Loving Cino

Chapter 6

Cino

            I tried my hardest to kill that b***h.  I sat there holding Ramona as she cried and watched Kevin closely.  He kept trying to get up but couldn’t.  His face was badly mangle and was bleeding profusely.    “Stop touching her!”  He yelled to me.  “Make me f**k boy!”  “What happened?”  Carline asked running down the stairs.

 I looked down at Ramona who had her face buried in my arm.  I stood up with her and walked into the kitchen.  I sat her at the table and grabbed some napkins.  I kneeled in front of her and wiped her tears.  I looked into her beautiful grey eyes.  All I saw was emptiness.  Ramona had gone away.  I don’t think she was coming back anytime soon.

 “Cino?”  I looked over my shoulder at Carline.  “How did you get here?  Where are your clothes?  What happened here?”  I stood up and faced her.  “The police are here.”   Daria announced walking in with two police officers.  “I walked in and he was r****g her.”  I said making Daria and Carline’s mouth fall open.  “How did he get in?”  The officer asked.  “That I don’t know.  I woke up and she wasn’t there, so I got up looking for her and found them.”  “Cino you slept here with her?”  Carline asked.  “Carline it’s not like that.”  “We need to talk to her.”  I looked back at Ramona who was still sniffling.  I stepped beside her.  The officers looked at me.  “Alone please.” 

Before I could walk away Ramona stopped me by grabbing my hand.  “No, he stays.”  I looked at the officers and her sisters surprised expressions.  I stood next to Ramona as she told the police what happened.  By the end of her statement Kevin was carried out the house in hand cuffs. 

After I explained what happened between Melissa and me to the family, we all went back to bed.  I laid with Ramona holding her until we both fell asleep.  No one went to work the next day.  I awakened to Jeremiah walking into the room.  “Hey Cino.”  “Hey Jay.”  “How is she?”  “She’s okay.”  He nodded his head.  “Thank you for protecting her.”  I smiled at him.  “No problem.”  “I know she’s going to freak out when she wakes up so I’m going to go buy new locks.”  “Okay, I’ll help you change them when you get back.”  “Thanks.”  “No problem.”

He walked out the room closing the door behind him.  I looked down at Ramona and smooth her hair out of her face.  She was still in a deep sleep.  I could tell from the drool escaping her lips on my chest.  At least she was sleeping, I thought smiling at her.  Watching her beautiful face sleep made me reach over and kiss her forehead.  I then drifted back to sleep. 

Daria

            About an hour later I found myself walking downstairs to the kitchen. I passed Johnathan and Lorenzo who were cleaning up the living room.  I sat at the kitchen table with Damien who was reading the newspaper.  I took a sip of his coffee as he kissed me.  “Is she up yet?”  I asked looking at Ramona’s closed door.  “I don’t think so.”  I looked at Cino and Jeremiah who had just finished changing the lock on the backdoor.  They came and sat at the table with us.  Cino poured a cup of coffee as Ramona walked out her room.  “Hey boo.”  Jay said hugging her.  “Hey.”  She replied.  She seemed so broken.  I watched her sit next to Cino. 

He poured her a cup of coffee and put it in front of her, with a banana nut muffin. I looked at Damien as he looked at me.  We then returned our attention to Cino and Ramona.  She took a bite of her muffin.  She reached for her coffee and stopped.  Cino stopped drinking his coffee and looked at her.  He then got up and grabbed the creamer out the refrigerator.  He poured it until she nodded her head.  He stopped and put it back the fridge and grabbed a spoon and gave it to her.  She stirred her coffee and tasted it.  He watched her sip.  She looked at him and smiled.  He smiled back and went back to drinking his coffee and reading his phone.  What the hell is going on?  I thought looking at my husband again. 

            “How long have you two, been together?”  I asked looking from Cino to Ramona.  “I just met her the other day.”  He answered.  “That’s not possible.”  Damien said.  “How do you know each other so well?”  He asked.  “We don’t.”  Cino answered sipping his coffee again.  “Yeah, that’s not what I just saw.”  I said making Damien nod his head in agreeance.   

