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A Ride to Heaven and Back

By: darkstone57



Author's note: I did this one a while back, let me know what you think and if you like it, i will submit the other chapters for it, if not, well, can't win them all



"Here we are darlin', you sure you won't go on to New York with me?" The trucker who had picked her up in Miami grinned at her as she gathered up her duffel bag from the bunk. "You've been good company."

Reni Marks smiled brightly at him. "So have you Mick, and I wish you well, but I got to head west. Home is calling and after three years of being away, I am ready to answer." Leaning across the doghouse, she gave him a quick kiss. "Take care hon, and drive careful, not enough good people in the world, would hate to lose another one."

He nodded. "Back at you sweetheart, remember; you need anything, just call my cell. Load or not, I will be there as fast as this old rig can fly."

Reni knew he spoke the truth, he was a good guy and she might have stayed with him longer if she didn't need to go home. Instead, she had to say good bye and find another ride to take her closer to her past. It wasn't something she wanted to do, but the call was strong in her and she had to answer it.

Throwing her duffel down before her, she moved to climb out of the shiny red Kenworth and hit the ground with ease. Closing the door, she stepped back and made sure he saw her wave before he pulled out. He had hoped to have time to have dinner with her, but a call to his dispatcher had told him he was already running behind. He honked the air horn once, leaving her standing and watching as he left for the interstate.

With a sigh, Reni straightened her skirt and picked up the duffle bag. It wasn't heavy, the last three years she had learned to travel light, just the bare essentials. Anything else she could possibly need was available at the truck stop stores or such. She had also learned early that truckers made the best rides. Most were out so much that they found little to fill the lonely hours behind the wheel, and those that she had spent time with had been full of all kinds of stories. None of them had refused her request when she asked if it was alright if she used them in the book she wanted to write.

The notebooks were all safely back home with her parents. She only kept five with her at a time. The others were shipped off as soon as there were two or three of them full. Which reminded her, she needed to find a post office. The days spent with Mick had filled two more, giving her six to send home this time. That gave her over fifty, more then enough to fill her book.

"THE BOOK." From the very start it had been how her parents had referred to it since she had first talked about it. The book she had dreamed of writing since she was a kid. It would be a book of discovery and growth, the great American Novel. Her parents were to blame, growing up she had been filled with stories of their adventures in the sixties, stories of hippie communes and love-ins and anti-war protests. She had heard of Woodstock and Monterey Music Festival, of the Hells Angels and the Rolling Stones. Her parent's attic was full of psychedelic art work and old vinyl records of such artists as Janis Joplin, and Jimi Hendrix. They had talked of the Grateful Dead, and San Francisco.

THE BOOK would cover three years of her life, from the day she left home after her graduation from high school, to now, at age twenty one and the places she had been and seen. She had traveled Route 66 and seen the Statue of Liberty; she had stood in Frisco's Chinatown and watched as they fixed foods that made her gag to think about, from San Antonio, Texas to Juneau, Alaska. The only place she hadn't visited was Hawaii and that was because she had both a fear of flying and of water travel.

Turning to look at the cafe, she sighed. Well, she was getting closer, this was Albuquerque, New Mexico and home was less then two thousand miles away. She would eat, get a room somewhere and prepare for another leg of her trip.

* * *

A tired looking waitress gave her a menu and she sat at the counter as she looked it over. The restaurant was busy, full of drivers, families and the odd on looker like her. That was a sure sign the food was good, but she had little appetite tonight. Finally she chose a chef's salad and a large ice tea, only to have a voice come from her left. "That isn't much for a body to survive on, you on one of those weird diets?"

Why did everyone figure if she ate light, she was on a diet? She had long ago come to terms with her being taller then average and full figured. Personally, she liked her body, large, well shaped breasts, a waist that tucked in a bit, and nice soft flaring hips that joined with long, well shaped legs. Her opinion was, if you didn't like how she looked, don't bother looking. And more then a few men did look at her, she was attractive enough in the face, with her long, sun bleached blonde hair and exotic shaped eyes. They were the color of an emerald, and her features were clear and well defined. Over her time traveling, she had been complimented on every part of her body and she did mean every part of her body. She had given her favor to only one man and it had been strictly her choice. If a man had gotten too pushy, she simply asked him to pull over and let her out. Few refused when she asked.

"Actually, I'm not very hungry tonight, I had a large lunch." Which was true, she had eaten well when she and Mick had stopped. She didn't turn to look at the questioner.

"Was he tasty...?" He spoke again, this time softer and closer to her ear.

That did make her look and she gave a sharp inhale of breathe as her eyes met the most beautiful blue eyes she had ever seen. They were almost blue ice and they were deep set in a face that showed some age, but not as much as some she had met. He wore a five o'clock shadow that was as dark as the hair on his head, and highlighted his square jawed looks. The rest of his face showed full lips, a strong, long narrow nose. The man could have been a movie star with just his face alone.

"Actually, I have no idea; he had a wife in Springfield, Ohio and three gorgeous kids." She kept her tone as steady as was possible; normally she would have been sarcastic, but couldn't find it this time.

"You mean to tell me he let you out of his truck and didn't taste some of that fine looking flesh?" He grinned, revealing perfect, white teeth. "I need to find that boy and find out how he did it."

Reni frowned at the leer she now saw his face had take on. "I'll give you his cell phone number and you can call and ask him; while you're at it, you might ask him for lessons in manners." She reached in her purse and threw a twenty on the counter as the waitress appeared with her meal. "Give it to someone who can handle your customers."

She went out into the now night air and lit a cigarette with shaking fingers. God, she hated men like that. Men who thought they had to be coarse and disgusting. It was revolting. She had run into enough of them over the last three years and had learned to avoid them like the plague. Well; it just went to show that even perfect looks hid a dark side. Too bad he was so damn handsome.

"Hey, hold up. Stop dammit, come on will you?" A male voice made her pause until she saw who it was. Instead, she began to walk faster toward the street where she could catch a cab. She was almost there when he caught hold of her arm and pulled her to a stop. "Damn girl, stop already, I came to apologize to you. I saw you crawl out of the truck earlier and I thought..."

Reni knew what he had thought; she had run into the kind of women he had grouped her in with, women who traded bodies for rides or for money in general. She had gotten stories from them too, and they had been both funny and heartbreaking. "Okay, you apologized, now will you let me go before I scream? I don't appreciate being manhandled."

He let her go. "Seriously though, I do want to apologize. Come back in and let me buy you dinner. I mean a real dinner, none of that damn rabbit food." His voice was totally sincere. "We don't even have to eat there if you want something else. I saw a real nice steak house down the street about a block or so."

"I was serious about eating earlier, but any pizza parlors around?"

His grin returned full blast. "As a matter of fact...Uh, my name's Devlin Morris, and you are...?" The leer was gone, now real curiosity had entered his gorgeous eyes

"Reni Marks." She took the hand he held out, large and strong but his grip was easy on hers. It was a good thing, she was sure if he had really gone all out, her hand would have been in a cast by the end of the night. "Nice to meet you, I guess."

"It's nice to meet you Reni. There is a pizza place just up here a little ways. Serve a great veggie pizza and very nice chicken garlic one made perfect. The salad bar is stocked with all kinds of goodies." He offered her his arm. "Shall we go raid it?"

Despite herself, she took his arm and smiled. "My safety is in your hands."

"You are very safe there, believe me Reni. I only make an ass of myself once a night."

Her laughter mingled with his and as they walked, she noticed that not only was he half a head taller then her, but he was well built, with broad shoulders and narrow hips and legs that were hugged by the best fitting jeans she ever seen, talk about great legs. The sleeveless tee shirt he wore showed arms that were well tanned and it was clear that he worked on keeping his body in shape.

* * * 

Devlin Morris looked at the gorgeous blond and saw she was actually smiling at him now. He still felt like a fool for making the assumptions that he had, but it was hard to tell. She didn't look like a lot of the females he had seen before, but who could tell? After eighteen years of driving and owning his own trucking company, it simply bugged him that he had misjudged her so badly.

They had arrived at the pizza parlor, found one they both agreed on, and filled their plates at the salad bar before finding a place to sit down. Now, with a pitcher of soda between them, they ate their salads and talked.

"So what brings you to Albuquerque Reni? Ever been here before?"

She shook her head, and wiped her mouth. "No, but I was hoping to on my way home. And here I am, since home is where I am heading. Back to Portland, the one in Oregon, not Maine. After three years, it's time to go home." She sounded both happy and sorry.

"Will it be a good homecoming or a bad one?"

"Both actually, I'm looking forward to going home, and my parents will be happy to have me home, I just wish it was under better circumstances. I been traveling in Florida for the last month, I called home like I do every time I am getting ready to move on, and my mother tearfully informed me that my dad has just been diagnosed with Cancer. The big C as she referred to it. So, I caught a ride out with Mick the next day and he brought me here."

"Surprised you didn't fly home."

"Inner ear problem can't fly. Don't do trips on deep water either." She sighed. "I hate to think that I wasted three years on this and how I could have been home spending time with him."

"Was he against you leaving?" She shook her head. "Then maybe it worked out the way it should have. Was this trip something you really wanted to do?"

"Oh yeah, I been dreaming of this since I was a kid, traveling the country the way my folks did back in the sixties. Well almost like that. They didn't have plastic or cell phones." Her smile returned. "My folks did it all, Frisco, communes, Woodstock, the whole Hippie thing."

"You don't look much like a hippie." If anything she looked like a well dressed young lady who kept up with the current fashion. A denim skirt cut a little above her knee, a soft flowing top with short sleeves and knee high black boots that accented her long legs. She had a fine figure and he had to admit to himself that he had felt a real arousal when she had sat beside him. Hell, his cock had gone to full attention and so far it was still there.

"I'm not, I don't do drugs, don't drink more then an occasional glass of wine, and I don't sleep with every man who asks me. Just one who was kind of cute and had a nice body. Actually, I have been interviewing truck drivers as I was traveling. They are almost like the hippies of the sixties, always moving, always on the go. Sort of cowboys - hippie - free wheeling type of life style."

Devlin laughed. Not at her but at the idea her words conjured up. It was true in a way. His own parents had been hippies in a way. The life he remembered growing up with had influenced him and his love of the road had come from traveling in his parents' old beat up VW van. It had been good and bad. "Your parents must have been older then most when they had you."

She licked her lips. "Actually, no, see they aren't really my parents. They're actually my grandparents. My mom got pregnant by a man and he deserted her as soon as she told him. Mom, the one who raised me, well she decided that rather then my mom have an abortion or give me up, her and grandpa would raise me. I had a good childhood, and I love them as much as I love my real mom. She's legally my sister, but she's been as much a mom to me as grandma. And the whole family never treated me as anything but their daughter."

Devlin wondered how content she really was with the situation. It must be hard on her at times. He changed the subject back to her travels. "So you interviewed all these truckers. What kind of stuff did you learn?"

"It would be a lot easier to say what I didn't learn from them, a lot about trucks, their families, all kinds of stuff. I heard stories and jokes and met all sorts. It's going to be about them and my own journey and how they helped me grow in more then age. I learned a love of the country that I never would have just staying back home. It was an eye-opening experience. A lot of folks don't realize how hard truckers work either; I'm going to make sure my book tells them."

He could almost want to applaud her for that. Most people didn't know what a life on the road did to the men who brought them the things most of them had in their homes. If she hadn't been trading sex for rides, he got the idea that a lot of the men she had rode with had gotten a hard worker in exchange. It would explain her gold toned skin and the tone of her body; a body that was making him remember how long it had been since he had felt a warm body in his bed. More then once during the walk here she had brushed against him and he had enjoyed it.

"So, you're hoping for a ride to Portland from here huh?"

"I hope to at least find one that is headed that direction. Even someone going to Seattle could drop me off. I don't know the ones from here, why I usually stay in a place month of two before moving on. Gives me a chance to get to know folks and learn who the best to talk to is."

Her planning surprised him. "How long you been planning this?"

"Since I was a kid, but I didn't leave home until I was eighteen. Mom and dad insisted I finish high school, and all." She took a bite of her salad.

"I am really impressed Reni, most eighteen years old would have just packed a bag, and headed out. But you really took time to think this out and plan." It wasn't a lie, he had done the same, but over time he had met too many kids who had just walked away without thinking what might be waiting out there for them. "So are mom and dad paying for this?"

She licked salad dressing from her fork, a gesture that made his heart skip a beat. "Half of it, the deal was they would pay half if I saved up at least twenty five hundred dollars before I graduated. That's a lot of babysitting and going with out new clothes and all the trappings for a girl."

He could imagine. "I bet your boyfriends hated you in high school, having to spend dates helping you babysit."

Her eyes glittered with amusement. "Hmm, boys were a no-no for me. I was too involved in reaching my goal. I didn't need the distraction. Which made most of the boys I grew up with all the more determined. It was funny in a way, they knew I was going to turn them down, but they all still asked."

Devlin knew he would have asked. He would have asked her until he wore her down and she accepted simply to shut him up. "So you never have been on an actual date?"

"Nope, not a single one, I always knew there was time for it later, and if there wasn't, well I hear cats make very nice companions." Her amusement was clear; she had worked too hard on her dreams to let herself be distracted.

He understood how she had felt. From the first time he had seen the shiny big rigs on the highways his parents traveled he had wanted to drive one. He had worked hard in school and even harder to make his dream come true. By the time he turned twenty one, he had been able to buy his first rig. At thirty six, he owned more then fifty of them and employed over two hundred people, from receptionists in his Seattle offices to mechanics who were the best in the business. He paid the best wages in the country and each year at least ten percent of his drivers actually bought their rigs outright. He rewarded hard work, but was fast to remove anyone who wasn't doing his or her share. When you owned the best, you expected the best, and that was that.

Still, it had cost him. He hadn't married, hadn't known the joy of a new baby or coming home to a woman after weeks on the road. His own sisters and brothers had fallen in love, raised families, and been happy. He had been little more then a doting uncle who came at birthdays and Christmas loaded with presents for smiling nieces and nephews. More then once he had been asked when he was going to settle down, raise a house full of kids. He had never been able to answer.

Not that it was that he hadn't known women who hoped to tie him down, more then a few had tried, but none had been able to cure the call of the road or replace the feel of a big rig in his hands. There was nothing like hearing a sweet sounding engine or knowing you were in control of sixty thousand pounds of power and steel to make a man feel the biggest rush in his life.

The waitress brought their pizza and he did his best to get out of the lonely mood he had put himself in, and wondered why he should feel lonely tonight. He was sitting across a table from the best looking woman he had seen in a long time, and she was something he had never expected to meet out here, a woman with as much determination and drive as he felt himself. A woman that he hoped he would find in his bed before the night was over, but he wouldn't rush it. He knew instinctively that Reni was not a woman to rush. Like him, she would do things in her own way.

* * *

It was late when they left the pizza parlor, and the air had cooled a bit as they walked back to the truck stop. The sounds around them were those of a hundred other cities around the world, but for Devlin it might have been just the two of them talking and laughing as they walked. Reni had a good sense of humor and she was quick to come back to his quips.

Finally they arrived at the truck stop but before going inside, he looked at her. "So what will you do now? Stay here and try to find a driver headed out tonight?"

She shook her head. "No, probably find a hotel or something nearby, call a cab, and go sleep until I wake up. I know I should rush but I been doing things a certain way for so long that it's just habit."

He could tell she was getting tired; there was no way of knowing how long she had been awake. No, now was not the time for her to find a ride, she might end up making the wrong choice and not live to regret it. "There's a place I stay at when I am in town, let me call and see if they have a room available for you. I can get you the trucker rate."



A Ride to Heaven and Back Ch. 02



Reni snuggled down in the softest bed she had felt in a long time, and wished who ever was knocking on her door was going away. It had woken her from the nicest dream she had known for quite some time, and it had revolved around Devlin Morris. Those ice blue eyes... She sat up with a start. Oh Lord, Devlin, he had said he would come by to take her down to breakfast. And she was lying here in bed, nude and he was at the door. Oh Lord.

Jumping out, she almost fell as she pulled the sheet off the bed and wrapped it around herself toga style. As she reached the door, her heart had found a slower rhythm and she was able to open it with more organized thoughts. Sure enough, there he was, looking just as gorgeous as he had last night in the pizza parlor. He was wearing a clean shirt, jeans and had shaved the shadow away.

"I was beginning to think you had run out on me in the night." His eyes moved up and down her carelessly draped body. "I like the look, but the management might object to having a roman goddess appear in a dining room loaded with guests."

She blushed from head to toe, and everywhere in between. "I...I just woke up." Damn he was having an affect on her that she hadn't felt in a while. Her one adventure into the world of man woman relations had been good but the male half hadn't affected her as badly as this. "I...I should go get dressed..." God, she was sputtering like a school girl.

He came in and closed the door. "Go ahead; I'll pretend to be the guard at the queen's chambers keeping out unwanted peepers."

She swallowed hard and nodded. Her body wanted to say come look at me, her head was begin more reasonable. Doing her best to keep the sheet around her, she gathered up her bag and almost ran into the bathroom. "Be right back."

Twenty minutes later she opened the door and found him sitting on the edge of the bed, flipping television channels. He looked up and nodded. "Very nice, that was the fastest a woman ever got ready I think."

"I've learned to be fast. Most truckers can't wait hours for the whole nine yards."

"Well, I am in no hurry; I'm empty and waiting for a load, a load north as a matter of fact. It seems the boss wants me to make one to Seattle, something about my being needed up there."

She gathered up her discarded clothes from the night before. "You're based in Seattle?"

"Yeah, the boss likes it up there."

Reni looked at the small pile in her hands, skirt, blouse, bra, now where were her...? She went to the floor to check under the bed. When she came up, he was holding the missing article of clothing, the bright red silk thong dangling from his finger.

"Are you looking for these?" His tone was the most innocent she had ever heard, but his smile gave it away.

"Yes, thanks..." Reaching out to snatch them away, she saw him draw his finger out of her reach. "Hey."

Devlin looked at the panties on his finger, then back at her. "I think I deserve a finder's fee, after all you might have left and never known where they disappeared to."

She considered his words. "So what do you want?"

He grinned, showing that same lopsided grin she had seen so much last night. "A kiss, that's all, just one little kiss from you."

"Okay but give me the underwear first." She held out her hand for them.

"Uh-uh, kiss first, or better yes, how about we do a same time exchange? While you kiss me, I'll slip them in your back pocket; unless those jeans are so tight that a little piece of fabric won't fit."

"Fine then, a mutual exchange." Oh be still her pounding heart, because the idea of kissing a man like him was sending it into overdrive.

He stood up and drew her out from the other side of the bed. His hand was rough, but gentle on her skin at the same time. "Now, this has to be a real kiss, no peck on the cheek or such, a real kiss, or I keep the panties."

Could they just get this over with, before she passed out from lack of breathing? "I don't think they're your size, or color."

"Hmm, but that red would look so good hanging in my window." He reached out and drew her tight against him. "Wrap your arms up around my neck Reni."

"I know how to kiss Devlin. I'm not completely naïve."

He chuckled and when she was securely in his arms, he bent his head to claim his reward. The first touch of his lips told her what she had suspected, they were full, but hard and as he held her she found herself wanting it to never end. Even when his tongue slipped between her lips and began to duel with hers, she found herself moving closer to his body, especially the lower part. And he talked about tight jeans. His were so tight she could feel the bulge there. He was fully aroused.

He was aroused? She felt like her body was on fire. Her nipples were rock hard under her shirt and bra, and the fire between her legs was stronger then a furnace. She barely felt his hands as they reached down to cup her ass and squeeze it. To hell with her panties, he could keep the damn things, just throw her back on the bed and have his way with her. She wouldn't fight, wouldn't scream, except maybe with pleasure. It didn't help when he slid his leg between hers to balance them better and she knew her heat was radiating out to where he could feel it.

It got worse when he let one of his hands move up to the swell of her breasts and begin to fondle it so softly that it was more like a dream touch. One of them groaned and she wasn't sure who it was, him or her. Not only was he gorgeous, but he could make a woman feel like they were the only two people in the world.

A buzzing cell phone interrupted the interlude and both of them gave a groan as they reached for the miracle of technology on their belts. She saw it was her mom and was tempted not to answer. Instead she flipped it open and put it to her ear. "Good morning mom." As much as she hated to, she moved out of his grip and sat at the foot of the bed. "How's it going?"

Her mom sounded tired. "Better, your dad is at the hospital, first chemotherapy session. So are you on your way home?"

"I'm in Albuquerque, New Mexico; I'm hoping to get a ride out today or tomorrow at the latest." She saw Devlin mouthing "tomorrow" as he sat down next to her. A little too close, but he didn't let her stand up and move away from him when she tried. There was something about talking to her mom and having his kissing the back of her neck at the same time. Not to mention the feel of his hands on her breasts. God, she felt like an over wound watch.

