Blinding Trust (Mitchell Family #7)(55)
Author: Jennifer Foor

Chapter 29

Savanna

I had been itching to get to North Carolina since before Amy went into labor. Colt had become so protective that he followed every rule by the book. If I had to be stuck in my house for one more day, I was going to have myself committed. I was recovering from the successful removal of a mass, not battling leprosy. Not that body parts actually fall off when you get it, but history does portray it that way.

Anyway, it was about time the doctor said I could finally travel.

Amy and Conner’s newest daughter was as pretty as sunshine. She looked just like her other two sisters. Poor Josh was outnumbered and I wouldn’t have recommended him hanging out with Jake and Jax. Those two were Hell on wheels. Ty and Miranda really had their hands full. After they set fire to a hay bale, they managed to catch a baby bunny and tie a piece of thread to it’s tail. How in the world did two five years olds come up with these ideas?

Conner had invited us to stay at their house, and I think Colt was all for it, considering that our other option was staying with Ty and Miranda. I think he didn’t want the boys anywhere near our girls. It wasn’t that I thought they’d hurt the girls. Christian was a force to be reckoned with when someone made her mad. I was certain she could handle both of them with no problem. Addy was the sensitive one. Everything hurt her feelings and she loved getting people in trouble. Since she’d be sleeping with us anyway, Colt and I agreed to stay with Ty and Miranda. Conner’s house sometimes seemed like a daycare and I didn’t have enough energy yet to deal with it constantly.

It was getting late and the kids were becoming whiney. Amy took the baby and the little ones in the house and turned on a movie. They’d probably all fall asleep on the floor and we could let them spend the night.

Noah and Bella were making smores. I looked over and saw them giggling. All of the suddenly, Noah got up and ran into the house like his pants were on fire. Bella giggled again and kept looking at me.

A few minutes later, Noah came outside carrying a guitar. He handed it to his father and whispered in his ear. Colt smiled and looked right at me, shooting me a wink before he started playing a cord.

He hadn’t played in a really long time, but seemed to have remembered what he was doing. At first, he just hummed to match the tune of the strings. Then he began to sing a special song, while looking right at me.

“This life would kill me If I didn’t have you. I couldn’t live without you, baby. I wouldn’t want to. If you didn’t love me so much, I’d never make it through.

‘Cuz this life would kill me…This life would kill me if I didn’t have you.”

It had been so long since Colt sang to me. It literally took my breath away. Noah went over and they started doing medley’s together, but all I could hear was him singing those words to me. My eyes filled with tears and they weren’t from pain or fear. I was blown away by his devotion to me.

He’d never left my side. When he told me that he wouldn’t, I just expected him to go back to his normal routines in life.

Instead, he’d dropped everything to be with me.

I loved being with our family, but after that happened, all I wanted to do was be alone and in his arms. Thunder was rolling across the fields and the sky was flashing with lightning.

I closed my eyes and thought back to that night where I found Colt in the rain. We’d made love in the mud, with the storm surrounding us. Nothing has ever compared to that night. I knew he was who I wanted to spend the rest of my life with. The truth was, Colt had always taken care of me.

When the guitar playing stopped, I looked over at Colt. He was giving me that half smile where he knew exactly what I was up to. I blushed and even in the dark I think he knew it.

My heart was beating fast and I had butterflies in my stomach. Ever since my surgery, I hadn’t been in any kind of mood or condition to be intimate. The closest that we’d come was when he was giving me sponge baths.

We were focused on each other and it was like the rest of the family disappeared. Colt stood up and sat the guitar down. “If you’ll excuse us, I think I’m goin’ to take my wife on a little walk.”

“But it’s goin’ to rain.” Noah was concerned. He didn’t understand that we really needed to be alone.

“I’ll keep your mom dry, son. Go on home with your cousin and we’ll meet you there.” Colt took his arm and put it around my shoulder.

We started walking away and the guys were already saying smart comments. “The combines in the west field this time, losers!” Ty had to be the first to comment. I was glad he could joke about that night. It took me a long time to tell him the details of it, since technically we were engaged to each other, at the time.

“You better hope that lightenin’ doesn’t bite you in your naked ass!” Conner’s deep voice traveled across the field.

“Ignore them, darlin’.” Colt leaned over and kissed the top of my head.

Drops of rain were starting to fall as we got further away from the house. “Are you really walking us to the west field?”

He pulled me along. “You’re damn right I am. Except this time, I know you belong to me.”

As the rain got heavier, my heart beat faster. Suddenly, I wasn’t the thirty year old mother of three, battling breast cancer. I was the same young girl in that field so long ago. I was that girl who was so insanely in love with a man that nothing else mattered to me. I would have done anything to taste his skin; to kiss those lips and to be naked in that field making love to him.

I stopped walking, forcing Colt to give me all of his attention. We were now far enough away from the house that only a small light could be seen. I took a couple steps back, leaving Colt watching me. While staring right in his eyes, I started pulling my wet t-shirt off of my body. I held it out in front of me and dropped it on the ground.

Colt took one step forward and I took two back.

I reached behind me and unhooked my bra. I was still a little sensitive, plus this was the first time that I’d undressed outside of our bedroom.

He shook his head as I threw my bra at him. He caught it and watched me take two more steps in the other direction. I think he finally understood what was happening. The more I walked away, the more he followed, picking up my clothes as he moved.

The rain was coming down harder, causing my makeup and hairspray to run down my face. I wiped it away and pushed my hair back off of my face so I could watch my husband decreasing the space between us. “Darlin’, you’re drivin’ me crazy.”