a few minutes I was naked on my stomach with my ass in the air. Marco had his face buried in my cheeks while his tongue went to work. Whatever he was doing had me swearing I could hear colors. He seemed to know that I wouldn't stand for something long and drawn out and was focusing on my pleasure before his which was romantic in a way. I heard the sound of a condom wrapper being opened and a few pumping noises. Marco ran the slick lube on my hole then I felt him slowly enter me. I grabbed the sheets and felt tears fall down my eyes as he worked all of himself inside me then immediately got to work. We ended up going at it on the floor, the bed, the dresser until we eventually both climaxed whole he had me pinned to the way. I took a quick shower when we were done and came out in silk pajamas that were a gorgeous shade of midnight blue. He walked past me into the bathroom with clothes in hand. I heard the sound of scratching at the door and walked to it seeing Goliath. Walking in the hallway was Maddox in sweatpants and a t-shirt.
"Finally you guys are done," he said walking into his room. I forgot that he and Zi had learned to pick locks when they were younger and thought that they wanted to be spies. I rolled my eyes at him and walked into Calloway's room without knocking. He was laying down rewriting his notes. The big teddy bear Germany had bought him at the gift shop in the hospital was now sitting on the bed.
"Hey," he said placing his own behind his head.
"The purpose of you staying home was to rest," I said to him sitting on the bed while he sighed.
"I'm not doing school work just catching up on research," he said. Calloway had been wanting to be an Orthopedic surgeon since the boys started getting hurt while playing sports. He even asked us to buy him a hard copy of an MCAT practice book.
"Research or school work still isn't relaxing," I said taking his notebook from him and snatching the pen away and looked down on his meticulously organized notes.
"How are you feeling with everything that has happened to you. You haven't spoken about it at all," I asked him leaning back.
"I'm fine he got mad that he got hit my Zi because I wouldn't sleep with him and caught me off guard. He's probably going to juvie or jail now so I'm good. I have other things to worry about," he said to me.
"Yeah but it's still a traumatic thing that happened to you. And what do you have to worry about," I asked him?
"I'm still breathing and walking fine so it's not that bad. If you look on the petty side of things his family disowned him so that says something about how much his home life sucked. I can't really speak on that though since Dad is barely talking to me. He avoids being alone with me whenever he can," he said his soft voice getting somber.
"Your dad will come around, I'm still coming around but he's handling it differently than I am. He likes to think that I'm the only one that worried but in truth, he is just as bad as I am. I mean the guy who abducted me is still out there somewhere, were responsible for four boys. He's just disappointed, I am too," I said. Calloway really looked hurt that his father was avoiding any real conversation with him.
"MARCO," I shouted aloud. I could hear him running to me and the sound of Goliath following him. They both ran into the room and I stood up.
"What's wrong," he asked looking concerned. I walked over to him and started speaking low.
"Talk to your son. We can be mad at them, we can be disappointed but we still can't make them feel like you can't stand to be around them," I said and walked out the room whistling for Goliath to follow. On my way out I shut the door hoping that the two would have a good talk so we could at least not have as much tension in the house. My family being together was important to me. I had definitely become the parent in the movies who's the main goal was having a strong and successful household. I understood Marco's feelings and still had many reservations about Calloway's... Boyfriend with the familiar eyes. I found myself standing outside the room trying to figure out why Germany had made me so uncomfortable.