Page 6 of Red, White & Yours

“You stole it?”

“Duh, these motherfuckers have enough money. It's time they give me some.” She shakes her head and tilts it back. Oh fuck, I know that look she is about to tell him what she thinks.

“No offense, but there is no way you are smart enough to pull this shit off on your own.” He growls and takes a step closer to her. I roar and charge into the room, knocking him off his feet as I plow into him. He cries as he lands on the ground shaking. The knife that he had with him is sticking out of his hand.

“You better stay there you little motherfucker or I’ll take that knife out and stab it somewhere else,” I growl. Ava looks up at me in shock.

“What were you thinking! You can have gotten yourself hurt you big lug. What the fuck would I have done without the man that I love?” She screams at me. I stare at her, my mouth hanging open.

“What?” She just told me that she loved me. How the hell is she mad at me? I am supposed to be the knight in shining armor. She huffs and walks around the desk holding her phone up.

“I knew what I was doing, Teddy.” It shows she was recording the whole thing. It's my turn to scowl. “The cops are already on their way and they should be here any minute.” She huffs. “That's why I came into the office. I knew it had to have been a two-person job, so I needed him to tell me who he was working with. I almost had it too.” She kicks him in the hand that has the knife in it. “You little fucking weasel, who the fuck is your partner? You are a dumbass so I know that there is no way you could ever do something like this on your own.” He cries out.

“Fuck you, bitch.” I growl and step on the knife pushing it a little further into his hand.

“She asked nicely, Clarence, but I won’t be. You threatened to hurt my woman and I am in no mood to ask nicely.”

“Oh God, Stop. Stop. It was Dan okay, fuck.” The cops come swarming into the room and I take Ava into my arms and walk out of the office.

“What the fuck were you thinking, baby? You could have been hurt.” I growl pushing her up against the wall of my office. Her eyes shimmer and her lip wobbles.

“I don't know what I was thinking, except that you have done so much for me and I just wanted to do this one thing for you.” Fuck, I want to yell at her for doing something so reckless with but when she looks up at me with those tear-filled eyes, I can’t. Instead, I pull her into my arms and kiss away her tears.

“Shh baby, it’s okay. You never have to do anything for me. Just you breathing makes my world go round. I love you so fucking much. I couldn’t live without you.”

“You love me?” she asks between hiccups.

“Yeah, baby I do. I was going to give you this at the picnic while the fireworks were going off, but I can’t wait.” I pull away from her and reach into my pocket. She gasps when I open the velvet box and her to see the ring I selected. “I’m not going to ask you, baby. I'm going to tell you. You are mine. My woman. My love and the only friend I will ever need. You're going to marry me, baby because you love me as much as I love you,” I say sliding the ring onto her finger.

“You know if you would have asked, I would have said yes, right?” I shrug.

“There is no way I was giving you a chance to say no.” She giggles and jumps into my arms. She kisses me all over my face. I growl and push her up against the wall quickly undoing my pants. I pull her panties to the side and slam into her. It’s a hard, fast fuck. We are all teeth and tongue. I slam into her over and over until I feel my balls start to tighten and my back tingle. I slam into her a final time and rub my pelvis against her clit. Her pussy clamps down on my cock. She rips her mouth from mine and screams. I growl and come deep inside her sweet little cunt. “Fuck,” I groan. I pull out of her she looks up at me dreamily.

“I can’t wait to go to the park and show everyone my ring,” she says happily. Hell, I just want to say fuck the picnic and take her home, but she looks so excited. I can't do that to her. I straighten up my clothes and right her panties.

“Okay, baby let's go show off your ring. We can deal with Dan tomorrow.”

“Okay.” She leans up on her tiptoes and kisses my cheek. “I love you, Teddy.” I grin and capture her lips with mine.

“I love you too, Ava.”

We better make this quick though, I want to take my woman home and fuck her until neither one of us can walk. Life with this woman is sure going to be amazing.

Epilogue

Ava

Ten Years Later

“Baby, what are you doing?” Theo comes rushing towards me with his arms out like I am going to fall. I roll my eyes and sigh as he wraps his arms around me pulling me from the step ladder I was standing on.

“I told you that if you needed anything to let me know,” he says running his hand over the swell of my round stomach.

“You know I don’t want anything to happen to you or our boy.” I huff.

“For fuck’s sake, Theodore Cox. I was up two steps. It's not like I went rock climbing.” My hands go on my hips. He gets like this every time I am pregnant, which is all the fucking time. So, I should be used to it by now. Fuck, I am hormonal, and he needs to pull his head out of his ass. We have six children ranging in age from ten to eighteen months. They are the light of our lives, but they sure can be a handful. Right now, they are getting their faces painted by one of the many vendors we have at Hendrix State Park just outside of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The annual Fourth of July party.

Every year we go and somehow, it’s more fun than the last but the first will always be the most special. It’s the year the love of my life told me he loved me for the first time and the day that he got his ring on my finger. Our marriage has been full of laughter and love. That’s not saying we haven't had our troubles after we got married. Dan and Clarence went on trial and it was a fucking shit show. They both tried to get plea deals and I was not having any of it. They fucked over my family and I was not going to let them get away with it.

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