"Well, do your best. I know we have some time, but you know dad, he wants to make sure you have all the instructions and know all the plans. And he misses you as bad as I do. I know this was something you had to do sweetheart, but we need you home. Your...sister...isn't taking this well at all."

"You know sis, she's over emotional." Lord he was making her actually shiver now, nipping at her skin with sharp little bites and his hands were under her shirt now. She felt her bra open and as his fingers cupped her bare flesh, she groaned loudly.

"Are you alright Reni, you sound a little breathless."

"Well, Albuquerque is over a mile up mom, the air is a little thin like Denver."

"Then the sooner you leave the better. I'll let you go for now and call tonight will you, your father wants to talk to you."

She promised her mom she would and as she hung up she felt as if she might pass out but not from the thin air. "Oh God, Devlin..."

He ran his lips over her ear. "I want you Reni; I want you so bad..."

She turned to look at him and their mouths met again in a kiss that was full of hunger and need. He wasn't the only one who wanted it. She had never wanted it as bad as she did right now. "I thought you wanted breakfast."

He laughed as he pushed her back on the bed and moved to straddle her hips. "You're breakfast honey; we'll go down for lunch. Then we'll come back up and have dessert."

"And dinner?"

"Dinner we'll leave to room service." He bent to give her a fast kiss, and then began to pull off his tee shirt. The chest he revealed was as broad and muscular as his shoulders and she couldn't resist the temptation to run her fingers through his chest hair, not an over abundance of it, but just enough to highlight and it trailed down his flat stomach to disappear into his jeans. As her palms slipped over his nipples he moaned and covered her hands with his. "Hmm, touch me darlin', it's been a long time since I felt a woman touch me so nice."

That was a little hard to believe, she had seen the looks he had gotten from the women at the pizza parlor, but maybe he was one of those men who concentrated more on work then anything else. She lifted her body so he could remove her shirt and bra as well, and she took the opportunity to lick his nipples just once. They hardened as much as hers were and he bent his head to take her mouth with his.

Devlin was going crazy, if he didn't take her soon, he was going to make a fool of himself big time. He hadn't wanted a woman this bad in ages. Every where she touched him his body felt like there were little bonfires burning and his cock was aching for relief. He could hold out for a while, enough to make her pleasure even better but there was no way he was letting her out of this room before he had wore them both out.

He had suffered last night through the most pornographic dreams he had ever experienced. And this morning watching her move in nothing but that sheet, god, she had no idea how close she had come to having him throw her on the bed and have his wicked way with her. Thank god she wasn't a virgin. He would have made her wonder if all men were animals, because that was how she made him feel, like an animal in high rutting season.

He ran his hands down over her slightly rounded belly and up to find her breasts again. She had such nice breasts, and her nipples were the size of plump, juicy grapes. Bending down to capture one in his teeth, he felt the vibration on his hip before the first ring. He gave a vocal and mental groan, son of a bitch, not now, not when he was so close to heaven. His first impulse was to take it and throw it against the wall, to see it smashed into a hundred little pieces. His second was to totally ignore it for the prize below him, but in the end...

His voice was little more then a growl. "This better be one fucking important phone call!"

The voice of one of his dispatchers sounded shaky as he replied. "Well Mr. Morris, you did tell us to call you as soon as we got you a load back to Seattle. And this is a rush order so..."

Devlin took a deep breath then exhaled slowly. "I know Pete, so how rush and where do I pick it up?" He moved off her reluctantly, and dug out the notepad he always carried in his back pocket.

"Intel there in Albuquerque, and it needs to be in Seattle for a boat to Japan in four days. It's some kind of electrical parts I guess. It came up about twenty minutes ago. They need you loaded and on the road no later then eight pm tonight."

"Okay, give me all you got." He looked at Reni and for once wished he had never gotten into this business. She was sitting up now, fixing her clothes and looking as disappointed as he felt. He felt better when she stood up and walked up behind him, resting her head against his bare back. Her lips were cool on his fiery skin and he wanted to reach around had draw her close to his chest. Well, they still had time to be together and she had her ride home. When he hung up, he did pull her around to lean against his chest. "I got you a ride, if you can put up with me in a semi for the time it takes me to get to Portland. Got a rush load from Intel."

"Oh, I think I can bear it, so we go now?"

"No, first we eat, won't have time for what I wanted to have, but there's still time for that down the road a ways."

She nodded and grabbed her bag. "So let's go."

He laughed as he pulled on his tee shirt and reached for a piece of red silk lying on the bed. "Don't forget these darlin'."

She gave him a saucy smile. "Put them up in your window."

Shoving them in his back pocket with his notebook he grabbed her hand they went down to the dining room. It was crowded but they found a table and after breakfast, he went to settle the bill. It would all be sent to his office as usual, and when Reni started to protest, he shook his head. "I'll send you a copy of the bill; you can pay me back once you're back at home. Your folks need you home Reni, worry about that, not a hotel bill." He needed her too, and he was going to make sure that once he dropped her off, he had a good reason to visit Portland often.

The load was ready and once on the road, he felt the all too familiar rush of it. He glanced at Reni and saw she was feeling it too. It was in her face and in her eyes, a look of pleasure that matched the rhythm of the Caterpillar engine's roar and the throb of the tires on the road. It alone was almost like a sexual high and she looked more desirable in the setting sun then he had ever anyone look before. The ride to heaven had begun and neither of them could wait. 



A Ride to Heaven and Back Ch. 03



Author's Note:

Yeah, I'm back after a small vacation, but real life has a way of making you remember that there are things that need to be done before you can go back to doing something you love.

I know a lot of people have been waiting for this and here it is.

hugs

darkstone57

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Reni left the bathroom and went across the quiet parking lot of the rest area to where Devlin had parked his truck. It was late, after midnight and he was tired. He had told her that it always took him a few hours to get used to the routine after a long time off the road. So they would take a couple hours, rest a while, and then get back on the road. He needed to set up his log book anyway. She needed the break, they had eaten dinner on the run and the cheeseburger wasn't settling too well on her stomach.

He looked at her as she climbed in the cab. The whole truck was designed for comfort and he had told her she was welcome to sleep anytime she wanted to. "Hey, feeling better?"

"A little, how you doing, get your log book all set up?"

"Hmm, yeah, but I would be doing a lot better if we were back at that hotel room all curled up together in that bed." He reached over and cupped her face. "There are times I really hate this job, especially when it interrupts my time with a beautiful woman."

"That must happen a lot."

He laughed. "Not as much you might think. Oh, I'm no monk, but I have to really have a connection to a woman to want to be more with her then the road, so there haven't been all that many. I'm no player like some of the guys out here; I prefer honesty and being straight with people. And that brings up a question you haven't asked me, if I was married or not."

He was right, she hadn't, why she didn't know, unless it was some instinctual thing, she just knew he wasn't; that no man as good looking at him would be out on the road all alone if he was. She knew if he was her husband she would either be out here with him or he would be doing a different job. "Are you?"

"No, not even close in all my thirty six years. I'm like you; I had a goal early and spent all my time working hard to make it happen. This truck; it was my goal, and now I'm where I've always wanted to be."

Yes, he was, she saw it in his face, heard it in his voice. But at the same time she heard something in his voice, a loneliness she had heard a lot in the last three years. It was the sound of the long lonely nights, the endless highway and call of the road in the blood. She knew it, felt her self, but not like he did. For her the call would fade in time but for Devlin and others like him, it was an endless thing, only in death would he ever find relief, and the woman who loved him enough to understand it would be blessed with his eternal love. She found herself envying that woman, and wished for a blink of an eye that it was her.

Oh, she could be that woman, she knew she could, but it took two and for him to desire her body as much as he did was no sign that he did or would ever love her. For their time together, she would settle for the desire. God, she was getting literary. Her thoughts were like some supermarket romance. Why didn't she just admit to herself that for one glorious night she wanted to experience hot, wild sex with a hot, gorgeous man that was named Devlin Morris, it would be so much easier on her blood pressure.

"Reni..." His voice broke into her thoughts, and she looked at him. She was a little surprised to see he had moved into the sleeper, but she didn't feel surprised to see the hunger in his eyes. "Come here."

She moved like a body possessed and knew she was. He drew down beside her and their arms and legs entwined without either of them realizing it. Even before she could whisper his name her mouth had been claimed and she answered his hunger with her own. God, yes, this was where she belonged, with him like this, not speaking but letting their bodies talk loud and clear.

His gentle touch was gone, in its place was a man's hands hungry to touch a woman's body and have his touched in return. She gave him the touch he wanted and when only bare skin was between them, they still felt the need for it. Her fingers stroked his back, his bottom so nice and tight, and those long legs. Even the length of his aroused cock was stroked and petted as she explored him fully. In return he did the same to her and when his hand slipped between her legs she knew what he found there, heat beyond the norm and dampness that he moaned as he felt.

"I can't wait anymore." He groaned as he drew her up over his hips and the cock standing up straight and tall from a bed of soft hair. "I need you Reni, I need you and I want you. Put him in, I want to feel you close around him."

She lifted her self and placed him at the opening that had been used only once before. It was a tight fit, almost too tight at first, but then she lowered herself slowly and moaned as he filled her up. Sweet Jesus, it felt so good, so wonderful, like nothing like before. When she reached the base, she felt like he was everywhere in her, and she stopped to let her body both adjust to him and to the glorious feelings running rampant through her. "Oh Devlin, yes, so good, you feel so wonderful, I can feel you every where."

He licked his lips. "You're so tight, and you feel so good, oh Lord Reni, yes, just sit there a minute, otherwise I will not be responsible for what happens. I didn't expect you to be so tight. I should have, but I didn't...my nightly ass period I guess." He ran his fingers down over her hips and she felt one move to the center of her body. When she felt his finger on her clit, she shivered. "That is what I was looking for, your hard little clit, so hard and full of need, as full of need as my cock is for you. I want to make you cum for me, before we start to actually make love; I want to feel you cum all around me. It will make you slicker and loosen you up so I won't get off so fast. I want this to last, to last for both of us." He began to flick his finger across her clit and his eyes met hers. "Look at me baby; let me see your pleasure. I want to see it even while I feel it."

Reni couldn't help but feel the pleasure he talked about. Soon she was lost in it, never in her wildest dreams had she ever imagined that it would be like this. She wanted to move her hips, to begin riding him and letting him know what it was like. "Devlin, oh God, Devlin..."

Devlins' voice was full of his own need and she loved the sound of it. "I know honey, I know how hard it is, but you're almost there, almost at the edge, just a little bit more. Hang in baby, just a little bit more, and we can both have what we want. Cum for me honey, cum for me so I can fuck you right." He began to pull and twist on her swollen clit and at the same time one of her nipples. Not hard but to send her over the edge of the cliff.

The world exploded around her and she could no longer hold back, her hips began to ride him like a cowboy rode a wild bronco and there was no end to the sensations. She felt him lift to meet her and his hands gripped her hips as if to slow her down but knew he couldn't. "Devlin yes, so good, never dreamed, yes, fuck me Devlin, give me all you have."

"I am baby, and more. For you so much more, ride me honey, ride my cock to heaven and know there will be more! Such a sweet feeling woman, you're like velvet around him." He began to move harder and faster. "I need to cum Reni, this is pure torture for me, and I can't wait anymore."

"Do it Devlin, fill me up, and fill me with all you got inside you." She wanted to feel him let go and when he did, it was nothing short of heaven for her. Her own climax shot over her like a bullet and they both felt the world disappear around them. All that existed was this truck, this haven of privacy from the rest of the world.

Even when it was over and she was lying secure in his arms, neither of them was in any hurry to move. Instead he kissed her over and over and spent time kissing and licking nipples that were so sensitive that the softest touch sent bolts of electricity through her.

"I could stay here forever with you like this." He finally spoke with out sounding like he was trying to breathe.

"Hmm, your boss might not like that." She rolled on her stomach to look at him.

He reached over and pushed her hair back on her head and off her face. "After that honey, I am, for the first time since I started driving truck, ready to look at my boss and tell him to take this rig and shove it. I know it sounds crazy, but since I saw you...there's been something inside me, something I never felt before."

Reni knew what he meant. It wasn't just his looks that drew her to him either. It was him in general, how he had come running across that parking lot to apologize, how he had listened to her at the pizza parlor. "Seattle isn't so far from Portland..." Her voice was tentative, almost shy.

"I know, been thinking about that. I don't know what the boss has in mind though, I do know he's been thinking about opening a training department, or he might want to talk about a new yard. So who knows? All I can do is go up and see. But you can bet every chance I get your neighbors will have to get used to seeing this rig parked at your house. That ride to heaven was too nice to pass up another chance to see you again. And before you go thinking that's the only reason, get it out of your beautiful mind. I like the whole package, not just the hot, sexy woman I see and feel beside me right now."

She put her face in his shoulder and wondered if there was time for another run, before they had to leave.

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Devlin was wondering the same thing. This time slower and less intense, not that it was likely to ever be less intense between them. Together they burned like the fires of hell and it was a feeling he reveled in. He was getting his second wind now and he was sure with more then a little encouragement from her, he would be able to handle it. Reaching over, he took her hand and let it rest on the center of his body. She looked at him surprised, but then her mouth curled into a smile and her tongue darted out to lick her lips.

"You sure we got time?"

"To hell with the time, this is our time and we'll spend it doing what we want to do, and what I want to do is make love to you again. Unless you're too sore..."

She laughed at that, "not a chance in hell Devlin. You hit a switch in me and you've still not hit it to turn it off." Her hand began to stroke him and he felt the first stirrings in his cock and he took advantage of her tongue.

When his hand took possession of her breast, he felt her nipple flare to life and he used his finger tips to twist and tease it to full hardness. God, her fingers felt wonderful as they stroked his cock and just teased his balls with the tips. He let go of her mouth and began to suck at the grape his finger had made appear. He wasn't sure what he wanted most, to bury himself in her pussy, or have her use those full lips on him. He enjoyed them both, and the idea of feeling her tongue on the head was enough to fill him completely, better yet, why not both, why not her mouth and her pussy? He knew she was wet but he also had to consider how he was going to please her.

He loved to taste a woman on his lips and tongue, even one he had filled already. If he hadn't been so damn hot for her, he would have done it sooner, but he had wanted her so bad. Damn cell phones should be outlawed. Looking into her face, he noticed her eyes were on his cock and she was licking her lips. With a chuckle that sounded almost evil, he moved over her so it was by her lips, while his mouth was above the dessert he had hungered for earlier. She didn't hesitate and neither did he. He was glad to see that she didn't try to take him all at once, instead she tasted and tested him for what she could handle and when she seemed to have it under control, he looked down at his prize. Pink, plump lips covered by a soft downy coat of hair a shade darker then that on her head, and he ran his tongue down the slit and back up.

Her juice was sweet and he soon lost all sense of everything but the feel of her clit under his tongue and the warmth of her tunnel as his fingers explored her depths. When it occurred to him that his fingers and her lips were moving in perfect time and rhythm, he smiled, but not for long, she tasted too good to ignore it for long. As his fingers began to move fast in and out of her, he heard her groan and felt his own need grow. God, yes, part of him wanted to spill his cum down her throat, but at the same time he wanted to fill her again. A part of his minded reminded him that he had already taken her once without protection, could he risk it again? He was sure she was clean, but was she protected? Did he care?

Part of his selfish nature came to him as he thought of her belly filled with his baby, with a golden haired little boy or girl with her bright green eyes, but she was young, totally legal, but still young. But oh lord, she felt so good. He was torn, but in the end, he gave her another overwhelming cum then moved to look at her. She tried to move under him but he shook his head.

"Reni, we already did it once without protection, before we do it again, are you on any kind of protection?" He felt like a fool for not asking sooner.

She gave him a sleepy smile. "This is the 21th century Devlin; I've been on the pill for three years. Now come make love to me, unless you have something I should know about."

"No, but I thought...Oh, to hell with what I thought." He moved between her legs and looked down at her body waiting for him. Lifting one leg over his shoulder, he entered her slowly and he withdrew just as slowly. God, she was nice, a little less tight but he was grateful for that. He could last longer this time, and he intended to make her feel it all over again. "Hmm, Reni, you feel so good, I can't get enough of your luscious pussy, and I don't want to ever get enough of it. I never thought I would meet a woman who I wanted as much as I wanted to drive these trucks."

"You can drive me Devlin; I love how you handle me, so soft but so rough at the same time. God, I love the feel of you moving in and out of me." She moved her hips and he began to move a little faster. "Yes, oh yes Devlin, fuck me so nice, and make me never want this to stop."

He looked down at her and smiled. "I don't want it to stop. I can feel you pulling at me, trying to hold me in. It feels so good, never had a woman make me feel like I could spend all my time in this sleeper and never want to leave." Dropping her leg, he bent down to suck at her nipples and found her mouth. She had wrapped her legs around his waist and lifting her body to meet his thrusts. "Yes Reni, fuck me honey, fuck me back and take us both on the ride to heaven. Yes Reni, like that, don't ever stop, give me your hot, wet pussy and ride my cock until it can't take any more." Devlin groaned as he felt himself building for one more load to send into her. "Oh, fuck no, not so fast, I don't want to be so fast, Reni, oh honey, I can't...I wait any more..." He began to fill her and at the same time felt her nails rip into his back as she began to spasm around him. His guilt left as she cried out.

"It's okay Devlin, its okay, because...oh god, I can't believe you've made me cum this much. Devlin, oh my God...DEVLIN!!!"

Devlin wasn't sure what pleased him more, knowing how good he felt as he collapsed on her, the knowledge that he had pleased her so well, or the way she had called out his name. Maybe it was all three, all he knew was that after having had her, he would never find anyone who could make him feel as good as he did right now.

They must have dozed because as he woke, he saw the sun was just starting to light the sky. Moving slowly so he didn't disturb her, he smiled down at the sleeping woman and bent to kiss one soft nipple. Damn, he could just stay here with her forever. Too bad both of them had lives outside this truck and they were calling to both of them. With a sigh, he pulled on his shirt, jeans, and boots and climbed out to go visit the bathroom.

It was being used and Devlin recognized the man using the urinal next to him. "How's it going Fred?"

Fred Jackson smiled at him. "Doing good Mr. Morris, on one of your calls of the road?"

"Yes, headed back though, hey Fred, do me a favor will you, kind of pass the word that for the next few days, any of the drivers see me, just tell them to call me Dev, okay? For them to forget I'm Mr. Morris."

Fred looked confused. "Well sure Mr. Morris, I mean Dev, but..."

They left the bathroom and walked to the soda machine. "Just have them do it okay, I got my reasons." He grinned as he saw her climb out of the cab. He should have known. She stumbled as she walked across the parking lot but caught herself. He understood his legs had been a little rubbery too. He saw her look around and smile as she spotted him. She came to where he stood with Fred and Fred grinned in understanding.

"Hey, you left me alone..." Her voice was husky with sleep, and Devlin pulled her into the curve of his arm.

"Call of nature sweet heart. Hey, say hi to Fred, he works for the same company I do."

Her smile was bright and Devlin saw the effect it had on Fred. "Hello Fred, nice to meet you. Devlin, I'm going to go..." She pointed at the bathroom.

"Okay, you want a soda?"

"As long as it has plenty of caffeine I need it this morning." She kissed his cheek, then walked off.

"Damn Dev, where did you find that sweetheart?" Fred laughed as he watched her as intently as Devlin did himself.

Devlin grinned at the older man. "Just you never mind, and tell the boys, she is all mine. So they can look, but I will fire the first dirty old man I see trying to touch."

Fred nodded. "You know Dev, this is the first time I ever seen you with a woman in your truck. I know you tolerate a lot from us drivers, but I never expected to see...well, she's not..."

He heard the unspoken question. "No, she's not. I made that assumption too and almost got my face slapped. No Fred, what you just met is the future Mrs. Devlin Morris and I expect the boys to treat her as such, understand?"

The realization of what he had said washed over him and it hit him as if someone had slapped him hard. God, he knew she was in his blood, but still...even Fred was looking at him as if he had said the sky was pink. The more he considered it, the more he knew it was true, he wanted her, and he wanted her to be there when he came home from a long day at the office or came in off a week long run. He wanted her in his bed, his life. He wanted to see her swell with his children in her belly, and god help him, he wanted her to be with him when the lord called him home. This was no passing fancy; this was no burst of lust. This was the real thing.

When she came out, he looked at her long and hard and knew that as of right now, Devlin Morris had found the woman he wanted and not even heaven or hell was going to keep him from having her. Like everything else in his life, he would work at it until he succeeded.



