Tennessee Whiskey

Chapter 12-Evan

Chapter 12

Evan

It’s early evening when I get home from work and as soon as I walk in the door, I hear Mia running across the floor. I kneel down because I know she’s coming in fast. “Daddy!” she screams as she runs into my arms and I pick her up, hugging her tight and kissing her cheek. “Hey Princess. How was your day?” I ask. “Good Daddy.” She says before Mary walks up to me and kisses me softly. “Hey baby.” I say. “Hey honey.” She says before kissing me one more time.

We head to the kitchen because dinner is waiting for us, and we take our places at the island. Mia is sitting on one side with Mary and I’m on the other side. “How was work?” she asks. “It was good. Didn’t have a lot of cases and the ones I did were pretty easy cases.” I tell her. “How was your day?” I ask. “It was…interesting. I’ll explain when we put Mia to bed.” She tells me and that has me curious. “So, what did you do today Princess?” I ask Mia and she tells me all about her day. After dinner, Mary gets Mia a bath and we read her a story and stay with her until she’s asleep.

After getting her to sleep, we head to the library and I pour her some wine and I get a beer and we settle on the couch together, her feet in my lap. “So, tell me about your day.” I tell her. “Well, after dropping Mia off at school, Christopher took me to the mission. I had my meeting with Lori and Izzy about the supplies and then headed to the supplier. Albert, the owner, set up a credit account and is just going to bill us each month. He’s giving us the supplies at wholesale.” She tells me. “That’s great but why couldn’t you tell me that in front of Mia?” I ask. “So, while Christopher and I were waiting on one of the workers to get Albert for us, one of the other workers came up and started talking to me while I was looking around. Christopher stayed close but he let me handle the situation.” She tells me. “Situation?” I ask, on alert now.

“Nothing major. One of the guys that works there started asking if I was an artist or a model and then offered to give me a tour of the gallery. I told him I am married and not interested in his offer, and he started making comments about how if I were his woman he wouldn’t have let me go out without him. I told him that I’m not his woman and that my husband is very good to me before Christopher got between us, cutting off the conversation when he saw how uncomfortable I was.” She tells me. “Do I need to talk to Albert?” I ask. “No. I spoke to him about the guy and he’s going to make sure he’s not one of the ones delivering to the mission and that he understands that he’s not there to flirt with customers and will make sure it doesn’t happen again.” She tells me. “Well, let me know if that changes.” I tell her and she nods before moving to snuggle into my side. When we head to bed, Mary snuggles into my chest and we drift off to sleep, listening to the sound of our little girl’s snores coming from the monitor.

The next morning, I head into the office and see Logan waiting for me. “You’re assistant let me in.” he tells me. “That’s fine. What’s up?” I ask. “A case that’s coming through. It’s one from the mission.” He tells me. “What’s the case?” I ask and he starts telling me about a case where the father is trying for custody, but the mom is using the child to get money from him to blow on drugs. CPS has already been out to her house half a dozen times and nothing has been done. I don’t know how she’s been able to keep the child this long.” He tells me. “The dad good to go?” I ask. “Yeah. He’s already got everything set up for his son and just waiting on the hearing today, hoping he’s the one that gets custody.” He tells me. “Good. How old’s the child?” I ask. “Three. Goes to the same school as Mia.” He tells me. “Okay. Once I hear both sides, if I see he would be better with his father and grant it, I will also have an officer escort him to the school to get his son. We will worry about mom when we get there.” I say and he nods.

I get into the courtroom and see some simple cases before this one comes in front of me. “And why should Miss Ellerwood retain custody of their son?” I ask. “Because she’s getting help for an addiction and having her son with her will keep her motivated.” Her lawyer says and he must think I’m stupid. I look at the mom and know my answer. “Mr. Starward, have you had any contact with your son?” I ask. “I tried, your honor. The current papers state when my visitation is, and she’s refused to let me see him during my time. I show up at her house to see him and she calls the police on me.” He tells me. “What do the police do?” I ask. “They just tell me that if I want to see him that I have to file contempt charges but other than that, they make me leave and tell me to stop harassing her.” He tells me. “Okay, I want to look at this a little longer, so we are going to recess for half an hour before we reconvene.” I say and everyone nods. I bang the gavel before heading to my office.