            “How’d you know with a glance she needed creamer?”  Damien asked.  Cino looked at him.  “Lucky guess.”  “How’d you know banana nut was her favorite muffin?”  I asked.  “I didn’t I thought that was the only flavor there.”  I looked at Ramona who was staring into space as she chewed her muffin.  “Why do you keep answering for her?”  I asked.  He smiled at me.  “Because I don’t want to talk.”  Ramona answered pushing the rest of her muffin to Cino.  He ate it then they both got up with their cups and put them in the sink.  He washed them she rinsed and placed them in the dish rack.  She walked out the back door followed by Cino.  I looked at Damien.  “They were like one person.”  He nodded his head.  “That was so freaky.” Jeremiah said.    

Ramona

            I sat on the passenger side of my car while Cino drove us around. I was so lost in my thoughts.  How could everything spiral out of control like this?  I could not believe this was my life right now.  Did I really make Kevin behave like this?  He said all he wanted was me.  I couldn’t understand why.  Yes, I knew I was beautiful and smart, but I was also fifty shades of crazy.  Anyone who knew me knew I referred to myself as sharing a body with seven people.  I was not a morning person and I snored and even drooled.  Why in the hell would anybody choose me to not only reproduce with but marry?  How deranged would my kids be? 

            I looked around and noticed I was standing in front of my car with Cino staring out at the beach.  I looked over at him.  He was smiling at a little boy helping his Dad build a sandcastle.  I smiled.  Even I had to admit it was cute.  I looked back at him. 

“Do you have any kids?”  He looked at me.  “Yeah, four girls.  They’re all grown up.”  I nodded and looked back at the little boys scooping up more sand.  “Do you want kids?”  He asked.  I smiled.  “Four.”  I answered.  “Wow. That’s a lot.”  I looked at him and laughed.  “You have four.”  “I know, that’s how I know it’s a lot.”   We laughed.  We looked back out at the beach.  “I want more.  I want a son of my own.”  He said.  “What do you mean?”  “Isiah isn’t my son.  He is Melissa’s.”  I nodded my head. 

The salty sea drowned my nostrils until I couldn’t take it anymore.  I walked to my trunk and opened it.  I pulled out my blanket and beach towel.  I sat it on the hood and took off my shorts and shirt.  I looked at Cino who was watching me like I had lost it but really didn’t mind because I was stripping naked.  I finally stripped down to my underwear and bra and grabbed my blanket and towel.  I looked at Cino who had just came out his shirt and shoes.  “What about your shorts?”  I asked playfully.  “Girl stop you just want to see my underwear.”  I laughed and ran towards the water. 

I dropped the blanket and towel and ran into the water.  I had made it to waist high water before Cino appeared behind me.  As the waves crashed into us, I took a deep breath and went under.  I listened to the calmness of the water and the crackling.  I looked behind me to Cino.  He seemed very uncomfortable.

  I reached out and grabbed his hand.  He would not open his eyes.  I touched his eyes making him open them.  He looked at me in shock.  I smiled at him and pulled him with me as I swam along the bottom. I brought us up for air for a moment.  I looked back at him.  He rubbed his bloodshot eyes before looking at me.  I smiled and took a deep breath.  He did the same. We both went back under.  I never let go of his hand. 

We swam along the bottom until I found my horseshoe crab.  He was wondering towards the shore.  I pointed towards it so Cino could see.  He smiled and nodded his head and pointed toward another one coming towards us.  By now it was time for air, so we went to the top.  We took our breaths and returned to our underwater kingdom.  We saw a school of fish, some jellyfish and a few unidentifiable creatures. 

We didn’t realize half the day had gone by until it got really cloudy.  We got out the water and dried off.  I couldn’t help but laugh at Cino who was in his boxers.  “What?”  He asked wrapping himself in the blanket.  “You went in in your boxers?”  “You just now noticed?”  “I thought you had on shorts.” “I took them off.” “Why are you being so bashful now?  I’ve already seen you naked.”  He smiled at me.

Cino

            Yes, she was right, she had seen me naked already. The reason I didn’t want to undress in front of her was because she made me so hard.  I didn’t want to freak her out.  I was trying to keep her calm and happy and off of last night’s events. 

            “For the record I am not bashful.”  I said to her.  She smiled.  “I am.”  I looked at her.  “No, you’re not.”  She nodded her head.  “You don’t seem shy.”  “I am extremely shy.  Just not with you.”  I couldn’t help but smile.  I felt ten feet tall.  “I’m hungry, let’s go.”  “Me too.”  She admitted.  We got in the car and drove through Popeye’s chicken drive thru.  We ordered our food and made our way to the pier.  I parked so we were facing the water and wouldn’t miss a thing.  We got out and sat on the hood of the car and ate our food and watched the sea life.  I quickly discovered she was mesmerized by dolphins.

