What If

26. Sunshine and Disappointment

10:44am Tuesday July 21st

I was completely surprised when I got the call from Seattle P.D. they made sure to stress that they weren't even sure if the woman they found was my mom. Apparently, someone fitting her description, and who also is an addict, was last seen in Oroville, WA, which was about a five-hour drive from Seattle. Of course, Sean offered to take me, and I felt...guilty. I offered to rent a car and he wouldn't have it. He made a point that, since we were together now "officially", that we were a team and we we're going to rely on each other more in situations like this.

I knew where he was coming from and he was right. Especially after last night, there was no trying to pretend our feelings for each other were anything other than deep. Last night introduced me to so many things I never knew. I had no idea that sharing your body like that, with someone you really trusted, was almost like a high.

As I watched him now, I suddenly got that same hot, lustful sensation I had last night. He was standing across from me in his hotel room. He just zipped and buttoned his jeans, still not wearing a shirt. He had his back to me and that tattoo on his shoulder held had me in a trance. I watched while it shifted over his muscles as he leaned forward to grab a shirt.

As if he sensed my eyes on him, he turned towards me with a sinful smile. He held my stare as he walked towards me. "You shouldn't look at me like that, beautiful."

As he got closer to me, thinking became almost impossible. What did he say, again? Oh, right... "Look at you like what?" I knew how my voice sounded and so did he.

"Like you've seen me naked...and liked it." I noticed his voice got deeper when he was hungry for me.

I couldn't keep my mouth from forming a sultry smile of my own as he slid his arms around my waist. Like they had a mind of their own, my hands landed on his shoulders. "I can say the same about you."

He buried his face in the hollow of my neck. I couldn't help the moan that escaped me as he started a trail of kisses to my ear before he whispered, "Oh, I have seen you naked. And I very much liked what I saw."

His lips met mine and I pulled away before I got lost to his kiss. "Sean, we don't have time to--"

When he slid his hand up my shirt and cupped my breast, my mind went blank.

"You were saying?" He asked with a knowing look.

Unable to think about anything but him, I let him lead me to the bed.

Orville Police Department
4:35pm

After our delay at the hotel, we finally arrived at the police department in Orville. I didn't regret the intimate hour that set us behind. I actually spent most of the car ride thinking about it. We still hadn't done the actual act of sex yet, and I was starting to really give it some thought. I wanted to know what it felt like to be with someone that way. No, I wanted to know what it felt like to be with him that way.

"Ma'am, please follow me," the police officer said.

He was leading us to the holding cells in the back. Apparently, there was a woman who got arrested two nights ago for drugs and solicitation. She fit my mom's description, but didn't have ID, wouldn't give up her name, and nothing came up when they ran her prints.

Sean grabbed my hand and gave it a comforting squeeze as we approached the cell. My heart rate felt like it tripled as the officer stopped in front of the last cell on the right. He grabbed his baton and banged it against the bars.

"Hey, Sunshine. Wake up!"

I squeezed Sean's hand harder as the woman started to move around. She clearly appeared like she was living on the street. Her hair didn't look like it had been washed, her clothes were torn and filthy. When she finally looked up, I studied her face and her bloodshot eyes.