I get to my office, and I call Rico. “What can I do for you Evan?” he asks. “I need information on a Maureen Ellerwood. I need to know all of the officers that respond to her calls when she calls the police on her ex when he’s coming to see his son and I need them asap.” I say. “Got it.” He says before ending the call. “Twenty minutes later, he calls me back. “Looks like it’s the same two cops every time she calls them and looks like one has been seen going in and out of her house at night and he’s an ex of hers.” He tells me. “That’s all I needed to know.” I tell him before ending the call.

I head back to the courtroom, and everyone is back in their seats. “I’ve looked over a few things and I’ve made my decision. Miss Ellerwood, you’re asking to keep custody of your son. Your lawyer argued that you’ve been fighting your addiction and that having him there will motivate you to stay clean. Is that correct?” I ask. “Yes, your honor.” She says. “Well, while I agree that having that motivation is a good thing, I don’t think that’s the case here. You didn’t care to try to stay clean while he’s been with you, so I don’t have a lot of faith you’ll stay clean after this. As a matter of fact, I believe you’re high right now.” I tell her and she pales. “So, here’s what we’re going to do. I am granting Mr. Starward full and permanent custody of the minor child. On top of that, I’m issuing a restraining order for the period of one year, in that time, it would be suggested by the court to get into rehab and get clean. If that’s what you choose to do, we will provide you with the resources to do so. As far as the child. Mr. Starward, we are providing an officer to escort you to your son’s school to deliver new custody papers to them, allowing you to get your son. One more thing, Miss Ellerwood. Because you’ve refused to allow your ex to see his son, I am charging you with contempt and you will spend a minimum of seventy-two hours in holding.” I tell her and she lowers her head in shame.

After ending court, I go back to my office and grab my things. I decide to head to the mission to see Mary and take her to pick Mia up from school. I walk out of my office and get into my car, calling Christopher along the way. “Yes sir.” He says as he answers. “Hey Christopher. Don’t worry about picking up Mary and Mia. I’m going to work from home the rest of the evening so I will pick them up.” I tell him. “Yes sir. Let me know if you need me.” He says before we end the call.

I pull up to the mission and head inside. I walk into Mary’s office, since her door is open, and she looks up and smiles. “Hey baby.” She says before standing and walking to me. I hug her and kiss her softly, holding her close for a minute. “Hey babe.” I say. “You okay?” she asks. “Yeah. Tough case today. Custody case.” I tell her. “Everything go okay?” I ask. “Yeah. Gave custody to the dad. Mom is an addict and not good for the child.” I tell her. “You’re a good man.” She tells me. I shake my head and she cups my face and forces me to look at her. “You’re a good man. An amazing husband and a wonderful father. Please don’t ever doubt yourself. Just remember that you make hard decisions every day that affect people’s lives, but it wasn’t you that made them make the decisions that they did to get them there. That’s on them. Not you.” She tells me. “This is why I love you.” I tell her. “And I love you.” She tells me. She looks at the clock on her wall and says, “Let’s go get our little girl.” She tells me and I can’t help but smile.

We head out the door together and head to the school to pick up Mia. After pulling up to the school, we stand on the sidewalk in front of the school, waiting for the kids to be dismissed. We hear the school bell, and the teachers start leading the kids outside and as soon as Mia sees us, she runs straight for me. “Daddy!” She laughs as I pick her up. “Hey Princess. How was school?” I ask as Mary kisses her cheek and we head towards the car.

