Baby |bwwm

Twelve

CASEY P.O.V.

~3 years earlier-

Lauren was sitting down on the bed, her legs folded. She had anonymous postcards from someone I knew before. Alba. "Is she still on your mind?"

"Let's not ruin Christmas because of her. I do not love her. You know I will never do something ludicrous." She flung a pillow at me to let me know how irritated she was with me. "I know this is her. She is talking about your LA comedy show and your book signing. You are sleeping with her."

"I'm not having an affair. Lauren, you know how much I love you."

"I despise her. I hate seeing her everywhere. She is a parasite." The irate blonde threw away the postcards and got out of the bed. I loved my wife and would never choose Alba over her. Accusing me of having an affair was farfetched. This was not the way I was. I would never.

"I am yours and only, my love. I would never do this to you." I had everything. I considered myself lucky to be with a woman like Lauren. Lauren did a few acting jobs at the side. But she was more of a model.

She approached me with a sad face and it quickly changed when I took her in my arms. My love felt very good. She was wearing a silky black robe with a white dress underneath, her perky breasts making me excited. "I had a very bad dream, Case. It was the worst dream I've ever had." I was sure it was one of the many bad ones she always had.

"What was it about?" I loved comforting her whenever she needed it.

"One minute I was with you, the next minute you were gone. I was calling out your name. And then it rained. The rain was red and heavy, reminding me of a heavy period. I saw myself fading out of this world. Like I was no longer existing anymore. Am I going to lose you?"

"I'll always be there. You know I love you, Lauren."

"I saw her face. I saw Alba's face in the distance. She was making a mockery of me, so happy that I was fading away. This is a super strange dream. I am telling myself it is only a dream."

"It is babe. Dreams meant nothing."

"Why is she always in my dream?"

"It will get better, my love."

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Present time

I woke up to see Kali lying next to me on the bed. She had her head on a pillow, away from my chest. I slid closer to her and planted my arm on her petite body. Waking up next to her every morning was something I craved for. She shifted on the bed and faced me.

"Good morning munchkin. How was your sleep?"

Kali yawned. "I had the weirdest dream ever."

I laid my hand on her hip. "What was it?"

"I dreamt of you, me, and Lauren. We were having dinner at some luxurious mansion. Casey this was the strangest dream ever."

I kissed the tip of her nose. "How was Lauren in the dream?"

"She was calm and friendly. I don't know why I had a dream about her, Casey. Don't you find it to be pretty strange?"

"She was probably on your mind."

She nodded. "I feel so bad for Lauren. She had it all, she had you. I don't understand why life is sad sometimes."

"It is what it is, baby. We all have to die one day. Lauren's life just fell short. There was no control over that at all." Being around Kali was one of the best things in my life. I was forever grateful for meeting her. "After a storm comes a calm."