            “There’s your buddy again.”  I said pointing to the dolphin out at sea.  I watched her watching it in awe.  I could see the excitement in her gray eyes watching and waiting.  Her eyes seemed to grow twice in size, if that was even possible because they were already huge, and when the light hit them just right, they sparkled, like a light hitting a diamond.  Her long eye lashes complemented her eyes perfectly.  They could easily be mistaken as fake eyelashes, but they were her natural lashes.  She was just so beautiful.  I watched how her long frizzing hair blew around her face.

            “What’s your nationality?”  I asked stealing her attention away from the dolphins.  “I’m black.”  She answered skeptically looking me up and down.  “Why?”  I smiled at her.  “I just asked.  Are you mixed with anything?”  She shook her head.  “No, just a lot of black people.”  She popped some fries in her mouth.  “What are you?”  I smiled.  “You can’t tell?”  She looked at me.  “Well looking at you I thought you were black too.  But clearly you’re not with that accent.”  “So, you’re saying if I don’t talk, I can pass as a black man?” She stared at me for a moment thinking about what I just said. “That is exactly what I am saying.”  We laughed.  “Thank you, I guess.”  “Your welcome!”  I shook my head as we laughed again.  “But anyways, I am Puerto Rican.”  She nodded her head and ate more fries.                       

 “Your babies are going to be so beautiful.”  I said without thinking.  I didn’t realize I said it until she stared straight ahead in a panic. 

Oh s**t, what do I do.

 “I’m sorry.”  I said quickly.  She looked at me out the corner of her eye and nodded her head.  “What is it about what I said that made you uncomfortable?”  She turned her head and looked at me.  The more she stared at me the less panic she was.  “I don’t know.  It’s just habit, I guess.  People start talking about how cute babies are and then the next thing you know they are trying to sneak cute babies in you.”  I couldn’t help but laugh.  She smiled.

 “I thought Ramona wanted four kids.”  “Ramona does want four kids.”  “So, which one of y’all don’t?”  She looked at me surprised.  “What do you mean?”  “There’s seven of you sharing a body, right?”  She laughed and looked away.  “You caught that huh?”  “Yeah.”  She looked at me.  “That doesn’t scare you?”  “Not yet.  But then again, I haven’t seen all seven personalities.”  “You don’t want to either.”  “Why it might be fun.  Plus, everyone needs love.” 

Ramona

            I watched him eat his fries and stare out at the water as the realization that the man of my dreams was sitting next to me.  He glanced at me and smiled.  “What?”  He asked.  I shook my head and looked back at the water. 

“What would you name them?”  I looked at him.  “My personalities?”  He laughed.  “I meant your kids, but yes let’s start with your personalities.”  He turned and faced me giving me his undivided attention.  I faced him and looked him in the eyes. 

“You really want to know?”  “Girl if you don’t tell me now.”  We couldn’t help but laugh.  “So, there’s Holly.”  “Holly?”  “Yes Holly!  Now shut up and listen.”  “Was that Holly talking or someone else?”  “That was Tanya.  She doesn’t play she keeps everyone on their toes.”  He nodded and continued watching me with a smile.  “Holly is the sweet one.  Then you have Gina, she’s the genius.  Then there is Mercedes.”  “She’s the freak, isn’t she?”  “Yes, she is.  And you have Sheena who is the gay one that just loves to f**k. She and Mercedes are besties. She likes to come out every now and then.  And then there is Hakeem.  He is the thug in the group.  He likes to blow s**t up and f**k s**t up.  It’s hard to stop him once he comes out.  He scares me when he comes out because he is capable of hurting anyone.” 

I looked back at Cino who was carefully watching me.  “Yes, you are crazy as shit.”  He said as we laughed.  “Don’t tell nobody else that s**t!”  I couldn’t help but laugh even harder.  “And one of your personalities is a f*****g man?  What kind of s**t is that?”  I was laughing so hard my sides began to hurt.

 “You have a cute laugh.”  “Thanks.”  “Look at that.”  I gestured towards the setting sun.  The scenery was so beautiful.  It looked like we were trapped inside a beautiful painting. “It’s beautiful.” All I could do was stare at the beautiful scene.  “It truly is.”  I looked at him.  He was staring at me like I was the most beautiful person he’d ever seen.  I smiled at him. 