Once we get home, we get Mia a snack and head out to the garden to let her play. We are sitting at the table we have there, drinking some tea when Mary says “I got a call from her new counselor. She said she could go to the school and see her after school to make it more comfortable for her. Said they could do it on the playground.” I nod before looking at her. “That’s good news. Hopefully there won’t be any issues. I mean, she’s not having nightmares. She’s not even really talking about him or her mom.” I say. “I know but she saw her dad kill her mom. I don’t want this to cause issues for her later.” She tells me. “Oh, I agree. I’m just glad she’s settling in as well as she is.” I tell her. “Thank God for that.” She says before she laughs a little. “What?” I ask, smiling softly at her. “It wasn’t that long ago, I was living with my mom, trying to figure out why she hated me so much. Now, I’m married to a man who would move heaven and earth if I asked him to, and we have a little girl who’s our entire world.” She tells me. I reach over, take her hand, and lace our fingers together. “It’s been a hell of a ride to get here.” I tell her. “It has. If I knew it would lead me here to you and Mia, I’d go through it all over again. I mean, had I not run away and met Izzy, I wouldn’t have been at the mission and wouldn’t have met you or Mia.” She tells me. I don’t know what to say to that, so I just kiss her knuckles, and we watch our daughter play.

After dinner, we’re sitting in the library like we normally do. Mia has had a bath and is coloring at her table while Mary and I get some work done. “Daddy?” Mia asks and I look up at her. “Yes Princess?” I ask, waiting for her to answer. “I want a little brother.” She says and I look at Mary and she’s holding back a laugh. “Do you now?” I ask. “I do. Lily at school has a little brother. I want one.” She says. “Well, how about you let Mommy and me talk about that and see what we can do.” I tell her and I look at Mary and she arches an eyebrow at me.

After we put Mia to bed, we head back to the library to get more work done. “About what Mia said…” I start. “I’m not opposed to more kids.” She tells me. “I know we just got married and adopted her but…would you be open to trying now?” I ask. “How about this? We don’t try but I come off birth control and we see what happens?” she asks. “Sounds like a plan baby.” I tell her before leaning over and kissing her lips softly before we both get back to work.

We head to bed and Mary normally takes her birth control pills before bed. We are in the bathroom, doing our nightly routines and she takes her birth control pills and dumps them in the toilet before flushing. “We’re doing this?” I ask. “We’re letting it happen as it happens.” She says and I kiss her hard before picking her up and carrying her to the bed. I lay her down on the bed and hover over her. “What are you doing?” she asks as I place kisses down her throat and along her collarbone. I look down at her and say, “Letting it happen.” Before crashing my lips with hers. I kiss down her throat again before kissing down her collarbone again. I raise up and slip my hands under her shirt before raising it up and over her head before removing her bra. I kiss between her breasts, and she starts arching off the bed, into my touch. I move to one breast with my hand and roll her n****e between my fingers while taking the other n****e into my mouth and gently sucking. “Oh God. Evan.” She moans and it’s one of the best sounds I’ve ever f*****g heard.

I pull away before pulling down her shorts and panties in one go and tossing them onto the floor with her shirt and bra. I move between her legs and run the flat of my tongue from her entrance to her c**t and hear her moan a breathy “Evan.” And it almost ruins me. I wrap my arms around her thighs to hold her in place as she starts to squirm and one of her hands grabs a fist full of my hair while the other pinches her n****e and I dig into my treat. I run my tongue up and down her wet folds, tasting her sweet nectar and she moans as she tightens her grip on my hair. The slight sting feels good. I move up to her c**t and latch on and suck while flicking it with my tongue and her hips come up off the bed as she finds her release on my tongue.

When she’s had enough, she taps the top of my head, tapping out and I come up laughing. “Something wrong sweetheart?” I ask. She doesn’t even answer with a yes or no. She pulls me close and says, “I need you inside me.” I smirk before gripping my shaft and lining it up with her entrance. I slowly start slipping inside of her warm, wet heat and it’s the best feeling in the world. “f**k baby. I still can’t believe how tight you are.” I rasp. I hold still for a minute to give her time to adjust to my size before she starts moaning “Please move, Evan. Please.” I smirk even more. “Where do you want me to move to? The couch? My office?” I ask. She glares at me and says, “If you don’t start f*****g me right now, I’ll do it myself.” I laugh before kissing her softly and saying, “I can never say no to you.” I start thrusting in and out slow and easy and see her head toss back in abandon as I start to pick up the pace and before long, I’m almost slamming into her. “Don’t stop. Oh God. Evan. I’m gonna c*m again.” She tells me before I feel her p***y clamp down on my shaft and it takes everything in me not to lose it right then.

