My Son(50)

“I need to feel sand and sea”

They had all laughed and Kelly still surprised at the change in him, was never the less relieved that the tension had gone, however she found herself unsettled with feelings of jealousy running through her. Damn him and Olivia Prentiss she determined as she had rushed upstairs to pack bags for an outing, while he helped Beth prepare the picnic.

“What are you up to Marc” the woman had asked suspiciously

“I don’t know what you mean” he replied not meeting her gaze

She frowned. Beth Green knew that look.

The beach was as usual deserted with its wonderful soft sand and clear waters which were shallow and warm. Kelly had already changed into her costume in the villa, so as it turned out had Marc, so the two of them prepared Max’s assortment of swimming rings and bands and changed him into his costume. After covering him with lotion against the hot rays of the sun they had all moved into the water. The young boy was in his glory splashing and kicking his feet laughing happily the whole time and Marc and Kelly had taken it in turns to push him from one to the other much to his amusement. After an hour they had returned to their belongings and laying out the food on a towel had dug into yet another wonderful Beth spread. Even Max who was now happily munching on a sandwich had come out of the water without his usual screams. When finished with the food he had looked around spotting a ball and turned to Kelly and Marc who both busy with their lunch had ignored his outstretched hands and his “bbbb” noises.

However, as he slowly pulled himself onto shaky legs they had became excited

“Marc, Marc …. He’s standing” Kelly whispered in awe as he had laughed back at her

“I can see that” as he had quickly retrieved his phone from his pocket and hitting the record button captured his son’s first steps.

Kelly had held her breath as the small boy moved one foot shakily in front of the next stopping to hold his balance before trying another step, the whole time concentrating wholly on the ball he wanted so badly. As he had reached the toy he had fallen back down onto the sand, happily pulling his reward into his hands

Kelly looked over at Marc her eyes shining with tears “He walked” she cried in wonder

“Our little boy walked”

Something in him had tightened as she used the word “our” but he smiled back at her still recording the scene

By now she was waving her hands in excitement, so that he had laughed aloud

“Way to go for playing it cool mom” he said his voice full of humour as she had turned to him and smiled a dazzling smile of sheer happiness, which turned his whole insides into jelly, before sticking her tongue out.

Finishing lunch they had cleared it away, before Max had crawled up into Kelly’s arms and cuddling into her had fallen fast asleep. They had then laid him gently on a towel with umbrellas shielding him from the sun to allow him to rest peacefully. Kelly and Marc then lay down side by side on separate towels, chatting as they used to, Kelly now once more relaxed, no longer wary of what had passed between them less than 2 days previously, although she still felt the same tremors as he lay as close to her and she had told herself that once everything went back to normal the misguided feelings of love she felt for this man would disappear.

Suddenly Marc had raised himself onto one elbow to look down at her, Kelly’s whole body tightening as small alarm bells started going off throughout her. Feeling as her mouth had felt dry she realised that she wanted to feel his lips on hers, wanted to feel the weight of him once more on her as she had held her breath in anticipation. Marc had watched seeing her nipples harden and her lips part provocatively, and with a sweet smile not even hinting that he had seen the signals her body was sending his he reached over her to take the suntan lotion from where it sat on her other side.

“Would you mind doing my shoulders” he had asked gently sitting up for her to reach, as Kelly had looked at his back with obvious confusion

“S...sure” she replied also sitting up

Spraying some onto his broad shoulders, she had then slowly rubbed the lotion into his skin with soft circular movements of her hand. She had remembered how her touch had driven him wild and the way he had shivered under her, and found her touch becoming more provocative. However, he sat there totally unmoved by her actions and Kelly’s thoughts once more returning to Olivia Prentiss. Had he found a release for all those emotions? Kelly looked at the back of his head her mind a total turmoil of contradicting thoughts as cold panic rose within her, not fully understanding her feelings, as at that moment he had sprung up kneeling behind her

“I’ll do you now” he said in a friendly tone