We sat there a while until the sun set and the stars came out.  Then we drove back home.  He parked back in the back and we went in the house through the back door.  It sounded like everyone was in the living room, so it was easy for us to sneak in the room.  We were still in our towel and blanket.  We took a shower and got dressed for bed. 

Since it was Friday, I didn’t have to work in the morning.  Most of the time we all had the weekend off and Friday was movie night.   

Instead of just wearing my underwear and tank top, I put on a jersey over the tank top and sweatpants.  I looked at Cino who was in basketball shorts and a tank top.  He smiled at me.  I smiled back.  We then joined everyone in the living room.  I found a spot in between my sisters on the couch.  Cino sat on the love seat next to us where Damien was sitting.  Jeremiah was laying on the floor.  Lorenzo was leaning against my legs. Johnathan was on the other side of Carline and Derek was in the recliner next to him.  I cuddled up to my sisters and watched the movie Black and Blue.   I glanced at Cino who was smiling at me.  I smiled back not realizing I was drifting to sleep. 

I awakened a while later to Carline moving.  I sat up and looked at her as she laughed at me.  “You were snoring.”  “I’m sorry.”  “It’s okay.”  I glanced around the room and discovered everyone was half asleep and Cino was gone.  “Your boyfriend is on the phone.”  Daria joked.  I playfully shoved her.  “He’s not my boyfriend.”  Everyone looked at me like yeah right.  “What?  He’s not.  He has a wife.”  “Yet he is here with you.”  Damien said making me look at him.  What is he trying to say?  “What are you trying to say?”  “He’s your boyfriend.”  “He’s not.”  “He is.”  I shook my head as I walked out the room.

I walked in the kitchen and stopped and listened. 

Cino

            I was sitting in the backyard on the steps listening to Melissa break my heart.  About ten minutes ago my phone rang and it was her phone calling me.  I answered to hear her having s*x with another man.  I hung up and called back.

 “Why are you calling me?”  “You called me!  You wanted me out the house so you can bring that fuckboy in our house?”   I couldn’t control my anger.  “b***h please, you cheated first!  How does it feel?”  “I never cheated on you Melissa.  I swear to you on my life.  You are my wife!”  “So, f*****g what!  You should have thought about that when you were f*****g that b***h!  She only wants you for your money anyways!  Did your stupid ass even think about that?  What the f**k does she want with a sorry ass man like you!”

 I couldn’t stop my tears from drowning my eyes.  Before I knew it, they were soaking the ground.  “You are so f*****g pathetic.  I hate you!  I want a divorce!”  I couldn’t even speak.  I tried to breathe but couldn’t.  “Look at you crying like a little b***h! f**k nigga bye!”  She hung up the phone leaving me sitting there crying my soul out.  I couldn’t do anything but sit there and cry.

 My wife, my other half thought of me as someone who is pathetic and not worthy of loving.

 I felt someone kiss the back of my neck and hug me from behind.  I couldn’t see who it was, but I knew her touch.  Her knees hugged my waist, and she wrapped her arms tightly around me and laid her head with mine.  She sat there with me until I calmed down. She touched my soul when she wiped my tears away.  She then crawled around me, so she was sitting in my lap, but all of her weight was on her knees.  She smiled at me and wiped away the rest of my tears.    “Whatever it is it’s going to be okay.”  I stared at her for a moment.  “I’m sorry, I didn’t mean for you to see me like this.”  I tried to push her away and turn away from her.  She tightened her legs and held onto me.  “Like what?”  I looked away.  “Crying in front of you.  I am a man.”  She grabbed my face and turned it to her, so I was staring into those beautiful gray eyes.  “Cino, even Kings cry.”  

As miserable and heartbroken as I was, that was the moment I fell in love with her.  I closed my eyes and let her kiss my nose then forehead.  She then hugged the life back into me.  I hugged her as tight as I could letting her know I was there.  For the first time in a really long time it felt like everything was going to be okay. 

We stayed like that for a while before I finally picked her up and walked in the house with her.  I walked in her room and closed the door behind me.  I laid down in the bed with her still clinging to me. 