I pull out of her before turning her over and pushing her down on the bed and lifting her hips into the air. I slide back into her and start thrusting in and out hard and fast. I pull her up, where her back is against my chest, and continue to f**k her. I’m still holding her against me, thrusting in and out when she loses control and I feel her clamp down on my c**k again before I lose control and find my release inside her.

After I pull out, I lay her down and move to the bathroom. I take a washcloth and run it under warm water before moving to the bed and gently cleaning between her legs. After making sure she’s clean, I help her redress because I know she doesn’t like sleeping nude, before putting my boxer briefs and pajama pants back on and slipping into bed. She curls into my side and lays her head on my chest, her hand on my stomach. “I love you Evan.” She says softly. “I love you more.” I tell her before I feel her breathing even out and she drifts off to sleep with me falling asleep not long after her.

I wake up to the sound of the bedroom door opening. I open my eyes and see Mia sneaking into the room. “Are you okay Princess?” I ask. She shakes her head no. I pull the covers back and she climbs into the bed, and I pull her between me and Mary, causing Mary to wake up. “What’s wrong?” Mary asks. Mia doesn’t speak but she snuggles into my chest, and I hold her close. “Did you have a bad dream?” I ask. She nods her head yes and I say “We’re here Princess. We got you.” As Mary rubs her back and I hold my wife and daughter close. I look at Mary and she’s as concerned as I am. “Wanna talk about it?” Mary asks. “Daddy hurt Mommy.” She whispers. “I know baby, but you’re here with us now and nothing like that will ever happen again.” I tell her. We lay there together for a little longer before Mia falls back to sleep.

The next morning, I wake up and see that Mary and Mia are gone. I get dressed for the day and head downstairs to see my girls sitting at the island, eating breakfast. “Morning baby.” I say as I kiss the top of Mary’s head. “Morning honey.” She says. “Morning Daddy.” Mia says. “Morning Princess. How are you feeling this morning?” I ask. She shrugs her shoulders and I look at Mary. “I texted her teacher that we were keeping her home. I’m going to take her to see her counselor this morning and then go by the art store with the other list for Albert.” She tells me. “Have Christopher drive you please.” I say. “Already planned on it.” She says.

After breakfast, I head to the office and as soon as I walk in, my assistant walks in behind me. “What’s on the docket for today?” I ask. “You have three cases to see this morning and there are a couple of officers here to see you with the DA.” She tells me. “See them in please.” I tell her. They walk into my office, and I ask the DA “What can I do for you gentlemen?” The DA speaks up and says, “We need you to sign off on a search warrant for Anderson Robertson.” He tells me. “What is the nature?” I ask. “Mr. Robertson is being investigated for stalking but we’re having trouble getting access to his home and office.” He tells me. “Tell me about who he’s stalking.” I say. “He’s stalking Amanda Adams. She’s fifteen years old. Living with her single mom. Father isn’t in her life. He lives two streets over from her and has been caught twice peeking in her windows by the neighbors but by the time the police get there he’s gone so there’s not much they can do…” he says, and I cut him off with “Until he does something to her. Here's what we’re going to do. I’m going to sign off on both search warrants. I want someone to get Miss Adams and her mom to KJ Mission until this is done and he’s behind bars. We’re not leaving it up to chance.” I tell them. “Will they know we’re bringing them?” one of the officers asks. “I will make the call. Just keep them protected until you get them there and get this guy.” I tell them before signing off on both search warrants. After they leave, I call the mission and tell Izzy to expect them.

After seeing the cases for the morning, I head back to my office to work until time to head home for the day. My assistant brings in document after document for me to sign and that keeps me busy the rest of the day.