Bay sighed, “It was a long time ago, Sails. I’m not saying I’ll ever forget it, but it’s behind me.”
Sailor hesitated. “I have some experience with abusive men.”
“I’m sorry to hear that. Do you want to talk about it?”
And to her amazement, Sailor told Bay everything, about Tilly, about her mother, about Bart. Bay was shocked, and Sailor could hear how upset she was, even over the phone.
“Oh god, Sails, I’m so sorry.”
“Thank you, but I only told you because…I want to be there for you if you ever need someone who knows, you know?”
She heard Bay stifle a sob. “Forgive me, Sails, my hormones are making me emotional. Thank you, though, and I hope it goes without saying, the same goes for you. Anytime.”
Sailor heard a young girl’s voice then, “Momma, why are you crying?”
“Baby hormones, sweeties. Go find your sister, and I’ll make you a snack. Esme,” Bay said to Sailor, “Seriously that girl is the reincarnation of Sherlock Holmes, never misses a trick. I’m hoping the snack will distract her from telling Tom I was crying. Always worked for me,” Bay chuckled, and Sailor was glad to hear her more cheerful.
“Food is the way to go, always,” she agreed, and after they had said goodbye, she went into the kitchen to make Tim a snack for when he got home.
More and more, she had fallen into the role of ‘mother’ and she found she liked it. Sometimes, she had to remind herself that shewasn’this mom, that he had a real mom who still called him every week, still loved him. So, she had to be careful, but, god, she adored the kid, and he, in turn, clearly adored her.
She heard Bodhi calling for her and went to find him. He was in the bedroom, trying to decide on a tie. Tonight was the first time he was on a ‘date’ with Soleil, an arts benefit in Hollywood, and now Sailor admired him in a suit.
“God, you’re a handsome man,” she grinned up at him. “Go with the blue. It brings out the green in those eyes of yours.”
He grinned at her and kissed her, picking up the blue tie. “Are you sure you’re going to be okay with Tim, alone here?”
She helped him put on the tie. “Hell yes. We’re going to eat MSG and watch R-rated movies all night. Then we’ll play with your guitars at full volume, wake the neighbors.”
Bodhi laughed. “You are a bad, bad girl.”
Sailor started to sing Fiona Apple’s ‘Criminal.’“I’ve been a bad, bad girl, I’ve been careless with a delicate man…”
She danced around as he tried to grab her. Eventually, he got hold of her and kissed her. “And you can sing, dammit. How come you never told me?”
She snorted. “Yeah, if I had a ton of auto-tune.”
“No, seriously, sing some more for me.”
Sailor stuck out her tongue and then sang ‘Puff the Magic Dragon’ deliberately out of key. Bodhi laughed, shaking his head. “Well played. But wewillbe returning to this topic.”
“Ha. You’d have to get me good and drunk before I sing for ya, big guy.”
“So, you’re telling me,” Bodhi sat on the bed, “that you’ll let me fuck you in any way I want, but you won’t sing for me?”
Sailor kissed him. “Yup. Talking of fucking…”
“I have turned you into a nympho,” Bodhi said, but he was already unzipping his fly and pushing her panties aside. Sailor gasped as he plunged his cock into her.
“Good god, Bodhi, you are always so hard, god, that’s good, that’s good…”
Soleil hugged Sailor. “Now look, if you see photos of us kissing, just remember a) I’ll be pretending it’syou, and b) I’ll be throwing up almost immediately afterward.”
Sailor laughed out loud as Bodhi rolled his eyes. “Stop hitting on my girlfriend, Solly.”
Soleil grinned widely, and Sailor gave Bodhi a mock-severe look. “No,don’tstop hitting on his girlfriend, Solly.”
She grabbed Soleil and landed a big kiss on her soft lips. Soleil was shocked at first then laughed. Bodhi groaned.