A Ride to Heaven and Back Ch. 04



 Author's Note: Sorry I've made you all wait for this for so long but so much has happened since '08. We had to move and there were health issues with both my husband and I, and some family problems that left writing in the background of my mind. I've been slowly returning to it, working on stories I had written and seeing what I could do with them, before going too crazy with it. I seem to be working back up to my old stride and after some work and a new chapter about their adventures; I decided to bring Dev and Reni out of retirement. Now if I can just keep them out of the bedroom long enough to keep their minds on things besides each other...

Chapter 4

Reni left the shower and smiled at Devlin in the mirror. "Feel better?" He looked at her over his shoulder.

"Much, thanks for stopping." She hadn't minded knowing the sweat and grime she felt was from the night before, but she needed cooler clothes today, not even eight a.m. and it was almost ninety in Winslow. The truck stop was busy with summer travelers and she was starved as well. "I need food now."

He grinned at her. "And what would you like?"

She wrapped the towel around her hair and walked up to him. Wrapping her arms around his neck, she ran her tongue over his lips. "Why, you of course; with thick whipped cream and fresh strawberries and a cherry on top."

Devlin wrapped his arms around her and grinned. "But which part of me sweetheart? There's a lot of man to cover."

"Hmm, yes there is." Feeling bolder then she was normally capable of, she ran her fingers over the front of his jeans. "Well, we could start with this part, and just go from there." As it was she had been thinking of something all morning and now he looked at her with a knowing smile.

"Later baby, I hate to be spoiler of pleasant thoughts, but I do have to be in Seattle and you have to go home." He ran his fingers over her face. "I am in no hurry to let you go, but we both know we have to do what has to be done."

Nodding, she wished for once she wasn't so damn responsible. She pulled on a fresh pair of cut off jeans and tank top and he nodded. In the restaurant, they got a table and a young, well built blonde came with menus and ice water. Reni couldn't miss the admiring look the woman gave Devlin, but what surprised her was the fact he hardly seemed to notice. Instead, he took the menu, opened it and started to peruse the choices. Reni almost wanted to ask him if he was blind, the blonde looking like she couldn't believe him not looking at the cleavage she was showing off.

When he did look at her again, it was simply to order. Reni couldn't resist teasing him. "I think you broke her heart."

He didn't seem to be concerned. "Not bad, but too flashy, I like a woman who acts like more than a piece of meat. Told you honey, has to be a connection." He reached over and ran his hand over her bare leg. "Besides, why look at what I can't have, when I have you and I know I can."

When he put it that way, she thought it made sense. He was the kind of man who made a choice, once he was with someone that was who he was with, period. The blonde could have been naked but as long as Reni was with him, to Devlin it wouldn't matter. She was a little surprised then wondered why she should be.

Once back on the road, she sat back in the passenger seat and relaxed. Arizona was a nice state, but hot and dry. She was grateful for the tinted windows. They were saving her arms from a bad burn. The first few weeks she had been traveling, she had spent a small fortune on sun tan lotion. Over time her body had taken on a golden tint and she liked it, but not enough to spend hours in a tanning booth to maintain.

Not that the heat didn't penetrate the cab, her only question was if it was the sun outside or the sexual heat that they were both radiating. She had never met a man who made her have such constant thoughts of beds and bodies tangled up all together. All he had to do was smile at her and that switch inside her was turned on high. Devlin had that same look on his face and it showed in his voice as they talked. As it grew huskier, and he started licking his lips more, she wondered if he could actually make it to Seattle on time if every time they turned around they were stopping to make love.

Even now he had a look on his face that was one of pure hunger. "Penny for your thoughts..." She did her best to keep her voice even.

"Strawberries and whipped cream. Damn girl, where did you come up that idea?"

Reni giggled. "Actually my cousin told me about it; it was something she did with her husband on their wedding night. She said it was better with whole rather than frozen strawberries, they made less of a mess."

"And when did you learn about this?"

"Hmm, right before I left home. They came back from their honey moon the week before I left. She was full of all kinds of information. I think some of the stuff was kind of kinky, but that's Michelle. She's always been a little wilder then the rest of us. Aunt Jan was happy to get her married off to tell the truth. She told mom and dad that it was either marry her off, or both Aunt Jan and Uncle Fred were going to be totally gray before their time."

"And of course, you never did any of the things she's done." He gave her a teasing grin.

"Truthfully, no, I haven't. I had things to do, places to go and people to see, that was my focus. Michelle said I would be an old lady before my time if I wasn't careful."

"Time does slip by fast, the rest of my family are all married, with kids. I am the doting uncle that brings home lots of expensive presents, and get asked when I'm going to have myself a few."

"What do you tell them?"

"That when I find the woman I want to have my babies, I'll have a house full. You like kids Reni?"

She laughed at that. "Why, doing a job interview for a nanny?"

"No, for a mommy, I think you would be great as one."

Reni blushed. Damn she had been doing that a lot lately since she had met him. "Actually, I love kids; I always wanted to have two or three. Just never thought about having them before I finished my goals, felt like it wouldn't be fair to them or my husband." Now why was this conversation making her conjure up visions of little boys and girls running around with his dark looks and smile? Even as she asked herself, she knew the answer. Because he was the man she had always dreamed of as the father of her children. Well, not him personally, but someone like him.

"Reni..."

She looked at him. "Yes Dev?"

"Do you want to pull over and make love as bad as I do, or am I just a dirty old man?" He was licking his lips again and she felt her body respond.

"I thought we agreed not to do that until later tonight." This would never get them to Portland or to Seattle if they kept getting so hot for each other.

He chuckled. "Well, we never actually voted on it, and I don't think we really discussed it in committee."

"Well, in that case, how far to the next exit?" She moved into the sleeper and began to undress, "I'll be waiting in here for you."

Devlin smiled. "I'll be there in twenty miles, don't you dare start without me."

Lifting his mouth from hers, Devlin swallowed hard. He was turning into a sex maniac. The more he got of her, the more he wanted. All he had to do was look at her the way she was now, and he went even harder then he already was. All her golden hair splayed out around her, her body glistening with sweat, and her eyes filled with the lust of the century. He knew, his eyes held the same expression. She was a drug to him, she was in his blood and he needed a constant infusion of her body to keep him going.

"Reni, oh god honey, you feel so good..." He was almost torturing them both by how slow he was moving in and out of her. He had purposely parked the rig at the far end of the parking lot, so they would have some added privacy in case they got loud. He smiled as he remembered seeing a bumper sticker when he was a kid, it had been on the back of a highly customized van and the whole family had gotten a chuckle out of it. "Don't bother knocking, if this van is rocking."

They were rocking this rig for sure. Reni was moving against him hard, trying to make him go faster, and begging in his ear. "Dev, please, I can't wait, please, fuck me Dev, make me cum. So damn close..." She was gripping his shoulders as if she might never let go, and he didn't want her to.

He looked down at her. "Tell me what you want sugar, tell me how you want it."

"Hard, hard and fast, like you're a runaway train and I'm the tunnel. God Dev, it's so fantastic, it's driving me crazy."

His lower body began to give her what she wanted and he had to admit he wanted it too. His balls were aching for relief and his cock was more then willing to pretend it was out of control. He could hear their skin slapping together and the feel of her ass as his balls hit them was wonderful. "Reni, oh god baby, yes, this is good, this is awesome, and I can feel your pussy grabbing at me, trying to hold me in. Come on baby, give me what I want, to hear you cum. I want to hear you cry out my name and tell me I please you."

"You do Dev, never been so crazy, never felt so wild and free as I do with you. Dev, oh lord, I'm cumming Dev, I feel like a volcano erupting around your hard cock." She was crying now. "DEV, come with me DEV, fill me up. Give me all the hot lava you have in you..."

Even as he began to fill her up, he heard the pounding on the driver's door. No! Not now; not when he was in heaven and Reni was the cloud he was reclining on. He wanted to yell and tell them to go away, tell them to go fuck themselves. Instead, he made one final lunge and gave her all he had left. The pounding grew bigger louder, and when he had regained his breath, he growled.

"All right already, just give me a damn minute will you?"

"Arizona Highway Patrol, we need you to step out of the rig!" The voice was deep and bellowing and it sounded as if it was not going away.

Devlin looked at Reni, who was looking back with surprise in her eyes. "What the fuck? Okay, okay, I'll be out in a minute." He motioned her to get under the sheet while he dressed. "Let me handle this okay?" As she nodded, he gave her a quick kiss. With a sigh, he opened up the door and saw three patrol men, two of which had guns drawn. "What's the problem officer?"

A tall, burly man looked at him. "Are you alone in there son?" His tone told Devlin he already knew the answer.

"No sir, I've got my fiancee in there, but she's not..."

Devlin didn't like the leer that the man's face took on. "Your fiancee huh, that's a new name for it. Willis, check it out. Bring her out here." When he was doing that, the burly man spoke again. "I want to see your license, registration, insurance papers and log books. We got reports of prostitutes working this area, checking out all the rigs."

"Fine but I told you she's my fiancee..."

Even as he spoke, Reni crawled down from the cab, she had dressed fast and fixed her hair. She was glaring at the cop. "Do I look like a hooker?"

The big man looked her up and down. "No ma'am, but that doesn't mean much. You got any identification on you?" As she handed it to him, the cop read it off. "Renita Marks, Portland, Oregon, you're a long way from home."

Devlin had to admit, Reni handled herself well. "Devlin and I decided if I was going to be married to a trucker, I should know what it's like out here. So I came along with him on his run, and we're on our way home. He said if we could survive this trip together we could survive anything."

"And are you surviving well?" There was that leer again, making Devlin clench his fist and wonder what the penalty was for punching a cop in the face.

"Actually, I was going to tell him that as soon as we get home, there's no reason to postpone the wedding. I could handle it if he could." She looked at Devlin with amusement in her eyes. "I think we can handle it extremely well...gets a little hot at times, but nothing we can't cool off given a little time and privacy." Her voice stressed the last word with a tinge of sarcasm.

One of the other cops laughed at that. They had put their guns away now and Devlin held out all the paperwork. "Here you go. It's all in order."

The head officer shook his head. "Forget it, seems we misjudged the situation. You folks have a good day. Come on boys." He turned to walk off and the others followed, leaving Devlin and Reni to watch their retreat.

"Sensational, you did better than I did." He looked at her with respect in her eyes. "So you think you could handle being married to a trucker huh...is that a proposal?"

She ran a fingertip over his lips. "Maybe, someone has to keep you out of trouble."

"And who better than the one who gets me into it to take on the job. So how about it Reni Marks, you think you could take on the job and see it through?"

"Sure, but only if you tell me who I'm marrying, Devlin Morris the truck driver, or Devlin Morris, the man who owns DM Trucking, one of the biggest hauling companies on the west coast." She didn't sound angry, if anything she sounded as if she was proud of him.

"How...?" He felt taken back and wondered how she had found out.

"Back at the truck stop, I was on my way to the bathroom when I saw Fred, I was going to say hi, when I heard him telling a couple other guys that you were traveling with your fiancée, and you didn't want her to know who you were yet. It pissed me off at first, but then I got to thinking about it, and it made sense to me. Better to know you as the truck driver first."

He nodded. Throwing his paperwork back up in the cab, he rested his hands on her hips. "This is who I am love, even at the office I seldom wear suits or do much traveling as DM Trucking. A lot of the women I meet can't accept that. Those that can are more interested in the money then in me."

She smiled at that. "Well, money is not a big deal with me, my father is, or rather was the CEO of Marks Electronics. My uncle runs it now, but I have shares in it that pay very well, and when my parents/grandparents are gone, I'll have a hefty inheritance. It won't equal some, but it'll be enough for me."

Devlin shook his head, "Uh-uh, for our children to go to college and discover their own futures. So, will you?"

"Will I what Devlin?" She was purposely being obtuse; he saw the mischief in her eyes.

"Will you marry me? I know it's been a short time since we met, but...I need you in my life Reni, on the road and off."

She giggled. "Is that a proposal?"

Reaching up he tweaked her nose. "Oh yes, and it can either be a decent one, or an indecent one, but either way I intend to marry you Reni."

"And knowing your determination, you'll wear me down if I don't answer right away, so to save us both time and trouble, I guess I have to say...of course, I will. Now stop being such a pain and kiss me Devlin."

He was more than happy to oblige.



Reni wondered how upset Intel would be when their delivery was late. At least this time it wasn't her or Devlin's fault, it was the truck. After their brush with the Arizona Highway Patrol, they had decided to push it a little, well, not a little, a lot. Ten miles out of San Bernadino it became clear that something was wrong, and she knew that if it had been anyone else behind the wheel of the big rig she would have been scared as hell. As it was, when they finally came to a halt, Dev was sweating and she was shaking from the ride. When he told her to get out, and grabbed the fire extinguisher as he went, she followed without hesitation.

The smell of the brakes was enough to make her want to throw up; she could see the heat rising from them and hear Dev cursing as he used the extinguisher. A car that had been behind them had stopped and a man was helping him. The man's wife and children were back at a safe distance she was glad to see, she knew the dangers of overheated brakes. What made her feel even more disoriented was the fact that the truck had stopped just yards away from a cliff, a very tall, very wide cliff. Swallowing hard, she stepped back to breath and felt strong arms close around her.

"Reni, are you okay?" It was Dev, his voice worried.

She tried to make light of it, despite feeling like she might faint. "Let's just say that the saying about seeing your life flash before your eyes is not just a saying. Are you okay Dev? I know that must have been as scary for you as it was for me if not worse." Her arms went up around his neck, and she pressed her body against his to reassure herself that they were both alive.

"The word is terrifying sweetheart. That was a truck driver's worse nightmare. Even more so since you were with me, I couldn't live with myself if something happened to you..."

A male voice broke into their conversation. "Excuse me, sorry to interrupt, but can we give you a ride into town? I just tried my cell and it seems there's no service here, and I hate to leave you two stuck here."

Dev nodded. "Appreciate it, I can call a tow truck and find a place to settle while we see what the damage is."

Jack Marsh and his wife Annie were on their way home from visiting family in Texas, he was about Devlin's age, and had driven truck in his youth. "It's a dream I think most boys have growing up, seeing the big rigs, looking at the drivers, and thinking how much freedom they have. Of course, once I met Annie, well I didn't think it was fair for her to be raising our children alone while I was out on the road. So, I got another job and I can't say I'm sorry to have done it, things like what happened to you, it makes a man think."

It was clear as they sat in a café a while later that Dev was taking Jack's words to heart. He had called a tow truck, and his office to have a driver come pick up the trailer and finish the run. They would dead head from San Bernadino up to Portland. It was when he had sat staring out the window for five minutes that Reni touched his hand and got his attention.

"Dev..." She kept her voice soft.

He jumped a little then tried to hide it with one of his smiles. "Sorry love, just thinking how this is going to screw up my reputation with Intel..." When she arched an eyebrow, he grinned. "Okay, I guess I can't get anything past you can I?"

Reni thought about what he had said, and realized it was true in a way, she had seen the fear in his eyes, the way he had looked at her before jumping out of the cab. It hadn't been just himself that he had feared for, he had been afraid for her too. She thought about how little time they had actually known each other, and yet it felt like it had been longer.

"I was thinking about what happened, and about what Jack said. How he had given up the road for his wife and kids, and how today only reinforced his feeling that he had done the right thing. We could have died Reni, if I hadn't been able to stop it when I did, we would have gone over the cliff and that would have been that, you would have never seen your family again, and neither would I."

"But we didn't Dev, we're alive." She locked her fingers in his, "this is me touching you, not a ghost, and you can't tell me in all the years you've been driving you've never had a close call like the one today?"

He shook his head. "No, I can't. I've come close to dying plenty of times on runs. It happens, its part of the job. And it's not just mechanical, its traffic, its weather, its location. I just never had a reason to live as strong back then as I do right now. I just found you Reni; I don't want to lose you so soon." He looked around. "Let's go back to the motel honey, right now I need to make love to you so bad that if we don't get somewhere private, we might end up spending the night in jail." 

She nodded. "Though it might be interesting to spend the night in jail here for doing what we both love to do so much..." Her eyes lit up as she considered the customers around them and how they would react to a free sex show along with their meals. She was sure Devlin would be a hit with the females.




A Ride to Heaven and Back Ch. 04



He laughed and stood up, pulling her up with him. "Let's go wench, before I test your theory."



A Ride to Heaven and Back Ch. 05



Devlin sat up in the bed, and swallowed hard as he realized he was awake. A glance at his watch told him it was still the middle of the night. Nightmare, he hadn't had a nightmare in years. He didn't remember what it was about, but he knew it was from the events of earlier. He had never felt such fear in his life. Not for himself, but for Reni, he thought how close he had come to losing the most important person in life, and he hated that. Life couldn't be that cruel, to take something so precious to him so soon.

Glancing over at Reni, he saw she was still asleep and had to smile. Of course she was asleep, he had spent the rest of the afternoon and half the night making love to her and he would have kept going if he hadn't been so drained his cock had refused to rise. Slipping out of bed, he went into the bathroom, closed the door and gave his bladder some relief. They hadn't even eaten dinner unless you counted eating each other. Well, they had a few days to work on it, the truck had been towed in to a shop just down the street, and it was clear that even the trailer needed new brakes, lines and drums. The load wouldn't make it to Seattle on time, but he would pay the penalty. Hell, he would buy the damn load and sell it back if he had to.

Something to do later today though, luckily Jack had been able to get them not only to town, but showed him the best shop, the car rental place and this motel all close together. They would call his cell phone when they were sure what all work needed to be done and give him an estimate. He hadn't done business here before, but depending on the quality of their work, he might make this one of his maintenance stops. He had them all over the country, another part of his way of doing business, give his drivers and equipment the best of the best.

His mind was back to semi-normalcy and he didn't hear the door open or know she was behind him until he felt her arms around his waist and her head against his bare back. He smiled as he finished what he was doing, and then turned to wrap his around her. "Did I wake you?"

She shook head sleepily. "I have to use the bathroom." They traded places and he leaned back against the sink as he waited for her.

He thought how cute she looked right now, her hair disheveled, her eyes half closed, and looking like she could fall sleep right where she was. Finally she made her way back out to the bed and he followed behind. He loved the way her broad little ass swayed, and how good it felt in his hands. He found he liked sleeping with his cock pressed up against it, and his hand resting on her breast.

Once back in bed, she snuggled up to him and Dev felt himself feel a lurch as she rested her arm on his stomach. For a moment he considered waking her up and finding out if she was up to another round, instead he settled back and closed his eyes, not waking until the sun was up.

He woke to her kissing his chest and running her hands over his body. It occurred to him to pretend he was still asleep and not interrupt, but then she put her lips on his cock and he couldn't hold back the moan, he loved the feel of her lips on him, how her tongue swirled around it like she was eating an ice cream cone. As he thought about it, he flared to full life and moved his hand down into her hair. "Oh yeah honey, that feels so good...what a wakeup call."

He heard her soft laugh and felt her fingers caress his balls. "I woke up hungry..."

"Hmm, what would you like for breakfast?" She was taking him deep and Devlin groaned deep in his throat. "Besides truck driver sausage..."

He didn't expect an answer, not with her mouth full of long, hard, aching cock. It felt so good, and she did it so well. Well, he would pay her back later, once they had a real meal, and regained some calories. For now he would let her have her fun, and in the mean time, he would just lay back and enjoy. While he did, he would consider just how he would pay her back, nothing normal today, no, something special, something very special.

They had breakfast in the café, and then drove out to the mall where the desk clerk had told him he could find the shops he wanted. Reni looked at him curiously but he simply shrugged. "I thought we might just do some window shopping; just something to do until they can give me an estimate on time and price, and that might not be until this afternoon."

"We could sleep, that's something we haven't done a lot of lately..."

He stopped and looked at her as they reached the entrance to the mall. "Now be realistic Reni, do you think you and I could honestly go back to the motel room and just sleep?" He grinned as he asked. "It's true you drained me this morning, but I recover fast..."

There was that blush again, and the shy smile. "You weren't complaining then..."

"And I'm not complaining now, I just want to do something different for a while. So humor me huh?"

The shop was at the end of the mall, and they checked out the various stores along the way. When she saw their final destination, she looked at him. "Dev...?"

"Humor me, okay...? I want to buy you something, isn't that what fiancées do?"

"Don't know, never been engaged before..."

"Well, that makes two of us."

The clerk was a tall, robust woman with a ready smile and Devlin felt a bit like a pastry when her dark eyes looked him over. "Can I help you dears?" They both knew that she was looking more at him then at Reni, but it was also clear that she was feeling a little foolish about it.

