The House Where Love Grows

Chapter Twenty

He was dumbfounded. He had been so absorbed in his problem that he had completely forgotten about what had happened that morning at the breakfast table. Sanem sat up on her knees, and he could tell she was slightly more than annoyed with him. He stammered out an answer, " No,...no,...of course I didn't forget, I,..I...you look fantastic,...I'm sorry, you just caught me off guard." He finally managed the words to come out of his mouth. Sanem was not convinced at his explanation, " Since when has Can Divit evvvveerrr  been caught off guard. You forgot, just tell me, you forgot what happened this morning." She spoke, visibly upset with him.

He reached out for her as she quickly tried to make her exit from the bed, " Whoa, whoa, hey wait a minute, where are you going. Come here.....I'm sorry." He said as he pulled her back across the bed. She turned her head away from him, not wanting him to see the hurt and tears that where forming in her eyes. He had sat upright in the bed by now, wanting desperately to make up for not remembering their encounter from earlier. " Come on babe, come here." Can wasn't about to let her leave that bed, not the way she looked and the way he was feeling. 

Sanem knew she was being silly, but him not remembering that incident had hurt her feelings. She tried to free herself from his hold on her, " It's fine Can, you don't need to apologize." She snipped as she wiggled around on the bed trying to break his hold. With all her wiggling and movement, the tiny thin straps that held that very revealing and sexy mini nightie had slipped ever so discreetly off her shoulders and down her arms. 

Can held on firmly, not willing to let her go. With the top of her nightie now resting precariously on the fullness of her breasts, Can stopped instantly. His eyes grazed over her body, the soft rounded mounds of her breasts peeking out over the top of her nightgown. His eyes scoured her from top to bottom, and she felt the heat travel through her body. She froze,....her heart beating to hard for her to breath, " Babe, you......He didn't finish the sentence, he just lowered her down on the bed and covered her with his body....

It was sometime later when Can slipped out of bed, trying not to wake her. He walked across the room and looked out on the grounds below. He had such mixed feelings right now, on one hand he felt so fulfilled and happy from their late night romp. She could make him feel more than anything else in the world and the residue still lingered vividly in his mind. But on the other hand, he felt like his world was coming to an end and he didn't know how to stop it.. He turned and leaned back against the huge sliding glass door and took a deep much needed breath. His eyes caught the silhouette of her naked body lying there, only partially covered with the sheet and he wondered how he would be able to help her through the possibility of losing Beni. 

Cans heart was already breaking into a thousand pieces, but he knew he had to be stronger, he had to be more careful about how he acted around her. She didn't need to know anything about this until him and his Dad had exhausted every possibility and every avenue. His mind traveled back hours before, as he sat face to face with that man. How could he sleep at night, he wondered. And that lawyer of his, he was an arrogant bastard.....He rubbed his face hard with both of his hands, "just calm down, we will find a way out of this...we have to."

The sight of her seemed to call to him, so he made his way back to their bed and eased his body gently into the bed. He glanced at the clock, " 3:38, maybe I can catch a couple of hours sleep." He thought as he moved his body closer to hers. The heat from her body made him feel sleepy and tired as he snuggled up close and nestled his face up against her hair. It was so soft and fragrant that he begin to feel that hunger for her gnaw deep down inside him, but he knew he shouldn't wake her. 

He must have dosed off, but the feel of her skin had woke him up. She had rolled over, facing him, and draped her one leg over his. The heat from her radiated over his lower body and instantly he felt himself come alive. He tried not to move, not to breath, or he would have to wake her up and begin where they had left off a few hours before. He turned looking at the clock again, "5:52, well at least I got a couple hours of sleep."  He thought, still fighting that urge to wake her up in the most savage way. He closed his eyes again a he tried to rein in those raging feelings of desire, but then she moved, even closer. She slide her arm around him and snuggled her body up close to him as she let out a soft and grunting moan.  That did it......that  pushed him right over the cliff. 

Her face was right there, her lips were begging him to kiss them, so he pressed his lips up against hers gently. At first she didn't respond, so he circled her lips with his tongue, but that seemed to affect him more than it did her. But then her eyes fluttered and she touch his lips just slightly with hers, " Good morning my love,....is it morning? She asked in barely a whisper. There was no turning back now as he answered, "No, not yet, we have plenty of time." He replied with his lips still attached to hers. He could feel her body start to come alive as she moved  in sequence with him........Yes, this is what he needed, what he wanted.....what he had to have....

When he opened his eyes some time later the light was already filtering In from the glass door. He reached for Sanem, but she wasn't there, and a glance at the clock told him he had slept longer than he expected. He quickly dressed and stepped out into the hall, he could hear the commotion from downstairs and he knew this the best time to get that sample of hair from Beni's hairbrush to drop-off at the lab. He took several strands of hair and wrapped them up tightly in a tissue and stuck it in his pocket. He closed his eyes, sending up a prayer to that higher being, " Please, please, let this all be a bad dream." He whispered....

He wasn't sure how she did it, transferring from his sexy heartstopping wife to that wholesome, efficient Mommie in the matter of an hour, but she did....All the children were sitting around the table filling up on a delicious breakfast and she was busy making lunches and checking homework when he entered the kitchen. " Good morning my beautiful family." He bellowed, as he gave Sanem a hug from behind. The triplets giggled as he turned to them giving each of them a bunch of sloppy kisses. He gave Luis a high-five as he pulled out his chair to sit down. But Beni seemed to be off in another world, " Ben,....good morning. Are you ok?" Can asked, looking intently at his son.

The young boy looked as if he had the weight of the world sitting on his shoulders that morning. " Son, are you ok?" Can asked again. Beni looked at him a bit startled, " Oh, good morning Dad. Sure I'm ok, just thinking." He replied vaguely. Luis caught his Dads eye and gave him a look of concern. Can winked at him, letting him know he understood. 

Sanem knew there was something bothering Beni, but he had refused to talk to her. She was hoping that maybe his Dad could get him to talk...

Can reached over ruffling up his thick dark hair, " So are you taking your scrapbook to school today, I'm sure the teacher and the other kids will be excited to see it." 

It took a minute before Beni replied.......

He looked at Can, squinting his eyes, " Dad, what does adopted mean. I tried to look it up in the dictionary but I couldn't understand it."..........