Camp Hardwood by Alexa Riley
Epilogue
Van
Ten years later…
“Did you pack your bug spray?” I ask as I check the pack for the millionth time.
“Yes, Dad,” Ariel says, and I can hear her eye roll.
“I’m just making sure.” I place her sleeping bag next to it but don’t make a move to pick it up.
“Come on, Dad, I’m going to be late.” Ariel tugs at my arm and I look over to see Tia giving me a look.
“What?” I ask her and she raises an eyebrow telling me to stop. “Fine,” I grunt, turning to face Ariel. “We’ll go, but first I want a kiss and a hug. And don’t rush it, because I’m not going to see you for ten whole days and I need it to last.”
She beams up at me and throws herself in my arms as I scoop her up and swing her around.
It’s our oldest daughter’s first sleep-away camp and I think I’m having the hardest time out of everyone. Tia seems nervous but she’s putting on a braver face than I am. I’m just obsessively checking her bags and stalling.
“It’s totally fine that you didn't want to spend your summer at Camp Hardwood,” I tease.
“Dad, we live there, it doesn’t count.” She looks up at me with dark eyes just like her mother. “Besides, this is girl scout camp, so no boys allowed.”
“Why do you think I agreed to it?” I say as I kiss her on the top of her head.
She shakes her head as Tia comes over and they have a quick snuggle. Her sister and brother already told her goodbye this morning before we left. Tia and I wanted this time alone to say goodbye thinking it would be easier on her if we weren’t all there. But in reality it’s hard on me no matter who is here to see it.
Ariel is our firstborn but she’ll always be my baby. Just like all of our kids, I still think of them as newborns even though the years have flown by. I glance over at Tia as I grab the bags and we walk to the camp registration. She and Ariel are talking, but as the light dances in Tia’s red hair I forget everything else but just how beautiful my wife is.
I’m struck so often by how lucky we are that we found one another in the middle of nowhere. She’s still the absolute best thing that’s ever happened to me and through her she’s given me so much love and joy.
“Promise me, no kisses when we get to the cabin,” Ariel warns and it’s then I see a flash of my temper cross her eyes. I know exactly where that came from and part of me loves it. The part that doesn’t have to deal with attitude when she’s being extra sassy.
“Scouts honor,” I agree and hold up three fingers.
She thinks it over for a second and decides I’m not lying. She gets her registration pack and I carry her stuff to the cabin. I keep my word and don’t kiss her anymore, but I do pull her in for a bear hug until she giggles and squeals for me to let her go. Just before I do, she hugs me back and it’s the sweetest damn thing ever.
Tia and I leave hand in hand and we’re quiet as we make our way back to the car. It’s her first real time being away from us that isn’t with my parents and she didn’t give us a backwards glance. Why am I struggling so much with this?
“Hey,” Tia says, squeezing my hand and breaking my concentration.
“Hey,” I say back as I try to shake off my gloomy mood and pull her close.
“Want to take our time going back and sneak off in the woods?” She wiggles her eyebrows at me as her hands come around my waist.
“And what would we do there?” I ask, my cock growing heavy with excitement.
“Try not to get caught.”
“That’s half the fun,” I say as I pull her flush against me and let her feel how much I like the idea.
“What’s the other half of the fun?”
“Me eating your pussy while you hold on to a tree and try not to scream.” I lick my lips as my mouth begins to water and she nods her head.
“You’ve got a deal.”
We both jump into the car excitedly and I pull out of the parking lot. In the back of my mind I know she’s using this as a distraction to get me out of my bad mood. But hey, it worked, and I get to lick my wife's sweet cunt. What more could I possibly need to make me feel better? I was already given the whole world the day she came into my life. Now all I have to do is cherish it. Forever.
THE END