"Want to find something special for my lady, we're going to be in town for a few days, and we've been traveling light." He looked at Reni, "go find a swimsuit for one, that pool will be looking good by the time we get back. And anything else that might strike your eye. I want to show my futures that I am no cheapskate." He took his credit card out and handed it to the woman. "Put anything she wants on this, I'm going to the men's store next door. And make sure she picks out a nice dress, something special for going out for dinner and dancing."

The men's shop had all he wanted and he had to admit that the in house tailor was both fast and competent. He liked the cut of the suit jacket and slacks. He was tempted to wear it out, but he wanted to surprise Reni. He was also curious how she would react when he appeared after his shower as Devlin Morris, businessman, not to mention being more comfortable asking the male clerk about other purchases he wanted to make, than he would have been asking the woman. And the sales manager was able to get them reservations at a place that was more what he had in mind for dinner then the small café.

Reni tried to apologize only once for spending as much as she had, but she stopped dead as he pulled the car over to the side of the road, shut it down and turned in his seat to look at her. "You have no reason to apologize, I did it because I wanted to, and I would have bought out the entire mall if you had told me that was what you wanted. I can afford it, and we both know it, now stop talking or I swear I kiss you until you have to stop."

She gave him a soft, mischievous smile. "Would you really do that Dev?"

"Hell yes." To prove it, he did just that, letting his mouth claim hers over and over until she finally drew back, breathless. "Oh honey, wait till I get you back to the motel..."

"Promises, promises..."

"Reni, you are going to learn, I am a man who keeps his word."

He was good to his word, barely giving her a chance to put down her bags before he dropped his own purchases, and pulled her to him. The heat flared between them and he had her undressed before either of them realized it, pushing her back on the bed, he began to work at his own, tearing his shirt and cursing as he found the zipper of his jeans stuck. When he finally got it loose, he was glad he had another pair.

Reni laughed at him as he hopped around the room pulling off his boots and pants and Dev was sure he had looked like a fool, but he didn't care. He was hot, he was horny and he wanted his woman bad. Joining her on the bed, he pulled her to him and their arms and legs entwined even as his mouth began to savagely kiss hers. There would be no surrender, no retreat for either of them until the lust was quenched. Her fingers found his aching cock and began to stroke it gently as his fingers worked at her quivering clit and hot moist hole. He was starving for the feel and taste of her and when he moved between her legs, he looked down at the banquet before him.

"You're wet as hell darlin'," He bent his head to nibble at the small button at the top of her slit, and ran his fingers up and down the slick lower lips. Soon she was flooding his face, and he worked hard to lick it all up, not quite able to keep up but more than willing to try. It was only when he could stand no more that he put one leg over his shoulder and sunk his length in her. He liked it this way, he could see himself pumping in and out of her and he liked how their pubic hairs intermingled with each hard thrust. He was also able to stroke her clit and pinch and pull it as he chose. "Oh honey, I love how your pussy feels, so hot and wet. I can feel your heat rising with each thrust I make, and then your muscles holding on to him as I pull back."

Reni looked up at him and licked her lips slowly, "Devlin, this is no time to talk, just fuck me and shut up okay?" I have been waiting for this since we woke up this morning..."

Devlin had to laugh, he didn't want to, he didn't mean to, but it came from him before he could stop it. "I thought you liked it when I talked."

"I do honey, I love the sound of your voice, but I love the feel of you slamming into me and the way you make me feel so close to coming all the time better, so fuck now, talk later..."

Moving her leg down to his waist, he lowered him down and began to give her what she wanted, "okay honey, lets fuck!" It didn't take him long to find he agreed with her, it was just better to shut up and fuck.

Reni came out of the bathroom and leaned against the door frame. "Well?"

Looking at her, Devlin let out a long wolf whistle. "Talk about filling out a suit, damn honey that is hot..." He had to admit her figure wasn't the type for a bikini or some of the suits gals wore these days which amounted to little more than strategically placed cloth but Reni wore the one piece well. The color matched her eyes, and it showed off her bust and long legs to their best advantage. She had a sarong type skirt tied around her waist and it's mixture of colors contrasted with the suit. "Should I hire a bodyguard to keep an eye on you while I'm gone?"

"I could wait until you come back..."

"No, you go lounge by the pool and swim your little heart out, I will make this as fast as I can." He would take care of business at the garage, swing by the store the clerk had told him about and be back in time to grab an hour or two of sleep before they had to start getting ready for their night out. Walking up to her, he drew her close and kissed her softly. "Just be sure to tell anyone who might want to poach that you are very firmly involved and that I don't take kindly to poachers..."

She looked at him and ran her fingers softly over his face. "I love you Dev, I never knew it could happen so fast, but I will never regret it."

He swallowed hard, "neither will I darlin', neither will I."

The manager of the garage looked at him and frowned. "Sorry I got such bad news for you Mr. Morris. But it's going to mean a complete brake replacement on the trailer and on the cab. I had a hard time just getting the drums off to show you, they were almost welded to the brakes."

Devlin nodded. "Could it have been a defect in the brakes?"

"No sir, those brake pads were worn out. Now, no offense, but I'm surprised you didn't notice it sooner."

"No offense taken, I guess I've had my mind on other things lately. Okay, replace them all, I've got another truck coming in to off load the trailer, and I'll have my office send you an approval on the work and parts." And see who had been the last one to work on his truck, when he found out; a pink slip would be in the mechanic's next pay check.

Walking back to the rental car, he flipped open his cell and hit his office number. Noreen, his long time secretary answered the private line on the first ring. "Hey Boss, how it's going, I hear you got yourself a fiancée on this run." Her voice was cheerful as usual.

"Word travels faster than my truck does. Noreen, I need you to have Harvey pull up the work orders for my truck..." He paused. "No, make that for all the trucks in the last six months. If any of the trucks were done by the same person as mine, put out a recall on them, have them take theirs to the nearest shop and have them checked. And get ready to print up one if not more pink slips; I don't pay the wages I do for shoddy and life threatening work."

"Dev, what happened?" Noreen had been with him a long time; she had earned the right to call him by his first name.

"Let's just say it's a good thing I haven't lost my touch when it comes to driving, otherwise I wouldn't be making this call...And I'm having a work order for parts and labor faxed to you from Kellogg's Truck Repair here in San Bernardino, tell Sam I said to approve it A.S.A.P., and transfer me over to dispatch, I need an truck and empty trailer to come off load that Intel order and get it up to Seattle, we're going to be late, but you know how to smooth it over with those big boys."

"Will do boss...and Dev, take care coming back okay, I like my job, and I'm too old to go looking for another one."

"Thanks Noreen, I miss you too."

Dispatch was busy and he kept it short and sweet. They had a truck just down the road in San Diego, and they would send it up as soon as its trailer was unloaded. "Works out good Mr. Devlin, we hadn't found him another load out yet, so we won't upset any customers."

"That's how I like it Mike, keep the drivers happy and don't upset any customers." He found a reason to grin.

"Yes sir, and Mr. Morris, I just want to say congratulations."

"Does anyone up there not know I have a fiancée now?"

Mike laughed, "Maybe someone who doesn't work for us, I got the word yesterday."

When he went to call Reni to tell him that he would be back soon, it dawned on him that he didn't have her cell number. He felt like slapping himself upside the head. How could he have been so stupid, but then he hadn't really thought that they would be separated like this until they got to Portland, he would have gotten it then for sure.

He found her easily at the pool. She was the one surrounded by at least five guys who had the look of drivers. Since this motel catered to truckers, it was no surprise, but he found he wasn't thrill to find his fiancée surrounded by other men, and it was even less appealing to see her laughing and having as much as she was without him. He had never felt jealousy about any other woman he had been with.

"Dev...!" She came running as soon as she saw him walking toward her. Throwing her arms around him, he put his around her and bent his head to claim her mouth in a savage kiss.

"Hmm, next time I hire a bodyguard."

Drawing back her head, she looked into his eyes, and he knew what she was seeing. Hers sparkled with amusement, "relax love, they're just old friends. They saw me and came over to say hi, come meet them..." She took his hand and he followed her to the group of men. "Guys, this is Dev, and be nice to him."

The oldest of them looked Dev up and down and nodded. "Leave it to you Reni, you have half the truckers in the country in love with you, and you end up with the boss of DM Trucking." He held out his hand, "Norm Hanson, work for one of your competitors, but I met this little girl about two years ago, and I admit I been wondering what became of her. Nice to see she did okay."



Reni watched as the others introduced themselves and a flash of good memories passed through her head as they did. These were good men, the ones who worked hard and sacrificed a lot to keep America moving. The only one she had her doubts about was Sasha. He wasn't looking as happy for her as the rest and she knew why. He hadn't wanted her to leave when they reached the end of his run, he had been her one experience into the world of sex, and he had admitted to her that he had never met anyone like her before. But he had never said he loved her. She saw him look at her with pain in his eyes, and sighed.

"Well, I am going for a swim." She was feeling the heat of seeing Devlin and she wanted to cool off before she was tempted to drag him off to their room. She had been hungry for him on the road, but knowing that they would have more time off was wonderful. Diving in, she swam the length of the pool and back again five times before heading to the side of the pool. When she did, she saw Dev was watching her, a smile on his lips. 

"Where did you meet him Reni?" Sasha's voice diverted her attention.

"Albuquerque. He's a good man Sasha."

"And rich..." His tone was less than friendly. "I never took you for a lot lizard Reni, selling your body for a ride."

"It's not like that Sasha...I never..." She was both stunned and hurt by his words.

"The hell it's not, would you have stayed with me longer if I had given you money? All you had to do was say the word; I would have paid for a lifetime with you..." He was too close to her, reaching for her and Reni pushed at his chest as his arms wrapped around her waist. 

"Sasha, let me go, please, let me go..."

She never saw Dev dive into the water or the others jump in as well. All she felt was strong arms pulling her from Sasha's grip and saw that suddenly Dev was there, and he was swinging on Sasha. Then she heard his voice, "Get her out of here Norm, I don't want her to see me kill this son of a bitch..."

Norm pulled her back to the pool's steps. "Never saw a man get so angry so fast, are you okay Reni, he didn't hurt you did he, because if he did, I'll leave you and go help him drown the bastard."

She shook her head. "But go help pull him off Sasha, please Norm. He's not worth the trouble this is going to cause."

There was trouble, when the police arrived she knew it. Sasha had threatened to press charges the minute he was out of the pool, and Dev had told him to go ahead. In the end they both ended up going to the police station in cuffs and the back of the police car. To make it worse, the manager of the motel had told her once they were gone that her and Dev had to leave the motel.

"This is a family motel; we don't need this kind of trouble."

Norm came back to the room with her and she appreciated his help as she packed their bags and called Jack and his wife to see if they had any ideas where they could go and to tell them what had happened. Norm suggested too that she do what Dev had told her and call his office. The number was speed dialed and an older sounding woman answered on the first ring.

"Yeah boss man...?"

Reni was feeling the after affects of what happened at the pool, and in the end it was Norm who explained what had happened to the woman. After he hung up, he held her in that fatherly way he had and let her cry until there was nothing left.

He stayed with her until Jack arrived, and helped load the bags into the back of his SUV. "We'll stop by the police station first, and then you're coming to our house. Annie would have come with me, but she was getting a place for you to settle in and sent me by myself."

"I'm sorry to be a bother Jack, but I didn't know what else to do."

He smiled as he shut the passenger door. "Hey, I like you two. And I am more than glad to help people I like. I think if the situation was reversed, you and Devlin would do the same thing."

Reni knew they would. Dev had liked Jack and his wife too, he had already talked to her about getting together with them for dinner one evening before they left town.




A Ride to Heaven and Back Ch. 05



At the police station they were able to see Dev, but the man they had talked to first had made it clear that he would be spending the night in jail. "Him and the other fellow both, they'll go up before the judge tomorrow and tell you the truth, I don't see him having to stay past then, even with the guy yelling the way he is that Mr. Morris tried to kill him. Think if it had been my girl he was trying to force himself on, I'd of reacted the same way your fiancée did, whatever past history they had."

Dev pulled her close the minute they were able to see each other, and looked over her head at Jack. "Thanks Jack, this is another one I owe you." He stroked her face, and lifted it up to his. "Did he hurt you baby?"

"Not physically, just with his words..." She had needed to tell the officer that had been taking statements what Sasha had said and how the fight had broken out. "Dev..." She felt close to crying and her voice cracked as she spoke his name.

"Hey, no crying now, it's just one night and we'll be fine, but you better call your mom tonight and tell her we'll be delayed getting up north. And tell her that we'll be making a side trip on the way, I'm getting a ring on your finger as soon as I can honey, that way if we run across any other men you've met who feel the same way he did, I have an even better excuse for wanting to kill him."

The shock she felt was reflected in her mother's voice that night when she called home.

"Reni, you can't be serious, marrying a man you barely know. Who is he, what kind of man is he? And to attack a friend of yours in that way, he must have a terrible temper. No, I won't have it, you have to come home now, your father is sick, and I need you here. Tomorrow you will get on a plane and come home at once."

For the first time in her life, Reni disobeyed her mother. "No mom, I won't. First reason being that you know I can't fly, the second being that I love Dev. It's true I haven't known him very long, but believe me, he is a good man, and I know when you meet him you'll agree with me. Mom, you and dad, you raised me to follow my dreams, to reach out and grab life with all I had in me. Well, since meeting Dev, I am, he's what I want and I can't let him go now."

Her mother's voice softened as she spoke. "So, you really are in love. I thought at first you might be in love because of who he is, what he is. But if that was the case you would be letting me tell you what to do and not thinking twice about it. Alright honey, do what you will, but try to be home as soon as you can. And tell this young man that I will tolerate a Reno wedding, but that I will also be planning one here. After all, you are the daughter and heir of Banks Electronics. We have a position to maintain..."

Reni laughed at the haughty tone in her mother's voice. "Yes mom, I don't think he will mind. After all, he is the owner of DM Trucking..."



A Ride to Heaven and Back Ch. 06



Jack volunteered to go to the courthouse to pick up Devlin and then the two of them would go to pick up the rental car. Reni spent the morning helping Annie with the house and their children, she had been refused at first, but it went against her grain to take advantage of the woman's hospitality and not offer at least, and she enjoyed spending time with the two children while they played in a wading pool in the back yard. She found herself wondering what it would be like once her and Dev got married. She knew he wanted kids, and she did too, she was just in no real hurry.

When he arrived at the house, she met him at the door, and he hugged her tight. "Hey sugar, it's only been overnight."

"Feels like forever." It was true, she had barely slept without him being there beside him.

Their room was actually a guest room and once in it, Dev laid back on the bed. "I hate jail cells. The bunks never fit me right."

"How many jails have you been in Dev?"

He grinned. "Just twice; one when I was nineteen and got busted for MIP and the one last night, more than enough for me sweetheart. By the way, I've invited Jack and Annie out to dinner tonight, which means we get to play dress up. Dress up, reservations the whole thing. From what I was told, the place is very much the kind of place a fiancee takes his love for a romantic evening of dining, dancing and whatever else comes to mind."

Reni liked the way he said "whatever" in that deep, sexy tone of his. "Hmm, and what sort of whatever do you have in mind Dev?"

She watched as his eyes roamed over the top and shorts she had put on after a shower this morning. Normally she would have never bought an outfit like this, but the woman at the store had suggested it as something more for her man's pleasure than hers. "All men like eye candy dear, and you have the natural figure to fill out the top just the way the designer intended. And I must say that you have the legs for the shorts as well. Ah to be so young again..." She already intended to wear that special nightgown she had picked out as well. Black, clinging and slit up both sides to her hip, while the top plunged down both the front and the back.

"The sort of whatever that makes a man hot for his woman and drives all rational thought from his brain. The kind of whatever that..."

A knock on the door interrupted whatever he was going to say, and he opened it to find Annie smiling up at him. "Sorry to interrupt you two, but I have some errands to run, and since you were so nice to invite us out tonight, I'll be gone a while, taking the kids to my mom's. I don't know for sure what time I'll be back, feel free to fix something to eat, watch television, whatever comes to mind..." The smile turned knowing as she shifted her gaze back and forth between them, "see you later." 

He shut the door once she was out of view and turned his attention back to Reni. "Now what were we discussing? Oh yes, the kind of whatever I had in mind." He went to where she stood and reached out to draw her to him. "The kind of whatever that a man who spent the night without his woman in a very dreary jail cell has in mind. The kind that makes him want to strip off her clothes, drag her into the shower with him and take it from there."

Reni smiled as she wrapped her arms around his neck, "There you go Dev, talking and not doing again." She nibbled at his chin and felt his hands begin to do just what he had said. His kiss was savage, and she answered it with all the hunger she had in her. The clerk had called the outfit eye candy; obviously neither she nor the designer had ever seen a hungry man rip into a candy bar before. Devlin had her stripped and was literally lifting her up off her feet to carry her into the bathroom before she knew what was happening. The whole time his mouth never left hers and when she did realize what was going on, she had to rush to get his shirt off while he held her up against the back of the shower wall to strip off his pants and kick off his shoes. She had realized he was strong, but to do it all one handed sent a thrill through her. "Oh Dev, yes..."

He turned on the shower and not even the blast of cold water could make the heat she felt as he pushed his way into her waiting pussy go away, her temperature was rising and so was his. "God Reni, you make me so fucking hot, I was burning for you yesterday and for the first time in my life, I wanted to honestly kill a man for laying even a finger what was mine. I wanted to tear that bastard limb from limb." He was plunging in and out of her harder and faster than ever before and she clung to him as he kissed her neck, then bit it and sucked at the tender skin. "You're mine Reni, mine and no one else will ever touch you again."

Reni understood what he meant. She felt the same way about him, he was hers, and she would tear the eyes out of any other woman who even tried to come between the two of them. "Dev, oh yes Dev, I'm yours, I'll always be yours." Her body tensed as she suddenly felt the first of her climax slide over her, it was hard and powerful and it threatened to send her off balance. "Dev, oh my god, I'm coming Dev, yes, like that, I don't know what you're doing, but don't stop, don't fucking stop...!!!"

Devlin heard her words and grinned as he kept rotating his hips while he fucked her over and over. The guy at the little sex shop had been right, the cock ring was giving her that little something special and it also gave him more lasting power as well. He thought of the other few goodies in the bag that held his clothes from the jail, and misc. oils, rubs and a couple little toys. Jack had told him the store was the best in town, and had picked up a couple little surprises for his own woman as well. It promised to be one hell of a long day and night.

Sasha Devanraux fired up his truck and rubbed his sore jaw. He wasn't going to forget Reni, or that son of a bitch Devlin Morris. Somewhere down the road, they would all meet again and this time he would come out on top. He had spent the last three years looking for her, hoping that she would cross his path again, and now that she had, he wasn't going to let her out of his sights again. He would just have to remember one thing, she was all about the money, her being with Morris told him that. He lit a cigarette, shoved the gearshift into granny low and started back out on his run. Yeah, they would meet again, and that damn lot lizard and her rich man would see that he was not a man to forget.

Devlin and Jack were standing at the bar in the living room when Annie came out. She had been in helping Reni dress and now she looked at both her husband and Devlin with a knowing smile. To be honest with herself, she would have worried about Jack's reaction if she didn't know just how much he loved her, and if she wasn't fully aware of how much Devlin and Reni loved each other. As it was, she was sure Devlin was going to go crazy when he saw Reni in the dress she was wearing.

"Close your eyes, both of you, and be sure to put your glasses down before you do, I don't want broken glass or spilled whiskey on my carpet, understood?" When the two men had done as she said, she called out to Reni, "Okay, its safe..."

Reni sounded nervous as she answered back. "Are you sure, it's been a while since I got dressed up like this."

"I'm sure, now get out here." Annie liked the younger woman, she had always been intimidated by taller woman and women who were larger than her, but Reni was different. They had spent their time getting dressed talking and getting to know each other and it hadn't taken her long to realize that the younger woman was more like a nervous little girl about some things then she was about others. She wasn't as spoiled or snobbish about being rich either. She just shrugged off that she had gone to a private school, had always had the best in life. For Annie, who had grown up in this town and never gone anywhere or done anything until she met Jack, it had sounded like the woman was no different than her in a lot of respects.

Reni stepped into the room and looked at her. "Well...?"

Annie smiled. "I think I should have let them finish their drinks first. Okay guys, you can open your eyes now..."

The two men looked at Reni and Jack let out with a long wolf whistle. "Oh my gods, Dev are you sure you want to take her out in public in that outfit, if it was Annie, I'd be building a steel cage around her."

Dev was thinking the same thing, but in his view, it would be reinforced concrete, with barbed wire, and land mines. All the different ways he had seen her so far were nothing compared to what he saw now. The dress was gorgeous, and it hugged her body perfectly. It was a mixture of black, deep dark blue and a royal purple that all intermingled and the top looked at first like it was strapless, until you saw that the back was fitted so it had long sleeves and a short little jacket like effect over the front. It hugged her female lines and flared a bit from her waist, but the left side ended abruptly about half way down her left thigh, and then cut diagonally across the front and back to fall mid calf on the right. 

