Lyon
Chapter 126

“Mom we’re here.”

“Ooh, where’s my sweet girl? Come give nana some sugar.” She came running, the baby hog with apron on at the ready. I walked into the house where she had the Xmas music on low the lights on the tree were blinking and there was a mountain of gifts that came into the middle of the room.

I didn’t have to look to know that more than half of them were for my little girl. The women were already gabbing away about something or the other when dad came into the room.

“Hey son merry Xmas.”

“Merry Xmas dad.” We exchanged a hug before heading for the couch. Unless mom needed something from outside that was pretty much our spot until dinner.

We weren’t allowed in the kitchen during prep, which was fine by me. Apparently we only got underfoot and our services were only needed for heavy lifting and fetching.

“You want some coffee boy?”

“Nah, I’ve had enough, where’s Carol?”

“She hasn’t come down yet as far as I know. Stacey and Emory should be here any minute. I think Drake and Tina are coming early too. Did you see what your mother the sneak did?”

He pointed to the rocking horse in the corner that hadn’t been there the last time I came.

“She’s trying to outdo my gingerbread house.”

“You two need to stop. I’m not putting my kid on that thing anytime soon. What if she falls off and breaks her neck? What; why are you looking at me like that?”

“Boy you’ve got to get some control. What are you going to do when she starts walking? You do know kids fall a lot right?”

“I’ll deal with that when the time comes but she’s not getting on that thing until she’s at least five or six years old.” What the f**k was Elena thinking? I’m going to have to keep a close eye on these freaks before they kill my daughter with their competition bullshit.

“Why can’t you two be more like Drake and Tina? You don’t see them competing against each other do you?”

“That’s what you think. I don’t trust the copper one bit.” Another day in crazy-town.

“Where’s Cy? I thought Elena would’ve dragged him over here by now.”

“I’m sure that’s next on her list, you know she has half your crew coming here today right?”

“Yep, single mothers and fathers. I think she’s up to something but I’m staying out of it. I gave up asking for you two to be normal a long time ago. I just sit back and watch the show as long as you don’t try dragging me into whatever the hell it is you’re doing.”

“Uh huh, so son I gotta ask. Did you do it?”

“Do what?”

“The chick in the hospital. I spoke to security late last night, they got nothing. Somehow the tape doesn’t show anyone going in or out and there’re no glitches that they can see on there what gives?”

“What’s with you people and thinking I’m running around offing people? I was at the house when you got there remember?”

“Yeah but I don’t know, I saw crazy Travis there too and I know for a fact that boy’s a brick short of a full load.”

“Leave my friends out of this, who knows what the crazy bitch did. Maybe she offed herself I’m not spending my daughter’s first Xmas thinking about her a*s change the subject.”

“Fine, you think your mother’s gonna need anything from outside? I don’t understand how the woman could make ten runs to the grocery store and still forget shit.”

“I don’t know, why?”

“Haven’t had a hit yet this morning but sure as shit as soon as I hit the pipe she’ll be needing something done. F***s with my high.” What could I say to that? The man was completely out of control.

It turned out to be one of the best Xmases I’ve ever had; my little princess just basked in the glow of all that attention from her grandparents and her aunts not to mention her da-da.

She had a mountain of gifts but again the wrapping paper ruled the day. It was a fun time, which I captured on camera to add to my other one hundred videos of her.

Kat was having a good time too, which at the end of the day is all I really cared about, that my two girls were enjoying the day. Mom really had invited half my crew over for dinner and the others swung by later in the evening for coffee and dessert.

Everyone was in a festive mood, there was no mention of the day before and I could rest easy that I’d pulled it off. My daughter’s first Xmas had been a beaut. Now I can relax until at least the New Year before my Angel started some fuckery to run my a*s ragged.

“She’s beat Colt, poor thing, she can hardly keep her eyes open.” She dropped down next to me on the couch where I’d been sitting watching my daughter destroy the room.

“It’s all that running around and cake, look at her.” My daughter’s face was covered in chocolate and so was mom’s couch but she didn’t seem to care. If I remember correctly when I was a kid I wouldn’t have gotten away with a stunt like that, but apparently grandkids could do no wrong.

“I better go clean her up, it’s almost time to be going but I hate for this day to end. You were right Colt, I’m glad you went crazy trying to make this the most perfect day for our girl, thank you.”

“You see that feeling you have right now?”

“Uh huh.”

“Please try to hold onto it for at least the next week before you start your shit.”

“Oh Colt hush, you know I don’t start anythingtrouble just seems to, I don’t know replace me I guess.”

“Yeah well maybe you need to change your damn address.”

“Whatever, now this is over we still have to plan Cy’s road trip and then we can relax for a while I’m beat.”

“We better start saying our goodbyes now, you know it takes Elena damn near an hour to let us out the door.” I loaded up the truck with what I could at the end of the night and dad promised to bring the rest over the next day. He was going to need a U-Haul for that one.

That night after we put the baby to bed we laid in front of the fire and took back our living room. Now whenever she looks at the fireplace she wouldn’t have the memory of being held at gunpoint by a mad woman, but she’d see me loving her slow and sweet.

“I’m so in love with you Kat.” I love the way her eyes light up whenever I tell her that. She lifted her mouth to mine as our bodies moved together. We stayed in front of the fire making love until the wee hours of the morning.

I carried her upstairs in my arms because she was too weak to move and after washing us both off we dropped into bed tired and wiped out. She was dead asleep but I couldn’t resist mumbling to her. “Kat for love of heaven please don’t start any shit for the rest of the week I’m beat.”