That’s when I noticed her eyes were closed tightly like she was afraid.  “What’s wrong?”  She opened one eye and looked at me and then around the room before she opened both eyes.  She took a breath of relief and smiled at me.  “You didn’t drop me!  I was scared as hell!”  We both laughed.  “Yes, so that was sexy as hell.”  She admitted relaxing under me.  I smiled at her.

“Are you comfortable?”  I asked watching her perfect smile.  “Um,” She wiggled around a little bit making me laugh again.  “Yeah, I’m comfortable.”  She answered.  “You are one in a lifetime.”  She smiled at me again.  “So are you.”  We stared at each other for a moment before I leaned over her and kissed her.  She stared at me wide eyed and made herself one with the bed.  I looked away from her to keep from laughing. “Uncomfortable again?”  I asked smiling at her.  She nodded her head profusely.  “You can shower with me but me kissing you makes you uncomfortable?”  “It’s the way you kissed me. I’ve never had that before.  Anything you’ve never had before when you get it for the first time makes you uncomfortable.  I’m sorry.” 

Ramona

            He looked away from me laughing.  “You know what, you are absolutely right.”  I sat up and looked at him in disbelief.  “I’m sorry, what did you just say?”  “What?  That you’re right?”   I closed my eyes and enjoyed those words echoing in my brain.  “Say it again!”  I whispered as he laughed.  He leaned close to my ear and whispered so sexy, “You are right.”  “OOH!”  I moaned making him laugh again.  “That moan was sexy as f**k!”  He laid on top of me hypnotizing me with those beautiful hazel eyes.  I watched him bite his bottom lip as he grinded his full-blown erection against my longing moist lips.  Even though we were fully clothed I still felt everything!  “Do it again.”  He whispered leaning down to kiss me but instead went for my neck. On impact I almost lost my mind and couldn’t help but moan.  I felt his strong hand roam all over my body.  Being under him made me feel so tiny.  He left my neck and let his tongue travel down my chest.  Oh my God! I thought watching him disappear under my shirt.  I felt him inhale my n****e which made my juices gush against my underwear.  I wanted him so bad it didn’t feel real.  All I could remember was my fantasy of him the other day.  I felt so hot and I needed him inside me!  He stopped and looked at me as if reading my mind.  His eyes burned into mine and he held me at his mercy.  “Are you ready to be mine?” He asked.  I felt more of my juices rush out my body.  “I’m all yours my king.”  He smiled before drowning me in kisses. 

            The next thing I knew our clothes were flying all over the place.  We didn’t stop until I felt his steel erection rubbing against my aching soaked lips.  He rubbed himself against me so slowly making me crave him even more!  He stared into my eyes and slowly and gently entered me.  I held his face to mine, and he wrapped his strong arm around my waist and rested the other one on my thigh and fought his way into me.

 I wrapped my legs around his waist to help him inside. He never broke his stare. He went as deep as he could go and stopped.  He buried his face in my chest and shivered against me.  I froze not knowing what to do.  “I am so sorry.” He said without looking up.  Wow!  I thought unable to control my laughter.  “It’s been a while and you feel so good.  I’m sorry.”  He sat back so I was straddling him. 

I still felt him deep inside me. Just out of curiosity I began slowly grinding my hips into him.  He moaned into my chest and I felt him growing inside me.  I lifted his head to meet my stare.  “Don’t be sorry.  You have nothing to be sorry for.”  I felt his hands digging into my back and butt with each stroke.  I reached down and kissed him with my soul.

 Why the hell did I do that?  That awakened the beast within. He flipped us over, so he was on top. He grabbed my hips and pounded me into the bed.  I wrapped my arms tightly around his neck to hold on.  That was all I could do and surrender to him.  I closed my eyes and enjoyed everything he was giving me. 

“Open your eyes.”  He whispered slowing down his pace.  I quickly opened my eyes to see what was wrong.  His stare caught me again and I couldn’t look away.  He then deepened his thrusts and played with my sanity.  “I need you to see me.  I need you to know that this is Cino.”  He whispered to me. He devoured my neck and I gasped for air. “You belong to Cino now?”  I nodded my head unable to speak.  He licked my neck and thrusted even deeper inside me.

 I felt my soul leave my body and I cried out in pleasure.  I held him as tight as I could letting my soul run around the room doing cartwheels and backflips before returning to me.  He smirked and stared deep into my eyes again. I shivered against him. “Your all mine now.”