He had never seen her anything but boots and running shoes, but now she wore black high heels that tied up around her ankles and calves and the heel was a short form of stiletto. The dress was so breathtaking that he didn't even notice her hair was up until she coughed as if to remind him she had a face. "Oh my fucking god and I didn't think you could look anymore beautiful to me. Remind me to send that lady at the shop a bonus..." He was already getting hard just looking at her and he wondered if he could just send Annie and Jack to dinner while he and Reni stayed here. He had planned on taking the rental car to dinner, but now he picked up his drink, downed the rest of his whiskey and looked at Jack. "Sorry son, you're driving."

Jack chuckled, "how did I know that was coming..."

Devlin walked up to Reni. "Not yet son, but close, damn close..."

Reni blushed and Annie joined her husband in the laughter. "Remember when you looked at me like that?"

Jack looked down at his wife and smiled. "Honey, I've never stopped looking at you like that, take my word for it...seven years of marriage, and you are still the hottest woman I know, and believe me, I will prove it to you when I get you home tonight."

The restaurant was busy, but it seemed like everything stopped dead when they walked in, Jack was sure that neither Reni nor Devlin noticed but he and Annie, did. How could the couple with them not stop everything around them? Devlin was tall, dark, and good looking beyond words, and Reni, well Reni was gorgeous. Not as gorgeous as his Annie, but still a knock out. He was sure as they were shown to their table that every man in the place was getting a stiff one just watching how Reni moved in that dress, and the women must be creaming their panties just looking how at how well Devlin filled out his suit jacket and pants. That they had eyes only for each other was clear as day as well, and he was sure a lot of the couples in the place would remember this night simply for having seen the two of them together. 

Jack was sure Devlin didn't remember him; they had met many times in their younger days, when he had been on the road and Devlin Morris had been just another driver on the road instead of being the boss of DM trucking. But Jack had remembered him. It was hard to forget the man who had seemed so determined to make his dreams come true and was willing to work himself into the ground to do it. He was sure there were a lot of men out there on the road, who never connected the truck driver Devlin to DM trucking, but Jack had known the minute he had pulled up to help the couple coming down off the hill with brakes smoking and they had jumped out of the rig.

When the waiter came asking about drinks or something from the bar, old habits came into play, a driver learned when he could drink and when he couldn't and tonight was too special to let alcohol muddy anyone's brains. Devlin did ask for something special if it was possible and the waiter brought them four fruit decorated tall glasses. "A specialty of the house, I hope you all enjoy it sir."

He looked around the table and smiled as he raised his glass. "A toast, to old friends," his eyes went directly to Jack, who looked back in surprise. "To new friends," it was Annie's turn this time, and she blushed under his dark gaze, "And to the love I thought I would never find..." He turned his gaze to Reni and saw her smoldering one looking back. "Salute..." They joined glasses and at the first drink, he wondered if the bartender had screwed up, but then he realized it was the mixture of tea, and assorted juices that made you think different. When he looked at Jack, he grinned. "It took me a while Jack, I admit it, but I pride myself on my memory and I knew from the start I knew you from somewhere."

"That was a long time ago Dev, and I admit I wondered if you would. Of course, I knew who you were right off. Man starts off with one beat up old truck and builds it up into what you have, well, I still remember how you used to talk about your dreams when we met up for coffee or a meal out there on the road." He looked at his wife and Reni. "I remember this one place in Cheyenne, seemed anytime I was there, Devlin was too, and there was this waitress, she'd see us coming and have a table, coffee and our order already in by the time we got sat down. Told us both she could damn near set her watch by us."

Reni looked at him. "And I bet she was madly in love with you both..."

Devlin shook his head. "We were both just kids compared to her; the love of her life was a big old boy from the Deep South named Leroy Jenkins. He'd come in and you could figure on cold coffee, mixed up orders and her having to be called three or four times before she answered. Never saw two people so in love with each other, finally one night he comes in, looks at her and in front of all of us, asks her when the hell she was going to finally take off that apron and go home with him where she belonged. That was the last time we saw either of them."

Jack grinned. "Actually, I ran into them just before I left the road, down in Natchez. They opened up a soul food place and she was back wearing that apron while old Leroy made up the best barbecue in the world. Had five or six kids, and as I remember, had one on the way."

Reni looked at him in surprise. "You're talking about the couple that own a place called "The End of the Road Truck Shack". I've been there, the place started out as an old truck trailer and grew up from there. I got a ride down that way with Norm. Said he couldn't let me go without letting me talk to these folks. Actually they have ten now, and from what the wife told me, that was it. Man, talk about some stories. Wow, I could have written a whole book about them, not to mention the food. I was sorry as hell to leave once I tasted the cooking. As it was I ended up staying longer than I intended and Norm had to go on." A frown crossed her face. "That was where I met Sasha."

Dev looked at her. "No, no dredging up bad memories or good ones unless they involve me. This is our night, he's long gone and he won't be bothering you ever again."

Reni nodded, but as she sipped her drink, she couldn't help but remember the look in Sasha's eyes or the tone of his voice. Somehow she was sure Dev was wrong, Sasha knew how to find her now, and she was sure that they hadn't seen the last of him.

Devlin moved her around the dance floor and thought how well they fit together. She seemed to know how to move with him and he wondered how she had learned to dance so well.

"Three years of dance class will teach anyone how to do it Dev..." she spoke softly. "Dance class, piano lessons, the whole list of accomplishments expected of a young lady in society. Part of the hassles of being rich, you have certain things that are expected of you and they never let you forget. Even if my parents had wanted to, the rest of the family wouldn't. I know most of them considered mom and dad to be fools for indulging my little "whims" as they considered them as it was. My uncle James about had a fit when mom told him that I was taking off for the open road as it was. And my aunt, while being a little more understanding simply couldn't let me go without taking the time to warn me about how foolish I was being and how dangerous it was out in the real world."

"I wonder what they say when we go to your home and you will introduce me as "my husband..." Devlin chuckled.

"Oh, that reminds me, mom said to give you a message, a quickie wedding in Reno is fine with her and dad, simply to get us home sooner, but you better be prepared for one big gala wedding later on in exchange."

"So who are they meeting first, Devlin the truck driver, or Devlin the businessman?"

She stepped on his toe. "They are meeting Devlin the man I love and adore, period. I don't care if you meet them in jeans, and a tee shirt, or an Armani suit, or bare ass naked. Well, maybe not naked, I don't want to give anyone a heart attack over your gorgeous body, and I certainly don't want any of my female cousins raping your ass, but I don't care how you choose to meet them."

He heard the tone in her voice and knew she was telling him the truth. She was in love with him as the man, not who or what he was. Still, he had to ask. "Reni, tell me the truth, would you marry me even if I wasn't the man who owns DM Trucking?" 

He had screwed up; he knew it the minute he asked that he had committed the "JACKASS MOMENT OF THE CENTURY". She stopped dead and for the first time in their time together, he saw true pain and hurt in her eyes. He could have hurt her less if he had slapped her black and blue, but listening to her talk about her family he had needed to know. As he reached for her to say he was sorry, she shook her head, and stepped back. "Reni...I..."

"No, no..." Pushing her way off the dance floor, he watched as she headed for the exit and disappeared into the night.

Reni walked along the street uncaring that her makeup was running or that she was crying so hard she couldn't see where she was going. How could he ask her such a thing? Hadn't they talked about this in Arizona? She loved him, not who he was or would be. She didn't care how much money he had, or what kind of clothes he wore. So her family was rich, she didn't live for their approval like some might, she hadn't been brought up that way, her parents had learned from her real mother's mistakes and swore they would never do to her what they had done to her mother.

She felt herself bump into something and looking up she saw he was tall and husky and he smelled of something foul. "Hey there lady, how you doing tonight..."

Every city in the world had a place like this part of town. Old, run down, neglected. She didn't know how long she had been walking or where she had been heading, she had just needed to get away from Devlin...now she saw that she had made a mistake, she was a million miles from him and this was not a good place for her to be. "I...I'm sorry, excuse me...I..." She started to walk around him, BUT he stepped in front of her again.

"Hey darlin', what's your hurry." He reached out and gripped her arm. "That's a nice dress you got on; I bet you'd look even better without it. I got money if that's what you're looking for, how much for a couple hours of you out of it..."

Oh lord, why did men think money was her entire life, even dressed up to look her best; they thought she was a whore. First Dev, then Sasha, and now a fucking drunk who probably spent more time in the bottle then he did in reality. "Please, just let me go. I need to find my way back to my friend's house; I took a wrong turn a few a streets back..." No matter how hard she tried to pull away from him, his grip was as strong as Dev's. "I'm not...I'm not what you think I am...please..."




A Ride to Heaven and Back Ch. 06



Something crossed his face. "It don't matter what I think you are bitch. I like women who fight back, it makes me hot, and I was getting hot just looking at you. I was going to be nice, take you back to my room, but now, I can't wait..." Looking around he began to drag her off the sidewalk, and when she saw the alley she knew just what he had in mind.

Rape was something she had never faced in her life, never once had any of the truckers she met even made her feel like that might be possible, and now this man, he was going to make a woman's worse nightmare come true. That was it, if she survived this night; she was going home, writing her book and never stepping outside of her home again. But first she had to survive and that meant fighting all the way. And with a groan, she began to do just that. She yelled, she screamed, she kicked and she clawed and when he pinned her up against the brick wall of the alley, she kept at it, knowing all the time that she was doing nothing more than giving him what he wanted anyway. Still she had to keep trying hoping someone would hear her, that someone would come and help her.

Even as the man worked his hand under her dress and ripped away her panties, and began to feel his way around her she couldn't stop. Where was Dev, she needed him to come rescue her, how had she been so foolish to just walk off like that. Dev had no way of knowing where she was; neither did Jack or Annie. How could they know, she didn't know herself. God,he was choking her now, his hand around her throat; trying to stop her screaming at the same time he was opening his pants, freeing himself to violate her. As she began to black out she felt him touch her skin with the head of his penis and that was when darkness closed over her.

Devlin dropped to his knees and looked at Reni lying so pale and still on the ground. She hadn't come to even now that the man who had attacked her was in handcuffs and both Jack and he were battered and bloody from fighting him. Had they found her too late, were the paramedics lying to him when they said she was still alive, just in shock? They were taking her to the hospital, he could hear them coming back with the gurney and yet he couldn't leave her. This was his fault, if he hadn't asked her such a foolish question, if he had simply waited until they were back at Jack and Annie's to bring it up.

That man had put his hands on her had been ready to invade her body when they had spotted them in the mouth of the alley. He had choked her into darkness and now, now Dev was scared to death she might not come out of it. No, he couldn't lose her like this, not in some trash filled alley. He held her hand felt how cold she was, like ice. He wanted her warm and awake, and in his arms. "Damn it Reni, wake up, and don't let him win. Come back to me." His voice was hoarse and raw with emotion. He wanted to cry, could feel tears rolling down cheeks that had seldom felt them before. "Reni, I need you, please wake up..."

Her voice was little more than a barely audible whisper. "Dev...oh Dev..."

"I'm here baby, I'm here..."

Her eyes flickered as the paramedics began to put her on the gurney. "What took you so long...?" Then her eyes closed again and he knew she would be alright.

Jack and Annie waited with him at the hospital, and more than once Jack told him to sit down and relax, she would be fine. Just the shock of what had happened to her was the main problem and them finding her when they had had kept anything worse from happening. Which they would have done a lot faster if the guy at the restaurant hadn't had so much trouble running his credit card and having to do it twice. He should have just handed him the wallet and said fuck it. At least that was how it had felt to him. His main concern; not knowing which direction she had gone in. Only pure luck had led them to her.

"Mr. Morris, you can see her now..." the nurse looked at him with a smile.

He found Reni sitting up in the bed, her color was back and while her throat would carry the bruises from the attacker's fingers he saw no other injuries, at least none but what she might carry in her mind. "Reni..."

She looked at him and saw the tears well up in her eyes. "Dev, oh lord, Dev..." She began to cry and he cared about nothing but holding her close and letting her cry. They would talk about it all later, once they were alone and able to work this out.

"Shh baby, don't strain your throat...its okay, I'm here, and you're alright, that's all that matters." He looked up as the doctor came in. "When can she leave?"

The doctor looked at the chart in his hand. "We'd like to keep her over night, just for observation. There's no apparent damage except to her throat, and that will heal in time. I do recommend she not speak anymore than is necessary, we don't know if there was damage to the vocal cords or not...she'll need to see a specialist in the morning to be sure."

Dev nodded. "How soon before they move her?"

"We're getting a room made up now, you best bet is to go home, get some sleep and come back first thing..."

Dev shook his head, "Sorry doc, I got no intention of leaving her until we can go together. Not after what she went through tonight, it was my fault she ran off and I'm not going to make that mistake again."

"As you like Mr. Morris, I'll let the floor nurse know..."

He looked at Reni. "I'm going to tell Jack and Annie what's going on, I'll be right back..." She nodded and he bent to kiss her. "I love you honey, and I had my jackass moment for the damn century, it was a big one, but it won't happen again."

He went out and informed Jack and Annie what was going on, they promised to come back and bring a change of clothes for both of them once they had some sleep. Taking a fast moment, Dev walked with them out to the SUV, watched them leave, then flipped open his cell.

Noreen would be home, but he wanted to make sure everything would be taken care of first thing in the morning. She knew that it was part of the job, and when he told her what he wanted, she didn't mind being woke up in the middle of the night. "No problem Dev, I'll have Rusty fly down as soon as it can be arranged, a day maybe two at the most. Are you sure about this though? You've never let anyone else drive your truck as long as I've known you."

"Well get used to it Noreen, I don't think I'll be doing much driving after this run anyway. I'm finding out I am agreeing with an old friend, there comes a time in your life that you have to choose your priorities..."

To be continued...



A Ride to Heaven and Back Ch. 07



Reni lay back on the bed and stared up at the ceiling of the guest bedroom at Jack and Annie's. She had been out of the hospital for two days, and this was the second day in a row, Dev had treated her like a fragile piece of glass, going off to do what he had to do as far as the truck went, but not doing more than cuddling with her and making sure she was comfortable. And what was with this talk about another driver coming down and taking the truck back while they rented a car, and drove back that way. She loved the truck; she loved riding in it with him.

The worst part was every time she tried to talk to him about it, he reminded her of what the specialist had told her about her vocal cords and that she was to speak as little as possible. Her throat still hurt, and she had had to have Dev call her mom and tell her what had happened. It had been interesting to see the way he responded to her mother and surprisingly her father as well. He had been intimidated by two old people who were over a thousand miles away. That had shocked her. 

Annie knocked on the bedroom door. "Reni, are you awake?"

She sat up and nodded. "Yes."

"Good, because Dev just called, he's on his way back and he told me you need to be up and awake when he gets here...Reni, he didn't sound happy..."

What now? She moved off the bed and went into the living room, it was Saturday and Jack was home. He gave her a grin and a wave as she sat on the sofa, feeling guilty over making Annie do so much by herself. Well she would make it up to her, and to Jack. Somehow, some way, she would.

A car horn sounded and she went to the door. Dev was back, and he wasn't alone. The man who crawled out of the passenger side would be Rusty, the driver who would be taking the truck back; he gave her a friendly wave and then went to open the back door. Once it was, an all too familiar voice sounded from behind it. "Well, don't just stand there young man, help an old lady out of this car like a gentleman should." Reni groaned and walked toward the car. Her hearing wasn't as bad as her throat, and when she reached the door, her mother was indeed standing in front of her, all five feet six inches, a hundred and fifteen pounds of her, and across the top she saw her father being helped out of the other side by Dev. "Well don't just stand there young lady, I know you can't talk, but you can come give me a hug and then lead me inside out of this awful heat. Rusty, you can help Devlin with Charles." As Reni hugged her mother, she heard the older woman low whisper. "I must say I approve of your taste in men dear, that Devlin is an absolute hunk. Maybe it is a good thing he's putting a wedding ring on your finger before you come back to Portland..."

Once inside she found herself being gathered up in her father's strong arms and hugged tightly. "Can't tell you how good it is to see you baby girl, the house has been way to quite since you left, and..." like her mother his voice dropped to a soft whisper. "Must say I approve of this Devlin fellow, seems to know his mind well. And this young fellow Rusty told us a great deal about his boss on the plane. Self made men are the best of the bunch of course."

Reni smiled. Of course her dad would say that, he was a self made man and he admired any man who could manage to do it these days. "I'm glad you approve daddy..."

Before his father could respond, another voice caught her attention. "Hey hon, you think I could get a hug too, or is that asking too much...?"

Considering how tired he looked, she didn't think it was. Moving into his arms, she wrapped her arms around his neck and he claimed her mouth in a kiss that she hadn't tasted for the last two days. He held her tight, and she felt his arousal as keenly as she felt her own. When he drew back, she saw the hunger in his eyes and licked her lips.

"We would have been here sooner, but your folks wanted to get checked in to their hotel and I wanted to get Rusty settled as well. The truck won't be ready for another three days and after that we can head north anytime you're ready..."

She had been ready for days, but it still felt good to know they had a few more days of layover. Glancing at her parents, she saw that they had made themselves right at home and Jack was playing the perfect host. Rusty was admiring the view from the backyard. Seeing a chance to get Devlin to herself, she took his hand and led him into the bedroom. Once there she hugged him again and whispered in his ear. "What are mom and dad doing here?"

He grinned. "I have no idea, all I know is Noreen told me as soon as I called in to check in that they had called and told her the airline and time they would be landing. It turned out to be the same plane Rusty was due to come in on, so what could I do? Leave them at the airport?"

She almost told him yes, but instead she hugged him and drew his head down so she could kiss him. It was clear that they had to wait, but she had every intention of showing him that tonight she wanted him and he moaned as they drew apart.

"Oh Lord Reni, do you know how hard it has been for me? I been wanting you so damn bad, but wanting to give you some time to recover, and feeling like a sex maniac for feeling the way I do."

"Shower?" she spoke the one word with meaning.

A gleam in his eye told her he was in favor and they were tearing at their clothes as they went in to freshen up. This time he turned the water on first, but once he was in her, it didn't matter. More than once she had to bite her tongue from crying out and Dev's rough whispers in her ear told her he was as frustrated with having to hold in how he felt as she was. The sooner they got a chance to get the hell out of here and back on the road, the better for both their nerves.

As they dressed, she wondered again why they wouldn't be taking the truck back to Portland and Seattle. She was sure he had a good reason; Reni just wished he would talk to her about it.

The afternoon passed pleasantly enough, Jack and Devlin fired up the backyard barbecue and her parents told her all the news from home. Rusty and her dad discovered they were both avid fishing fans and Annie became a favorite with her mother the minute she agreed with Mrs. Marks on the type of wedding dress Reni should have to highlight her figure and her looks. Reni had to blush when Dev spoke his mind on it.

"As long as it's easy for her to get off, I love looking at her dressed, but I could spend the rest of my life just watching her run around in what she was born with."

"You say that now Dev," Reni heard her mother's response, "but tell me that again in fifty years, when everything has sagged on both of you and it's all falling to the floor."

Perching on the arm of the chair beside her, Dev ran his fingers along Reni's face. "Sylvie, in fifty years I will love looking at her body as much as I do now. I will still love her, still want her and still wonder how the hell I got so damn lucky that she is willing to forgive me my jackass moments." Bending down he kissed her mouth and when he drew back she saw the sparkle in his eyes. "And I will still be thanking who or whatever it was that put me next to her in that truck stop café that night, because they did me one hell of a big favor."

"Well said son, well said..." Her dad spoke up. "And on that note, I think it's time you called us a cab and sent Sylvie and I back to the hotel. You young people can while the night away, but us old folks need our rest, and if I know Sylvie she will be up at the crack of dawn wanting to explore this town and its shops and such. Never fails, get her out of Portland and she has to find out where every store is in town...wonder I have any money left between her and Pauline, not to mention that jackass son of mine. Which reminds me, have some business I'd like to discuss with you tomorrow Dev if you're not too busy."

Despite protests from Dev that he could take them, the cab was called and Rusty joined them for the trip back to the hotel. Annie and Jack looked as tired as Reni felt and smiled when Jack pointed out that for an elderly man with cancer, her dad was a hell of a man. She nodded her agreement. "I couldn't have found one better. The best part is he chose me, him and mom both."

"So what do you think this business deal is that he wants to discuss with me?" Dev looked curious.

"I would say that he has it in mind for you to take over as the main hauler for the company. My uncle is a good businessman but he has no idea how to handle things like outside contractors. Just in the last five years he's changed haulers five times, and you know as well as I do that while most haulers need the contracts more these days, a company that has a reputation of switching haulers once a year is soon going to find themselves without anyone but the cheapest and worse of the bunch."

"Have any idea how many trucks he uses in a year?"

"There are at least ten trucks at the warehouse at any one time, so you're looking at a good fifty to sixty in a day if not more. Back about twenty years ago, we had our own fleet, but when uncle John took over, he decided it was cheaper to contract out, he was wrong. We have stores coast to coast, with two main warehouses, one in Portland and one in the Midwest. Portland's covers five square blocks, and a terminal down at the port. The main manufacturing plant is in Japan and parts are constantly being shipped back and forth, it's a big organization."

Annie looked impressed. "You seem to know a lot about it Reni."

"Just ask mom and my sisters about it. They know as much as I do, so do my other uncles. But John is the oldest, and needless to say, the one who was groomed to take over." She groaned as a realization hit her. "Oh Lord..."

Dev looked at her with concern, "what the matter baby?"

"I'm 21, that means when I get back I have to take my place on the Board." She looked at Dev. "Dev, can we just get in the truck and drive off into the sunset...I hate Board meetings."

Dev grinned; he knew just how she felt. Luckily he had been smart and hired the best people he could find to help him run DM Trucking and it had paid off in the long run. The only actual family members who were part of it were his sister's son who was a driver, and his older brother's daughter Meg who had went to college and gotten a degree in Business Management from a university back East. She had gotten her internship with him and once it ended, had stayed on to help him. Meg was a smart woman and while she didn't always agree with him on how he ran the business, she was willing to sit down and voice her views and her own reasons for disagreeing.

Thinking about his family, he thought how old his nieces and nephews were getting. At twenty seven, Meg was the oldest. He also thought how he had a birthday coming up; he would be thirty seven years old. Yes, it was time, time to hang up the truck keys and concentrate on his future, his and Reni's life together. 

Standing up, he looked down at her and held out his hand. "Let's take a walk in the backyard before we call it a night. There's a full moon out."

"I like full moons..."

The yard wasn't as big as some he had seen, but then it beat the terrace of his Condo that overlooked Seattle. Not that he was there very much, he hated the closed in feeling it gave him, and the lonely hours that he had spent in it hadn't helped. "We'll need to find a house once we get married Reni, I live in a Condo when I'm home and it's not where I want to raise a family." He wrapped his arms around her as they stood looking up at the moon. It was clear and bright and you could see the seas if you looked hard enough. "I was thinking that we should start talking about such things..."

"Is that why Rusty is here to drive the truck back?"

"Partly, but to be honest, I'm thinking of hanging up my driving gloves." He looked at her and knew she was going to start arguing. "And before you say anything, hear me out Reni; it's not just what happened when the brakes went bad. I'll be thirty seven years old next month, I have a niece who graduated from college with a master's degree in Business, and I have a nephew who is a driver. The youngest one is like twelve, and to be honest, I feel like life is passing me by too damn fast. Since I met you, I've started to feel like I've been missing out on things. Seeing your mom and dad tonight, I know that right now, in this space and time, all I want is to be with you and grow old with you and know for the first time that when my time is up, I won't be a lonely old man who wondered where he went wrong. I don't regret working as hard as I have, I'm made my name in the world, I've gotten richer than I ever dreamed possible, but what the hell good is money if I don't have someone to share it with? What the hell good is all the work I've done if I don't have someone to carry on after I'm gone?"

Reni turned to look at him and he knew instantly that she understood. "Dev...Devlin...I just don't want you to be sorry you gave up something that has been a part of your life for so long."

Looking down at her, he shook his head. "Reni, with you in my life, I could never be sorry. Right now all I want is for you and me to make a life together. I've waited so long to find you and twice in one week I have come so close to losing you..." He swallowed hard. "I just want to know that when or if something does happen to one of us, we had that time together. That we won't look back on our lives and think of what little time we had." Reaching up, he stroked her face and ran his fingers into her hair. "I fell in love with you so fast, god, the first night we were together I wanted you like I have never wanted anyone before. I can't even tell you how hard it was to see you walk into the hotel room and know how much I wanted to be following you in."

"Why didn't you?"

Dev shook his head. "I'd made a big enough jackass of myself that night, I didn't want you to think all I wanted from you was a fast fuck. Then the next morning, watching you stumble around in that damn sheet...I had to fight myself to keep from coming in and joining you in the shower. And then that damn thong, god I got hard as hell when I saw it. As hard as I am right now, just remembering...be my wife Reni, help me enjoy all I've accomplished and done all my life, and be prepared to have a husband who comes home for lunch because you've been in my mind all day and I want you so bad that I won't even want to wait for us to get to our bedroom..." He knew he was running on and on, but there was so much he had wanted to say to her and these past couple of days he had done so much thinking...he had never thought so much in his life. "Reni, I called my brother today, I haven't talked to Sean in over three months, and I told him all about you. Do you know what he said when I told him I was marrying you as soon as we could get the hell out of here and get to Reno?"

"No, what did he say?"

"He asked me if I was on some kind of drugs. That he had never expected me to ever call and say anything like that to him. My niece Meg had called him, the whole company knows I found myself a fiancée this trip, and she wanted to know if he knew if it was true or not. He told her he had his doubts, the only woman I was interested in was that truck of mine."

"You had your priorities Dev; we all do in one way or another."

"Yeah, well I've reached my goal. Now my goal is to marry you and get you home safe to Portland and then to a new home in Seattle. Once that is done, I will go back to the company and you can start working on your book. After that we'll take each day as it comes."

"Before we do all that though, can I ask a favor?"

He grinned as he recognized the husky tone to her voice. "Anything you want my love, ask and I will do all I can to fulfill it."

"Make love to me, here and now, in this back yard, under the light of the full moon..."

"I thought you would never ask love."

The houses around them were dark and he glanced back at Jack and Annie's before taking her to a spot where the grass was thick and they had some bit of privacy from any prying eyes but still had the moonlight shining down on them. Stripping off his shirt, and working on his belt he watched as she removed her own clothes slowly and with deliberate teasing movements.

He had seen her in so many forms of light, but tonight the moonlight seemed to give her skin a new type of glow. An almost unearthly one and her eyes appeared to be even more golden than usual. When she stood before him, he swallowed hard and reached for her. His cock brushed her leg and she shivered as he claimed her mouth. At the same time his fingers moved along the soft skin and at her lower hair, he let his fingers tangle in it. His legs were shaking from his excitement and as he laid a finger tip on her clit he felt the fullness of her need.

"Reni. Oh my god, you are so wet and ready for me, as ready as I am for you, but there's no rush tonight, no need for us to be in a hurry...I want to savor everything we do."

"What do you want to do Dev, what do you want me to do for you?"

He chuckled. "I want to play, I want to build us both to the point we think we can't take any more and then stop to let it ease up. Then I want to torture us over and over that way all night long. I want to do things to you I have never done with anyone else."

She gave a soft giggle. "Oh, you want to get kinky do you?"

"Honey, I want to get kinky, I want to fuck you over and over, I want to feel you come a hundred times, and I want to be able to call my brother tomorrow and tell him that yes I am on drugs, a powerful drug, one I need to get a fix of every day...a drug called Reni."

"Then come get your fix lover, and be sure to give me a long injection with that needle you have between your legs."

Helping her down to the ground, he smiled down at her. "Then lay back love and spread your beautiful legs, because this will be only the first of many..."

Once he was in her, he knew it was true, he felt her legs wrap around him and he groaned as he began to work his hips. God, she felt so good to him, so wonderful. Over and over he kissed her mouth and swallowed both their cries of pleasure. As he did, he knew that this was the end of the first part of their lives together; they would wait until the truck was ready to go and then it was off to Reno and while her parents went home, they would have a honeymoon. He didn't know where yet, but it would be a good one. One where they could spend the day making love and have no worries but those that of lovers enjoying each other.

The End

(Author's Note: Before I get a bunch of nasty feedback wondering if this is where Dev and Reni's story end, be assured it's not, its just the end of the first part of their lives together.

So stay tuned for A Ride To Heaven and Back - Part 2 Coming soon I promise.)



A Ride to Heaven and Back Pt. 02 Ch. 01



Reni Morris lay on her belly on the bed and let a small moan escape as her husband Devlin Morris rubbed the scented oil into her bare back. She loved the feel of his hands on her bare skin and though they had known each other only a short time she regretted nothing about their whirlwind courtship or the fast marriage a week ago in Reno. Now they were on a bed in a mountain cabin owned by his parents and for the last week they had made love in every room in the house. She would be sorry when it was time for them to leave, to go to Portland and see her parents and then go to Seattle and find not only a new home, but a new life together.

"How does that feel love?" Dev was running his finger up and down the crack of her ass and she shivered as he played with the tight hole he had yet to invade.

"Hmm like everything else you do to me, heavenly. But are you sure it will fit?" Dev was no small man in size anywhere on his body and that included his beautiful cock and the heavy balls that hung down. At thirty six he was still one of the most gorgeous men she had ever met, and while there were times she didn't feel worthy of a man like him, he made it clear to her that he loved every inch of her tall, full figured frame.

Dev was an ex truck driver who had built his one man-one truck business up into DM Trucking, the largest long haul company on the West Coast. She had met him at a truck stop in Albuquerque, New Mexico when she had been on her way home after three years of traveling and doing research for a book she had dreamed of writing since she was a kid. Born by default to the daughter of John Marks senior, the founder and owner of one of the largest Electronic companies in the country, she had been adopted and raised by her grandparents into a life of privilege and wealth. But she had also been raised with love and understanding and when she had found a desire to write about the men who drove the big rigs and traveled the nation's highways keeping this country moving, her parents had supported her decision.

Dev had mistaken her for a type of woman known as a "Lot Lizard" a woman who traded sexual favors from truckers for money, or rides. When he had realized his mistake, he had helped her find a place to bunk down for the night and the next day taken on a load to Seattle so he could help her get home to a father who had been diagnosed with Cancer. Since then the heat between them has erupted into unexpected stops to share hot, steamy sex in the bunk of his truck, in motel rooms and in the back yard of an old friend of his in San Bernardino, a place they had been stuck in after the brakes on his truck had failed coming out of Arizona. They had been lucky to survive, but then a meeting with. The friend Jack and his wife Annie had given them a ride, and it had turned out that Jack was someone Dev had known back in his early years of driving. Along the way they had also discovered that whoever had done the last brake job on Dev's truck had charged the company for the brakes but they had never been put on.

Added to that he had spent a night in the town jail after attacking a man she had known early in her trip, and who had made the mistake of putting hands on in the pool of the motel they were all staying at. Then to add insult to injury, she had left him standing in the middle of a crowded dance floor and walked off in tears over a question she had thought they had settled days before. That mistake had found her on a dark street, almost being raped and passing out after the man had choked her to keep from screaming. Dev and his friend Jack had found her, but it had also made Dev realize how much he missed the life his friend had chose over the road. It had made him aware of how much he wanted a home and a family and now they were going to have one. 

Reni felt the first intrusion of his finger and tightened her butt out of reflex. That in turn tightened her pussy and the vibrating dildo that Dev had bought in San Bernardino to make things more interesting between them. As if they could actually get any hotter. If they did, it was likely to cause the cabin to burst into flames, but they were game to try. So far it had been a success.

"Relax sweetheart, you know I don't want to hurt you."

"I know, it just feels funny, like it's reversing the way it wants to act. But it feels good to, having both holes filled like that. I can feel them both..." She shivered again as he began to move his finger in and out of her. "Oh yeah, I like that..."

Dev moved so he could reach her ass and still have his cock within reach of her mouth. "Hmm, suck me honey, while I finger fuck your ass and you have that dildo in your pussy. The idea of having all three holes filled at once is making me harder then hell and twice as hot..."

She wasted no time taking him deep in her mouth and began sucking quickly at his needle. Reni loved the taste of his cock and of his sperm when he shot it off. He was right, it was making her feel hot as well, and she whimpered as she moved her hips so the dildo could stimulate the sensitive spots inside her. God, she needed to come. Dev had stuck the thing in her as soon as they had finished fucking earlier and while it would never replace him, it had its own special touch.

"Dev, oh god, I need to come, I need to come honey...make me come please..." After making her plea she went back to work on his cock, sucking harder and playing with his come filled balls.

"I will baby, I promise...you are going to come like you have never come before." He nipped at her leg and inserted another finger in to her tight ass. "Oh Reni, suck me, I want to feel you swallow one more load before I shove my cock up your tight ass and turn that dildo up on high while I do."

If it was only on low now, what would it be like once he flipped the switch to high? It was three speed and it had a clit tickler on it. She began to grind her hips so it hit her clit even harder and suddenly she was there, coming around his finger, and the dildo. Her sucking speed increased and Dev cried out as he began to come in her mouth. With the cock ring though, he wasn't going soft and he pulled out of her mouth with a loud pop as he scrambled up behind her to lift her hips and add more lube to both her ass and his cock.

"Oh hell honey, I gotta..." with a single lunge he entered her virgin ass and gripped her hips so she couldn't escape him. "Oh my fucking God, you feel so good. It's tight honey, so fucking tight...as tight as your pussy is..." He fumbled with his fingers to find the switch on the dildo and once it was vibrating even more, he began an easy in and out movement of her ass. This was a totally new experience for them but as she came over and over, Reni knew it wouldn't be the last time for them.

This time when Dev shot his load into her ass they both knew that it was time to take a break. Even the ring couldn't keep his cock from deflating this time and he slipped it off as he withdrew the dildo from her pussy. Reni went back down on her belly and he nipped at one ass cheek before falling over on his back.

"Oh honey, that was fantastic, but not going to be an everyday experience. I don't think I could handle it."

"And pray tell why not?" She gave him that saucy little smile she got every time he left her well satisfied, which was also every time they made love.

"Because we would be bankrupt in a month, I'd want to spend all my time in bed with you and not out making a living for us." He moved to kiss her gently then slowly sit up. "I need to clean up, care to join me in the shower?"

Reni shook her head. "Hmm, right now I just want to lay here and relax a while. I hate to think about leaving here tomorrow. I know we have to go home but still, it's been nice being out here in the woods with you."

"I feel the same way; I admit I had forgotten how nice and peaceful this place was. I haven't been here in years. Everyone else comes at least once a year for a week or two, but I never seemed to be able to find the time to visit."

Once she heard the shower come on, Reni looked around the bedroom. That would change, maybe they could make it a yearly thing, come here for their anniversary or something. Deciding she was thirsty, she moved off the bed and pulled on her robe. Going to the bathroom door she opened it and announced her intentions. "I'm going to make some coffee and get started with breakfast, want anything special?"

"You, or did you mean actual food?"

"Food Dev, need to eat to keep up your strength, how about pancake and eggs?"

"As long as you have strawberries and whipped cream on the side..." He blew her a kiss and went back to his shower.

In the kitchen she put on the coffee and looked at the clock. It was almost noon, maybe something for brunch instead. That was one thing about the two of them, time seemed to keep moving and more than once they had failed to eat because of their need for each other.

Checking the fridge and the cupboards, she started pulling out ingredients for pancakes and didn't hear the car pull up outside or the key in the front door until voices made her look up.

They hadn't noticed her yet. The man was tall like Dev and he was talking to someone behind him. "How should I know, I'll check it out after we get the car unloaded. Maybe someone came up looking for one of the other places up here and had car trouble. It has a rental sticker, I'll call the rental place and..." The man's voice dropped to nothing as he met Reni eye to eye. "Who the hell are you?"

She smiled despite herself. "I could ask you the same thing, but I think I already know...You must be Sean Morris, Dev's oldest brother. I'm Reni Morris, Dev's wife."

Dev's brother looked at her in shock. "You must be joking, when the hell..."

Before he could go on, Dev came walking into the kitchen, he was toweling off his hair and unaware of the newcomers. "Hey Reni, forget the pancakes, just come back to bed, and..." His voice dropped off as he realized they weren't alone. Reni began to laugh and she watched as he ran back in the bedroom and shut the door.

"That will teach him to put at least a towel on..." A tall, slender redheaded woman about her real mother's age smiled as she stepped around her husband and came walking up with hand extended. "Kelly Morris, Sean's wife. It's nice to meet you Reni, our daughter Meg said there was a rumor going around that Dev had gotten engaged, but that was all we had heard..."

Reni took the offered hand. "We were married in Reno last week. Dev couldn't decide where he wanted to go for a honeymoon, remembered this place was close by and here we are. And you'll have to excuse his lack of calling everyone, we've had a exciting couple weeks and it was just sort of spur of the moment."

Kelly nodded. "How long have you known Dev?"

"We've been together for almost a month Kelly," Dev answered the question as he came out of the bed room dressed in jeans and a t-shirt. "But you and Sean told me that sometimes it happens that way, or should I remind you both that you only knew each other a week before you ran off and got married?" He was looking at his brother as he spoke.

Sean frowned. "Should I ask how you met her, and what you know about her?"

"We met at a truck stop; she needed a ride to Portland because her father was just diagnosed with Cancer. As for what I know about her. "Let's just make it clear she didn't marry me for my money."

"And what makes you so sure?"

"Because her father is John Marks Senior, the founder of Marks Electronics, believe me big brother, she is no gold digger..." Reaching out he pulled her to him. "A wildcat in bed, the hottest woman I have ever met, and someone I love so dearly that I'm even giving up the road for her..."

Kelly looked at her husband. "Now that has to convince you Sean, I've never met any woman before that he has been willing to do that for..."

Reni knew that Dev's brother was the type of big brother John Jr. had been when she was younger, protective, overbearing but with a full loving heart. "Sean, I understand how you might worry about Dev, I have a big brother just like that at home, but believe me, I love him, with all my heart, and I want to be nothing more than the best wife I can be to him."

Sean looked at her up and down. "How old are you, you look younger than my daughter and she's twenty six."

"We married very young..." Kelly giggled.

"I'm twenty one."

"So does your family know about this?"

"My parents do, of course mom is already planning a big wedding for later on this year. Beyond that, no...they promised not tell anyone about the Reno wedding. As far as the rest of my family, we're just engaged..."

"So how come your folks know and no one else knows."

Dev moved aside her hair and opened her robe just enough to show his brother and sister the fading bruises on her throat. "Reni was attacked in San Bernardino; the man who tried to rape her choked her so bad she wasn't able to speak for a while. Her parents made it a habit for her to call and check in every day. I had to call and tell them why she couldn't, so they flew down and we told them then. They like me Sean, and they know that what Reni and I feel for each other is real. So stop acting like such an ass and stop being an attorney for once in your life."

Sean nodded. "Force of habit little brother, and I guess we should let the boys bring in the bags. Michael is home on leave and he brought a buddy along with him, came up to do some fishing and hiking. That must be your rental car out there."

"Yeah, had another driver come down and pick my truck up."

Opening the door, Kelly yelled. "Hey John, Michael, come on in, it's just your uncle Dev and his new wife...Bring the bags in too."

Reni started to say she would go get dressed, but Dev held her back and when his nephew came in there was no mistaking his heritage. But it was the other boy with them that made Reni stop dead in her tracks..."Jon-Jon...?" Her half brother/nephew stood looking at her with as much surprise in his face as she had in his. She hadn't seen her real mother's son in three years and he had been just sixteen when she left home. Now he towered over her and his golden hair was cut military style. He grinned and reached out to gather her up and swing her around. Like his father he was big and burly and as strong as Dev.

"Aunt Reni, what the hell are you doing here, and who the hell is this guy...?" His eyes took on the protective glare that was common in her family.

Reni laughed as he put her down on her feet and kept her close. "This Jon-Jon is my husband, Devlin Morris, Dev; this is my sister's son John Karlin." She knew that there was no way Dev could miss the resemblance between them and she saw the question in his eyes. 

Dev held out his hand. "I met your grandparents a little over a week ago. Nice to meet you John..."

Jon-Jon looked doubtful but with a nudge from his aunt, he took the offered hand. "They didn't say anything about you getting married, only that you had gotten hurt, and would be home in a couple weeks. They did tell me you were engaged to some truck driver..."

Michael came and stood next to his friend. "This isn't just any truck driver John, this is the man who single handedly build up DM Trucking from the ground floor. Hey uncle Dev, congratulations..."

"Thanks Mike, and Reni, could I see you in the bedroom, you still need to..."

She nodded. "Yeah, I do...be back in a few..."

Dev looked at her as they stepped into the bathroom and turned on the shower. "He doesn't know does he, that you're sister and brother."

"No, he doesn't. Lucas, his dad, met mom while she was pregnant, and as much as he loved her, he was honest and told mom he couldn't marry her as long as she had another man's child. It's been hard on him all these years, looking at me and knowing who I am...needless to say Lucas and I don't socialize very much..."

Stepping into the shower she heard Dev leave the bathroom and she began to scrub herself up. She had forgotten about Lucas, he had been the only family member who hadn't been sorry to see her go. Seeing Jon-Jon also brought back into focus that her adventures were over. She was on her way home, not only did she have responsibilities to her parents, but now she had them to Devlin. The fairy tale was at an end, now she had to work hard to make sure they all lived happily ever after.

Devlin watched Reni as she helped Kelly prepare dinner and was glad to the two women got along reasonably well. Both John and Michael were playing a video game and Sean was relaxing in the overstuffed recliner that seemed to be a favorite of the men in the family. There seemed to be on in every home that one of them owned or rented. Except his, he preferred the couch, and even now he was stretched out on it, watching a movie with his brother. A part of him resented his family's intrusion into his last night of their honeymoon, but it had snapped them both back to the realities of life. He found he preferred the dream like state he and Reni had lived in since meeting.

A smile played over his mouth as he considered his wife. Nice to know marriage hadn't killed the need for each other. Maybe in ten or twenty years they might not want to be fucking each other's brains out 24/7, until then though he was going to be enjoying every damn minute. Getting to his feet, he walked into the kitchen and found Reni watching as Kelly checked the doneness of the steaks. Reaching out, he wrapped his arms around his wife and nuzzled her neck. She gave a soft giggle and Kelly gave them a knowing glance.

"Never thought I would see the day that a male member of the Morris family would be more interested in a woman than in food, especially you Devlin, seems like every time you came home it took twice the normal amount to get you filled up."

"Hmm, that was before I met Reni, she's the first thing I want in the morning, and the last thing I want at night."

"So have you two decided where you're going to settle? I know Dev has the condo, but if your father is ill..."

Reni nodded. "Seattle area, it's not that far from Portland and he needs to be close to his office if he does stay off the road permanently. Which part of me is hoping he doesn't, I like riding in the big rigs...Especially his..." She was blushing and Dev chuckled. "Could use some new air conditioning though, it gets a little hot in there."

"That's just the heat we generate honey, with a little effort we could burn up everything around us."

"Then I think we might need to find a place that is totally fireproof. Somewhere nice and quiet and in the woods..." 

"You got it honey, with a ten feet high fence and guard dogs." He was getting hard again and he knew she could feel it. Well hell, they were on their honeymoon. The last damn night of it, why not? "Kelly, save us some dinner will you?"

Reni started to protest, but then gave up and allowed him to drag her off to the bedroom. The last sound Kelly Morris heard was a loud laugh, and a feeble protest, then the shower came on and she quit listening. "Hey guys, foods ready."

Her husband, son and her son's friend came to the table. "Where's Aunt Reni?" John was still having trouble believing that her aunt was married. It had been three years since he had seen or talk to her, and the whole time she had been gone, his dad had said she was going to come back knocked up. Why he disliked Reni so much was a mystery to John, she was part of the family and he got along with everyone else. Well, he was just glad to know she was safe and that from the look of it, her trip had gone well.

Mrs. Morris smiled as she put the platter of steaks on the table. "We interrupted their honeymoon John; they'll be eating a little later."

Sean snorted and gave her a look. "Never thought he'd do it, can't say I'm sorry he did either, she seems like a nice woman and it's clear she loves my brother. Say John, you don't know why your aunt would be in a truck stop in New Mexico would you?"




A Ride to Heaven and Back Pt. 02 Ch. 01



"Is that where she met him...? Then she must be done with her research. Aunt Reni loves trucks and has always been fascinated by the people who drive them. She's always had this dream of just going off for a while and doing research for a book about drivers and their lives. No one was real thrilled about her going off on her own so soon after she got out of school, but grandma and grandpa said it was up to her and she had earned the money for the trip herself. Mom told me she had never seen anyone with so much determination in her life, I think mom was as proud of her as anyone could be. I was wondering if I should tell her we ran into each other when we get back. I mean if they don't want anyone to know they're married, I would hate to spoil the surprise..."

"Then don't tell anyone John. From what I hear your grandma is planning a big fancy wedding for them later this year."

"So that explains the big engagement announcement grandma was so happy to tell everyone about. She bragged about Dev all that evening. Grandpa pissed Uncle John off, I know that, telling him that Dev would be coming in after they got back and look at the transportation problems the company has been having. Uncle John said there was no problem and grandpa said the hell there wasn't and that Uncle John was an ass if he didn't realize it. Said no company the size of Marks Electronics should be changing haulers once a year, told Uncle John it was bad for business."

Sean nodded. "Doesn't matter if it's haulers or what it is, the more you often you change a company that you're doing business with, the harder it is to get to new companies to deal with you. Sounds like your grandpa is a smart man, I used to wonder why Dev had the policy he did of only doing business with the best...now I understand, you use the best, you hire the best and you do all you can to keep both sides happy. He's got investments in all types of businesses that help support the trucking industry. Just picked up two of them in fact, a motel and a repair shop in San Bernardino. His secretary sent over the contracts for me to look over yesterday. The repair shop is the standard partner contract he has with a lot of companies, but the motel, I had to look twice. He's offering to buy it outright at twice its value...when I called Noreen back to ask her about it, she said he had simply told her to tell me to buy it, period. Maybe I should talk to him about it when he comes out, why throw away good money on something like that."

Dev appeared in the door way of the bedroom. His hair was wet, but he was grinning. "Talking about the motel I want you to buy?"

"Yes, Dev I don't think it's such a good investment, maybe..."

A look in Dev's eyes made his brother stop mid sentence. "It's no investment, I want to buy the damn thing and tear it down, brick by fucking brick..." He actually growled the words.

The door behind him opened again and Reni came out looking as if she had just left the shower too. "Dev...calm down...it wasn't the motel's fault..."

"No, but the next time we go to visit Jack and Annie, I want to see something bigger and better in its place. Most truckers deserve better."

"Dev...please, we agreed not to mention bad memories..."

He looked at her and nodded. "Sorry, it's just I think of that look you had in your face. I don't know which was worse, him or that son of a bitch who tried to rape you...in my book the two of them are about equal."

"The law will deal with the man in the alley, as for Sasha; well we can hope he just leaves it alone."

"I don't think he will and neither do you. You were talking in your sleep again last night. He scares you..."

Reni nodded, "Yes he does, but this isn't the time or the place to talk about it. He's based out of the east coast, so it's unlikely he will be out this far again for a while..." She wrapped her arms around his neck. "Can we eat now? As usual we didn't eat all day today, and I'm tired of no calories snacks."

He grinned, "You weren't complaining in the shower..."

To be continued...



A Ride to Heaven and Back Pt. 02 Ch. 02



Devlin pulled into the Condo parking lot and shut down the rental car. He would take care of having it taken back to the rental agency tomorrow. As it was, it was the middle of the night, and both he and Reni were exhausted. The drive from Portland had taken longer than expected with construction detours and he was regretting not staying one more night at her parents' house and getting an early start in the morning. The meeting with her uncle had not gone well and it had ended with Devlin wondering what it was about fools who didn't want to listen to sound advice.

The rest of the visit had been good, her family had been warm and welcoming to him and it was clear that everyone was glad to see Reni back safe and sound. Her real mom had been especially excited after a phone call from her son had told her he had met Dev and liked him a lot. Her husband hadn't been as happy to meet him or see Reni, but he hid it well enough. A private chat with Lucas had also made it clear to him that Dev was in complete understanding of the situation and that he wouldn't tolerate any problems for his wife in any way from him. Lucas hadn't been happy when the chat ended, but it had cleared the air between the two men.

A tap on the driver's side window revealed Ted, one of the night security men and Dev rolled down the window. "Hey Ted, how is it going tonight?"

"Just fine Mr. Morris, just checking to make sure all was okay, you don't usually get home this late..." His eyes flickered to a sleeping Reni in the passenger set. "Have a good trip?"

Dev grinned. "Oh Ted, if you only knew. Hold on a minute while I wake up my wife and tell her we're home, been a long day."

Ted looked surprised, "Your wife...Mr. Morris? Sounds like you did have an interesting trip this time."

That was putting it mildly, but Dev was too tired to care. With a gentle touch, he shook Reni awake and smiled at her. "Hey sleepy, we're home, time to get up and go up to the condo..."

She nodded. "Hmm, sorry I fell asleep on you." The small diamond ring on her left hand sparkled in the limited light. "Tell me we're close to the elevator...?"

"Very close...this is Ted Hanson by the way, one of the security men who work here."

She gave the older man a sleepy smile. "Hello Ted, I hope to meet you again sometime when I'm not so sleepy."

"Same here Mrs. Morris. Can I do anything to help, luggage, the elevator...?"

He got the bags from the trunk for Dev while he helped Reni out of the car and along the walkway to the elevator. "Have I gotten any deliveries while I been gone Ted?"

"I'd have to check sir, but none that I know of...should I leave a note for dayshift to have them call and let you know for sure...?" His radio crackled and he answered it with the mike attached to his shirt. "I'm on the way up to 18 Mark, Mr. Morris and his wife's condo. Yes, I said his wife, seems Mr. Morris had an unusual trip this time. Hey is there anything on the computer about deliveries for him? Okay, I'll tell him." He looked back at Dev and smiled. "There was one delivery for you Mr. Morris, three bags via UPS, they're in the condo..."

"Good, we've been sharing a bag, and Reni is wanting more than the few things we had room for. You know how women are..."

"Yes sir, it's a good thing this job pays so well, Harriet, she loves a new dress now and then. Or three or four..."

Dev used his key card and made sure Reni was able to stand on her own two feet in the middle of the living room before letting go of her. She was more awake now and looking around. It was clear she wasn't sure if she liked it or not.

"I've seen pictures of monk's cells with more color and decoration. Who did the decorating, a nun or a penguin...?" The black and white theme the interior decorator was a bit extreme, which was probably why he spent as little time as possible here. "Let me get some sleep and the first order of business is finding a real estate agent and a new home. No offense Ted, but honestly would you raise kids in this place...?" She moved her hand in a wide sweeping gesture.

The security man looked at her in surprise, "Well, no Mrs. Morris, but..." He met her amber eyes and knew he needed to tell the truth. He shook his head. "No ma'am, kids need a home, not something out of an interior decorating magazine."

Her smile lit up the room. "Thank you Ted, I appreciate honesty. I like him Dev, we move, we take him with us as a bodyguard for our first born. Not that I plan on raising them behind prison walls, but still..."

Dev nodded. "Better safe than sorry, I agree love. And Ted is a good man; the entire security force here is excellent. I've never had a bit of trouble the entire time I've lived here, and they are especially good about keeping an eye on the place when I'm off and running." Ted saw the look that passed between Mr. Morris and his new wife, and he decided that he had over stayed his welcome. 

"Well, I will leave you folks to get some rest Mr. Morris, Mrs. Morris, nice to meet you and congratulations on your marriage."

"Thanks Ted," Dev walked him to the door. "Goodnight..." Once they were alone, he turned to look at Reni. "So, Mrs. Morris, is there anything you would like before a show you to our bedroom, glass of water, wine, a snack, anything at all?"

She smiled and shook her head. "No, just a bed, and you of course, and please tell me that the bedroom isn't more of the same of this..." She waved her hand in the direction of the totally black and white living room.

He shook his head, "No, after this, I decided to hire a new decorator for the rest of the place."

The bedroom was less intense, and he like it better than the living room. Just a plain, simple bedroom with a little more color and not making a person feel like they had walked into a snowstorm. The minute he saw it, he knew he should have gone with his instinct and asked Kelly or his mother for advice. It was Kelly who had done the rest of the condo.

When he considered how well Kelly and Reni had seemed to get along at the cabin, he felt relief. Kelly had done a lot for him in the past few years, decorating the condo, acting as hostess for dinner parties and helping him hire a cook and housekeeper. Kelly had once joked that once he became more than just a truck driver, she had become married to him as well as to Sean, the only difference being that she only had to share Sean's bed, not both.

Well he had a wife of his own for that now; and he was definitely satisfied with her in his bed. Walking up to her and taking her hand, he led her down the hall and in the bedroom, she nodded. "Now this I like..." She wasted no time undressing and he watched as she lay back on the bed and sighed. "Hmm, very nice, comfy..." 

"I'm glad it meets with your approval..." he grinned as she stretched several times.

"Of course, it would be better if you came and joined me, or is it the old, the honeymoon is over, let's not have sex 24/7?"

"Reni honey, it will never be like that with us, and I should paddle your ass for even suggesting it..."

She rolled over onto her stomach and presented him with a perfect view of her plump ass. "Well, here it is, come get it..."

Despite being tired after the drive from Portland, he felt his cock lurch and grow hard in his pants. He was slowing discovering that he wasn't sure which part of her he most liked to fuck, her mouth, her pussy or her ass. All three had their own charms, and she enjoyed all three as much as he did. He also found that Reni had a bit of a kinky side that he was more than willing to indulge. Stroking his cock, he walked over to the bed and knelt beside her.

"Hmm, do you think I should really spank you or a swat or two for talking that way...?"

"Oh I really think you should spank me a little," her eyes were bright in the pale light from the lamp, "I think you should spank me for even suggesting such a thing..."

His hand came down on one ass cheek and then the other in solid slaps; five each was enough to make them a rosy pink and his cock even harder than before. There was something sexually stimulating about the freedom that he had discovered being with Reni gave him. Not that he would ever be into whips or chains or making her wear a dog collar, and he definitely didn't like some of the more degrading sexual practices, but he did like playing with feathers and sex toys that gave them both extra pleasure at times.

As soon as her ass cheeks were pink he wasted no time inserting two fingers into her pussy and found her already wet and ready for him. He bent over to nip at the pink areas and while his fingers moved in and out of her, his thumb found its way into the tightness of her ass. A groan escaped her as he moved them in perfect time and she licked her lips as he stroked his cock with his free hand.

"I never dreamed I could get so hot watching a man jack off Dev, but watching you is almost as much fun as having you fucking me."

"Hmm, you're turning me into a pervert Reni, with you I find myself wanting to do things that I never thought about before..." He looked down at his cock and then at his hand moving under her. "Roll over; I need to fuck you, now."

She did as he said and he fell on top of her even as he shoved his cock deep into her wet and welcoming pussy, her legs went around his waist and he explored the depths of her mouth as he plunged in and out of her roughly. "Oh Dev, yes, this is what I live for, feeling you fucking me like this. I feel like I can never get enough of you."

He knew how she felt, she felt like they had taken a mold of his cock and designed her to be the perfect match for him. They rolled around the bed and he wanted to make it last for as long as he could. When he came, he felt her tighten around him and flood his cock at the same time. Her nails ripped his back and he bit her throat the pain only making the pleasure more intense for them both.

Falling asleep still inside her, Devlin felt happier than he ever had in the time he had lived in the condo, it felt right now, it felt like home.

Reni pulled into the parking lot at DM trucking and smiled as she saw the newly painted parking spot with its sign. "Reserved Parking for Mrs. Morris only" She giggled and shut off the engine of the new Jeep that Dev had presented her with on their one month anniversary just last week. Grabbing her jacket, and purse, she locked it up and headed for the main doors. The security guard gave her a large grin, and a wave, "He isn't in his office Mrs. Morris, he's out in the shop, should I call him and let him know you're here?"

Reni shook her head. "It's good Harry; I'll go track him down." She had learned her way around the grounds the first week they were back in town. This was where all the executive offices were, the next building over housed the dispatch, driver's lounges, and other such things, and the shop was at the end of this side of the complex. On the other side, trucks not in use or in for repairs were lined up like red and black dragons guarding a palace. She knew Dev was upset because he had needed to lease trucks for jobs that were rush and half the fleet was down due to being in for total inspections. In the last six weeks over a fifth of the trucks had been reported unsafe to drive.

In the dispatch area things were bustling despite the trucks being down and she noticed that several of the drivers were in, most just lounging around and drinking coffee. The dispatch manager smiled as he saw her, "Hey Mrs. Morris, how you doing today?"

"Fine Steve, how go things around here? Is he still breathing fire?"

"And then some, he's fired five of the mechanics so far, and the ones he's kept are on thin ice." He gave her a quick appraisal and nodded. "I am sure seeing you will cheer him up some..." He had never personally considered a large gal to be sexy, but the boss's wife was changing his mind, she radiated sex and it was rare that she left the terminal without half the men who saw her being hard as hell and wishing she belonged to them. It didn't help that there was talk that she and Dev could be found in the strangest places looking as if they had just stepped out of bed. He knew he had stumbled across them in the men's room with her up against the wall and the boss up tight against her. He hadn't said a word, just turned and walked out, then stood guard until they came out. Dev had been looking happy as hell and his wife had been licking her lips as if she was a cat who had swallowed some nice cream.

There were even rumors that his secretary Noreen had taken to wearing headphones when the two of them were in his office. One of the girls from accounting had told someone that after a meeting, she had needed to have him sign some papers and found him picking things up from the floor and putting them back on the desk.

Reni wondered what was going through Steve's head, because that bulge in his jeans hadn't been there when she first started talking to him. She knew that people around the terminal were wondering what was up between her and Dev, usually he would literally drop what he was doing the minute she appeared and poor Noreen had been turning the color of fresh beets whenever she saw the two of them together. One of the drivers had even come in complaining and wanting to know what asshole was fucking his girlfriend in the cab of his truck, and not in the asshole's own. Dev had told her that he had simply suggested that next time the driver not leave his truck unlocked.

Okay so they had to be a little more discrete. But she couldn't help that the chemistry between them flowed so hot when they were together. He wasn't much better, getting all hot and hard when she showed up to surprise him with lunch or just to stop in and let him know how the house hunting was going, which reminded her of why she had come by this afternoon. She was pretty sure she had found the perfect place for them.

A low, loud wolf whistle filled the air and she turned to see Dev walking toward her. Dressed in overalls, and she guessed the two official looking men were from the Department of 

Transportation here to check out the rigs and talk to Dev about what was going on. Dev flushed as he realized what he had done and she heard him apologize to the two men. "Have to excuse me gentleman, we've only been married a short time."

Both the visitors looked at her and she saw them smile. "No problem Mr. Morris. We'll be back on Monday if you don't mind."

"Not at all, this is costing me time and money and I want to get to the bottom of it as quickly as my drivers want to get back out on the road." They reached her and Dev put his arm around her shoulders. "Reni, this is George Fox and Harvey Brent, they're with the DOT. Would you be a sweetheart and show the gentlemen out while I go clean up? I'll meet you in my office and fill you in on what is happening."

Reni nodded. "No problem Dev."

He went off to clean up and she walked with the two men to the front of the buildings. Once they had said their goodbyes, she turned and walked into the area where Dev's office was. Noreen was on the phone and gave her a friendly way as she motioned for her to go right in and wait. Opening the door, she went in and looked around the office Dev called his. It was a light and airy place, with modern furniture and a nice view of the surrounding area. Going to sit in his chair she swung it around to look at the view and wait.

When the door opened she swung around expecting to see her husband. Instead it was a tall, slender, gorgeous redhead and Noreen was trying to tell her that she would have to wait. Her voice was musical as she answered. "Of course I don't have to wait you silly woman, I never have to wait for Devlin." She stopped short as she saw Reni looking at her. Her amusement was clear. "Oh dear, and who are you, the new clerk...?"

Reni smiled back. "No, actually I'm the new wife, who the hell are you..." She held up her left hand where the diamond sparkled and fought to keep her fist from closing.

"This has to be a joke, Devlin getting married, and to someone like you, really dear, I think you might be delusional. As for who I am, that is none of your damn business, now where the hell is Dev..."

She had never heard her husband's voice as cold as it was when he walked up behind the woman and shut his office door. "I'm right behind you Monique, and what the fuck are you doing here, I told you the last time we had dinner I didn't want to see you again, for any reason..."

The redhead had obviously never heard that spinning on a stiletto heel was not a good idea. She fell to the floor on her ass in a very undignified position. "Dev, darling, please help me up..." Her long fake eyelashes fluttered as she extended a hand to him.

Dev walked to the desk and Reni saw the amusement in his eyes, he blew her a kiss then perched on the desk. "Help your own self up Monique, then get the hell out of my office, my wife and I have personal business to discuss. Or should I call security and have you escorted off the property?"

"But Dev, darling...this has to be a joke; you married some fat bitch over me, no I refuse to believe it..."

"Us being married was only in your mind Monique. I told you from day one that I had no interest in you beyond an occasional fuck and once I had that I realize that it wasn't worth the effort to dial your number. As for your description of my wife, apologize now or I'll personally pick you up and throw your ass out that plate glass window and leave you in the trash heap where you belong." The ice in his voice matched his eyes, but it softened when he looked at Reni. "Honey, call security, tell who ever answers I have a bag of trash to have removed from my office and from the property, and if she is seen here again, she's to be held for the police and charged with trespassing."

Reni did as he asked, "Harry, could you and a couple other officers come and remove a trespasser from Devlin's office. Oh, okay..." She smiled and looked back at him. "They were already out in the outer office, just waiting for the word to come in..."

Harry came in and motioned for the two men with him to escort the now cursing and swinging redhead off the property. "I saw her come in and tried to stop her, but you know how it goes sometimes boss..."

Dev nodded. "I know Harry, there's no problem with being smart, but if she is seen on the property again don't hesitate to call the police. Some women never learn..."

When they were alone, Reni smiled and put her feet up on the desk. "Maybe you should have spanked her more Dev, or was that the problem, you spanked her too much..."

"Honey, the only reason I even looked at Monique was pure horniness, met her at a cocktail party, and the operative words that night was cock and tail. Hadn't been with a woman for over six months, one night told me all I needed to know about her." 

"And that was?"

"Once a whore, always a whore..." He came around the desk and moved so he was standing between her legs facing her. She watched as he dropped to his knees and put his hand on the edge of her skirt, then began pushing it up on her thighs. "Now you on the other hand are anything but, and how did you know how much I needed to see you this afternoon, the day has been hell."

"Has it really, my poor Dev, what can I do to make you feel better?" She reached out and cupped his face with her hand. He turned to kiss her palm and she felt the tip of his tongue start to swirl wet circles as well.

"Just sit back and relax, I missed lunch and I am starved for something hot, wet and low cal..." His hands gripped her hips and brought them to the edge of the chair. "And you look like something extremely delicious right now." He bent his head and she looked down to see him inhaling the scent of her panties. "Oh yes, what a delicious appetizer, and when you've come at least twice we'll go for the main course. I hope you aren't attached to these too much love."




A Ride to Heaven and Back Pt. 02 Ch. 02



"I guess I'm not..." He had already started to rip them by the time she spoke and the first touch of his tongue wiped the thought right out of her head. Running her fingers through his hair she knew the house could wait until later, right now, this was way more important. "Hmm, yes, like that Dev, you know just how I like it..."

He chuckled and nipped lightly at her clit, at the same time slipping what felt like two fingers deep inside her. Soon she was beyond caring and the climax he was always able to produce hit her like a flood roaring down a mountain side. "That's one love, one to go..."

Reni shifted in the chair, bracing her feet on the desk top and giving him even better access. "Bring it on boss man, bring it on..." She slipped her fingers though his hair and gave herself up to her husband and lover.

Noreen adjusted her head phones and smiled to herself as she took a call. "No, I'm sorry, Mr. Morris isn't available right now, he's in a meeting...with who, I'm sorry we don't give out that kind of information. Can I take your name and number and have Mr. Morris return the call at his earliest convenience?" As she wrote out the note, she noticed two clerks from the human resources department walking by and from the way they paused, looked at Dev's door and blushed, she was sure the boss and his wife were enjoying some very nice afternoon delights.



A Ride to Heaven and Back Pt. 02 Ch. 03



Author Note: Thanks for all the great comments and scores you been giving me for my stories lately and while i am running a little behind due to others things clogging my brain, i am working to get caught up. I would really love some serious feedback though, because i write these stories to be either liked or disliked and sometimes silence is nerve racking.

Remembering 9-11 and hoping that it never happens anywhere again

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Reni heard him come in and sat up on the couch where she had fallen asleep. A clink of glass on glass and she knew he was having a drink. Considering that this was the third night in a row Dev had been working late, she understood. It seemed that the harder he worked to solve the problems at DM Trucking the worse it got. He walked into the living area and looked as her as he sat down in the easy chair. "Did I wake you?"

"Yes, but its okay, how did it go today?"

"Know the old saying "ignorance is bliss?" I was better off being ignorant. From what Hack in accounting was telling me, from all appearances the company is going great, we're making the deliveries on time, being all I hoped it would be, but under the surface, someone is taking a substantial amount from every contract, every investment. The money is appearing to be going back into the company, but is being diverted to this bank account, this supplier. He's got four of his best people auditing every invoice, every work order, every log and record we have for the last five years. He doesn't think it's that old, but he can at least get an idea of when it started."

"Are you hungry? I have your dinner in the microwave."

He shook his head. "We had dinner brought in. Honey, you know how you talked about just getting in the truck and running off into the sunset? Let's do it, just cash it all in and go off to some deserted isle in the south Pacific, build a hut and spend the rest of our lives making love in the sand. Build our own garden of Eden..."

Reni wished they could, the time they had been back had been hard on him. Getting up, she walked over to the chair and knelt down. Every day she grew to love him more and more and if she could take all his stress away she would. Reaching up, she pulled his tie loose and let it hang down as she unbuttoned his jacket and opened it to let him feel less pressured. She felt his hand on her cheek and turned to kiss it softly.

"Reni, you are so good to me and for me, how did I ever survive without you?"

"I've been asking myself that since the day we met. All the time I was traveling, I told myself I was doing it for the book, that once I had all the knowledge I needed I would be content to go home, write the book and get on with my life. Then I met you and all I could think of was how good you made me feel, how much I loved being with you. I knew I had to go home, but at the same time all I wanted was to just spend the rest of my life in the cab of the truck with you. Going from place to place, meeting this person or that one." She began to unbutton his shirt and when it was open she leaned forward to kiss his throat and chin. "Have I ever told you how hot I get just being in the same room with you?"

"Hmm, I know just how you feel, another advantage to going to a deserted island, we could run around nude all day and make love in every way and place possible."

Reni licked her lips. "You mean there are ways to make love that we haven't done yet?" She tried to look surprised. "I was sure that chart you brought home was totally checked off. Oh, except the one with me standing on my head and you swinging from a trapeze?"

Dev chuckled. "It looked possible to me. Now of course there is the one underwater..."

"We'd both drown and besides, the water in the Sound is way too cold."

He nodded and downed the rest of his drink, sitting forward; he slipped off his jacket and took off the tie. "It is kinda warm in here, now that I think about it, must be thinking about all that tropical sunshine beating down on my body and yours on some pristine white sandy beach somewhere."

Reni moved back from the chair as he moved down to face her and worked to take off his shirt at the same time. "Dev, you were supposed to stay the way you were..."

"That was before I got in a jungle frame of mind, now the only decision I have to make is if I want to be Tarzan, King Kong, or Leo the lion. Admit it; you would love to see me in a loincloth wouldn't you?"

"It has possibilities. So should I be on my hands and knees, back, or standing on my head?" She still wondered where he had gotten that damn thing; it had to be physically impossible for some of those positions.

He licked his lips this time, and bent over to look at her behind. "Oh hands and knees, definitely, and you better be bringing that delicious behind of yours over here for me play with. You got till I get these damn slacks off to do it."

Reni giggled. "You know, Maria is asking me about all the clothes she keeps finding when she comes in to clean the condo."

He stood up long enough to drop the slacks and step out of them, and then sat down to pull off his shoes and socks. "What do you tell her?"

"That I have no idea, but that I would ask you about it." She ran her tongue over her lips and swallowed hard. He was fully aroused and a part of her wanted to take him in her mouth and suck on him so bad. "Dev, can I have just a taste, please, I been thinking about this all night..." She moved to the chair on her hands and knees, slowly like a cat.

He chuckled, and sat back in the chair, stroking his cock now that he was aware of what she wanted. "Do I ever deny you what you want? Not that you ask for very much, you still won't let me replace that cheap ring I got you in Reno."

Settling between his legs she raised her upper body up to be able to give him the pleasure she wanted to give him. "No, I love this ring, and I love the fact it's the ring you put on my finger when we got married." Bending forward, she slapped away his hand and replaced it with her own. "Hmm, he looks so tasty tonight, what have you been thinking about today...?"

He grinned. "Well there was that little redhead in accounting who kept giving me the eye, and that hot blonde dispatcher who just started. Not to mention..." He felt her graze the head of his cock with her teeth and shivered. "Hmm, I'm surprised you didn't bite him off..."

"You know better Dev, I never thought I was the jealous type but it's there..."

Yes it was and he knew it. "I know how you feel honey, it's the same way I felt seeing you surrounded by all those truckers at the motel. But you know what, I love your jealousy, I love knowing that you would scratch the eyes out of any woman that you saw as a threat." He ran his fingers over her face. "But believe me baby, I might look, but all they do is remind me what I got waiting for me at home and just make me all the more happy to be here with you. I know why they would want me, and I know exactly why you are here. And your reasons are the main thing that I wake up in the morning for. It's your love honey, the love I see in your eyes and the love that I feel when we're together, the same love that I feel for you and will always feel for you."

"You have been reading romance novels again..." She teased him but found she liked to hear it too.

He chuckled. "The meeting with Hack was boring; I needed something to keep me awake. Oh Reni, we are so perfect together, I wish the rest of the world was as easy to deal with."

"It is, sit back close your eyes and relax and I will take all your troubles away for now..." She licked the full length of him and began to swirl her tongue around him like an ice cream cone on a hot summer day. Her mouth never got tired of having him in it, just like her pussy and her ass never got tired of feeling him slide in and out of them. Tonight though she wanted to suck him until he begged her to stop, to taste him as his semen slid down her throat and explore the small slit at the top, then go all the way to the base and bury her face in his pubic hair. He felt and tasted so good to her, and she never got enough.

His moans of pleasure were like music to her ears and she shivered with pleasure when he told her all the things she made him feel and want. Dev was a very vocal lover and he liked it when she did the same, but sometimes she just wanted to be silent, to let him feel her pleasure or let her touch tell him. Other times she could cry out, tell him to fuck her harder, or bite her clit instead of just sucking on it. She especially loved to be vocal when he was fucking in her ass and had her bent over some table, or even the chair he was now sitting on. One night not long ago, they had been on the terrace, and she had cried out so loud as she came that the neighbors on either side had come out to see what was happening. That had been fun.

Mrs. Porter, an elderly lady who was a widow had been entertaining long time friends and the next day she had looked at Reni as they rode in the elevator together. Without saying a word, she had smiled at Reni and winked. As she was getting off in the lobby, she did stop and turned to look at her and smile. "You husband has such a nice ass dear, all the ladies agreed on it. I do hope you take care of him very well..."

Reni had still been blushing when she met with the real estate agent an hour later, which was something else that had been put on hold for now. With the state of DM Trucking at the moment, all new business had been put on hold, personal and business. Instead her sister Kelly was coming by and helping her decide how to redecorate the place on her own. The first to go would be the living room in black and white.

Coming back to the present, Reni looked up and saw Dev smiling down at her. His eyes were filled with a fire she knew so well and he spoke in a tone that held no sign of being willing to argue. "Enough, on your hands and knees honey, I need to be in the jungle and take you like a lion takes his mate."

She released him from her mouth and did as he asked, but not before moving on the rug like a female cat in heat might. When she was how he wanted her, he wasted no time gripping her hips and pushing his way into her. God that felt so good, she felt him everywhere and he pumped in and out fast and hard. "Oh Dev, yes, like that, it's how I need you tonight."

"It's how I want it to be honey, my lioness, my she-cat. This is how I see us when I'm at work, how I want to be with you all the time. You feel so good, so soft and hot." He began to caress her ass cheeks and bent down to kiss a trail along her spine. "Come for me my lioness, my queen of the jungle. Let me feel your pussy go tight around me and flood me like you've never flooded me before."

As if she could prevent it, from day one she had found his touch to be like someone had hooked her up to a car battery and it was constantly running electricity through her. It got even better as he shoved his longest finger up her tight ass channel and began to match it with the strokes he was taking in and out of her pussy. Dev was not the only one who felt so invigorated by their sexual encounters. They were seldom the same twice in a row, and lately they had been experimenting with things like handcuffs and paddling. She thrilled when he took control of her body and he loved it when she teased and flirted with him both at work and when they were out in public.

She loved him in and out of bed and she loved hearing from complete strangers how well they complimented each other. It had happened not long ago in a very expensive restaurant where they had been eating dinner with his parents who had been in town for a few days. An elderly couple had approached the table and the man had looked at Dev with a knowing smile. "My wife and I couldn't help but notice how well the two of you look together, reminded us of our younger days and we just wanted to thank you for bringing back some very wonderful memories."

Dev had stood and shook the man's hand and invited the couple to sit and have an after dinner drink with them. The woman had looked at Reni and after a few moments, had smiled. "Excuse me dear, I can't help feeling I know you from somewhere, are you from Seattle."

"I grew up in Portland, my family lives there."

"Your mother and father must be very proud of you, growing up so beautiful and being married to such a handsome man, can I ask who they are?"

"Charles and Sylvia Marks."

The woman's face paled and for a minute Reni had wondered if she was going to have a heart attack or something. It had passed but it hadn't been long before the couple left and until now it had been forgotten.

"Reni, what's wrong, you went totally dry all of a sudden..."

He was right and she wondered why that particular thought had such an effect on her. Never had that happened to her before. She felt Dev withdraw both his finger and his cock and she shivered. How could she tell him her mind had drifted so far afield when they were making love? It bothered her though, why had it drifted and why to that particular couple. Free of him, she turned and saw the worried look in his eyes.

"It's this room I think; maybe we should go into the bedroom."

He nodded. "Are you sure you're alright?" He drew her to her and she felt his warmth. "Reni, you're freezing, it is this room, it's like a damn snow bank, tomorrow you call Kate or mom, get one of them over here to help you change this place around."

She nodded and let him draw her down the hall to their bedroom. There the process of getting themselves back to the fevered pitch that seemed to be a natural part of them was accomplished and this time when her king of the jungle entered her she was soon cumming all around him and feeling him fill her deepest recesses. As she drifted off to sleep in his arms, she had one final vision of the woman and her face and decided that his sister and mother would not be the only ones she called once they woke.

Devlin looked over the latest report on the shape of his trucks and gave a deep sigh of relief. Thank god they were finally getting back in business, it had taken replacing over half his mechanics, two people in purchasing and replacing one or two drivers, but he was happy that it was done and he could spend more time working on who the hell was trying to drive him under. As the phone on his desk beeped, he pushed the button that connected him with Noreen.

"There's a man here to see you Dev. Says his name is Cain McGovern. You have an appointment with him?" She sounded a little put out that she had been unaware of it, but he was being cautious and Mr. McGovern liked his privacy.

"Send him in, and see that we're not disturbed will you Noreen?"

"Yes sir, but I will remind you that you have an appointment at four with yours and the priest..."

Devlin slapped his forehead, how had he forgotten? The wedding of the Century, which was what they were calling it up and down the West coast, most saw it as a business merger, until they saw him and Reni together, then they realized that it was more. The love match of the Century was what the romantics called it. To make it worse, the thing was totally disrupting their privacy. More than once, both of them had considered telling Sylvie to cancel the whole damn thing. It was getting out of hand. "Noreen, call Reni, have her meet me here at three-thirty will you, and have her bring me a clean shirt and a more sober tie, and please have Mr. McGovern come in will you?" He disconnected and stood up to button his jacket and fix his tie.

He had never met Cain McGovern in his life, but the minute the door opened and the man himself entered the office, Dev had a feeling of knowing him and wondering why he looked so damn familiar. True, he had met the man's mother and father by chance at a restaurant a while back, but in person it was almost as if a feeling of Déjà vu washed over him and would not go away.

The man who entered his office was tall, as tall as Devlin, maybe even a little taller, husky built, but as well formed and while he had a harder, more ruthless look to his face and eyes, it was the color that threatened to send Dev reeling. Only once had he ever seen such deep emerald colored eyes like his in his life.

To his shock, Cain McGovern grinned. "I thought the eyes might throw you a bit, must be hard, seeing them in my ugly mug when you look in them every night."

"Reni..."

"Is that her name, I never knew. Must say I was a bit shocked when my father called me in New York and told me he had met you and your wife by accident. They tell me she's a beautiful woman, but then so was her mother. I'm surprised Charles and Sylvie adopted her, me being just a lowly college student fresh from the military, and her mother being who she was." He looked down at the newspaper in his hands. "She is your wife right; this news article says you've a wedding coming up..."

Devlin swallowed hard. "We were married in Reno, nothing fancy, but Sylvie...Lord, where are my manners." He walked around the desk and extended his hand to the owner of McGovern Investigations, and it seemed his father. "Please sit down, can I offer you a drink, coffee...?"

"Scotch on the rocks if you have it," the older man sat and looked around the office. "Nice place you have here, great view. And relax Devlin; you had no way of knowing when you first contacted me. I wasn't even sure until I did some checking. I like knowing who I am doing business with and you came back exceptionally clean. To be honest, that made me dig a little deeper and to find that not only were you the first truly honest businessman I had met in the last twenty years, but you were engaged to my daughter. I guess I will have to update that to married now." He took out a notebook and scribbled something in it. "No, don't use Blackberries, iPhones or any of that techno junk myself. I leave that to my people. I'll have to notify my accountants that this will be a reduced rate case as well, can't have you paying your father his full fee can we?"

Devlin shook his head. "No reduced rate, I hired you because I hear you're the best, and I pay top dollar for the best in everything I do. If later on you want to reduce it, or send me a phony bill fine, but upfront, we go on the agreed price."

Cain nodded. "Knew there was something I liked about you, now, getting down to business, I know what you told me on the phone, but let's run through it one more time..."

Time slipped away and it was Noreen buzzing him to say Reni had arrived that ended the discussion. Cain had made it clear he didn't want Reni to know he was her father until a later time and for now would strictly be introduced as a business associate. Still there was no missing the paternal pride in his eyes as she came in, dressed in a fine fitting denim skirt, one of his pure white dress shirts hanging down past her hips and unbuttoned just enough to reveal her spectacular cleavage, and one inch heels; she seldom wore anything more drastic unless it was a special occasion, or they were playing in the bedroom. He had learned how spectacular she looked in stilettos and a corset just the other night and the memory filled him with lust.

Reni looked a little disappointed to discover he wasn't alone but shook hand with Mr. McGovern and apologized for interrupting their meeting. Then she did something that surprised them all. "We're having a party on Friday, to celebrate the redecoration of the condo. Just family and a few friends, but I hope you'll come as well."

Cain looked taken back. "That's very nice of you Mrs. Morris, I had planned on staying a while, this is my hometown you see...but even if I wasn't, how could I refuse such a gracious invitation?"

When he had left, Dev began to change his shirt and tie, but couldn't resist asking the question. "Why did you invite him to the party Reni...?"




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When she answered he saw the tears in her eyes, "Because he's my father Dev, older, but still the man in the photograph with my mother taken when she was about two months pregnant. I found it by accident one day going through her old room looking for something. She had it hidden in the pages of a book and the minute I saw it, I knew who he was. So that is Cain McGovern, I wonder how mom and Lucas will react when he shows up at the party..."

Devlin shuddered to think.

To be continued... 



A Ride to Heaven and Back Pt. 02 Ch. 04



Reni looked around the living room and decided that she and Kelly had done a fantastic job of turning the igloo into a home. Gone was the stark black and white, replaced by soft gold's and browns, the brown leather sectional gave them plenty of room to stretch out on and watch the big screen television together, and the carper was swirls of both colors. Kelly was proud of her work and Reni had to admit her sister was right; the colors did give it a warmer feeling. Filled with success, she and Kelly were working together to improve the other rooms as well. Sean was even glad to see his brother more active and involved not only in work but in family as well. So did the rest of his family, her future mother in law Francine or Fancy as she preferred to be called, had called Reni a miracle worker.

"I swear Devlin looks as if he's lost twenty years, I can't remember him ever looking as relaxed and smiling as much since he was just a boy."

Kelly had been there as well and she had smiled. "Oh I'm sure Reni has her own way to keep Dev smiling mom, and I wouldn't be surprised that if you ask her, he keeps her smiling just as much. I know we heard a lot of laughter the night we all camped out at the cabin..."

Fancy had looked confused at first, then understanding filled her eyes and she had giggled. "Oh really, well you know they say laughter is the best medicine for a lot of ailments. I hope my boy knows the right doses to administer."

Dev had walked up then and put his arms around Reni, "we both do mom, we know all the right doses and all the right ways to administer it."

"Well, my only regret is that you got married the way you did, running off to Reno...why I felt crushed that you would do that to both your families, and I fully agree with your mother Reni that a full wedding is the only way to make it up to all of us."

Well, her mothers were definitely going all out for the wedding of the century. And she did mean mothers. Both her adopted one and her real mother was making plans left and right. She was just glad her mothers had not complained about her being married in Seattle instead of Portland. She had few friends in her social circle there, and most of those were simply the children of people who knew her family. