Married and Trying to Keep it Together

Chapter Fifteen

The entire day my mind worried me as I thought about Noah and what the court would rule. I didn't know how to feel. I hoped everything would work out but I knew deep down that something would go wrong. Noah had been through so much already and this was nowhere close to being over.

I couldn't stay at work any longer so I decided to head to Cordell's. Maybe he could help settle my nerves. This time when I got to his office his assistant didn't give me any crap but just told me I had to wait because he was in with important investors. Because I knew about the meeting, I nodded and sat down. I could feel her looking at me up and down. I looked up and stared back at her letting her know I wasn't in the mood. She eventually looked away mumbling something under her breath.

I had to wait twenty minutes before he came out. The entire time I thought about my line. I had a lot to do to finish but I was so close I could taste it. The doors to Cordell's office finally opened and two men in suits came out with folders in each hand. Cordell followed with his hands in his pockets looking very serious until he spotted me. He smiled and loosened up. I stood up. "You think you have time in your busy schedule for your wife?"

"There's always time for my sexy wife." He walked up to me and kissed my lips. "Aren't you supposed to be at work?"

"I probably should be, but I have too much on my mind."

"That's understandable. Maybe I can help take your mind off of things."

"How?"

He smiled. "It's a surprise." He grabbed my hand and pulled me out of the building without looking back.

The whole car ride Cordell was smiling like a little kid. I wanted to know where he was taking us but he wouldn't tell me. I felt like I didn't know an inside joke or something. In order to not over think it I took me a nap. My body felt like it hadn't rested in forever with everything going down. I had taken on the weight of Noah and my problems and body couldn't handle it. I was being dragged down slowly and I was too stupid to recognize it.

I don't know how long I was out but I was woken up to my body being pushed and my name being called. I didn't want to wake up. Sleep was craving I was forever chasing. It would come close, just enough for me to taste it, but then speed off before I could completely savor it.

I reluctantly opened my eyes to let the sun invade. I stared at the window for a minute before I turned to meet Cordell's eyes, which were staring intensely at me. He leaned over and started kissing me all over my face. I laughed and pushed him away.

"Okay. Okay. I'm up."

"It's about time. I thought I was going to have plant a big one right on them sexy lips of yours." He smiled wide puckering his lips.

"No thanks. Your lips looking a little dry and cracked," I said shaking my head. His smiled dropped and he felt his lips. I laughed at his face. He looked so worried.

"Oh so you got jokes now?" he pouted sitting back in his seat.

"I'm just playing baby." I reached over grabbing his face and placing a gentle kiss on his lips. He grabbed my face deepening the kiss. It wasn't until we were both out of breath when we separated.

"So you going to tell me where we are?"

"We're at Fun Time baby." I looked out the window to finally see the skating rink. I hadn't done anything like this since I was twenty something.

"You're the best husband ever." I couldn't stop the smile that graced my face.

"I know, now let's go have some fun." We got out the car and went inside. Everything was lit up which just added to my excitement. We got our skates and found a place to put them on.

"Just so you know I can't skate worth crap," Cordell said struggling to put on his skates.

"You brought me to a skating rink and you can't even skate?"

"Well I thought you could teach me."

"Only if you promise not to drag me down when you fall." He smirked.

"I can't make any promises."

We went to the floor to skate where Cordell instantly fell landing on his butt. I laughed out loud making him frown at me. "That looked like it hurt."

"Joke all you want but soon I'll be better than you," he said getting up straightening his clothes.

"We'll see about that."

The next two hours I spent trying to teach him how to skate. Considering he was way taller than me, it was kind of hard to hold him up. He kept wobbling which just ended up with both of us falling. My left side was killing me from him falling on me.

However, he eventually got the hang of it. He learned how to balance on his own which was a relief for me. He even started skating around me like he was a pro. He got so cocky that he tried skating backwards and then fell on his back. I couldn't hold back my laughter. I told him not to but he insisted he was better than me. I was about to skate away when he tripped me making me fall myself. I landed on my butt which stung like hell.

"You jerk!" I hit him with my hand upside his head.

"I don't know what you're talking about." He skated off to the carpet area like I wasn't even on the floor.

I eventually got up and followed him where he was. I was still kind of salty about him tripping me. My butt still hurt.

By the time we were done and walking to the truck I was happy. My mind felt freer. All my thoughts were temporarily gone and I loved that. I was less stressed. My body felt lighter and heart weighed a lot less.

"Thank you for taking me out," I said smiling wide.

"I figured you needed it."

I stopped at the truck facing him. "I did. I barely know Noah but I have this connection with him and the thought he could end up with his abusive father kills me Cordell. I know I'm asking a lot of you of you and you didn't sign up for this but this is important to me." I was serious. I had taken Noah in without even asking Cordell. I got so wrapped up in my feelings and trying to be a superhero that I forgot about reality. I just could stand what Noah was going through. Just thinking that his situation could be any one of my kids, made me cringe inside. No kid deserved to go through that. No kid deserved to be beaten.

"Lelaih when I married you I agreed to be on board with whatever is important to you."

"Really?"

"Hell yea! How could I have a problem with this when you became a mother to a motherless four year old with any hesitation?"

"That was different."

"How?"

"She was your daughter. If I wanted to be with you, I knew she was part of it. You didn't force her on me, I chose to accept her into my life and she did the same to me."

"And now it's my turn to do the same for you. You know I am here to support you in anything you want to do."

"So you don't think I'm overstepping? I mean this is his life. Maybe he doesn't want our help." I also worried that I was sticking my nose where it didn't belong. What if I just made things worse for him? Hell I didn't even know what I was doing. I was just trying not to do anything that would mess things up.

"Are you serious? Because you that boy has a place to sleep at night and food to eat. Hell he eats more than the twins. I don't think you're overstepping at all."

"It feels like it."

"I know but if Noah didn't want to be with us he would've been ran away. Stop doubting yourself baby. You're a rock star." He kissed me on my forehead settling my nerves once again. I needed to calm down or else I would go mad.

His phone rang and he pulled back. He answered it and then his face fell slightly. I waited patiently for him to get off the phone.

"What?" I asked when he finally got off.

"They have located Noah's dad."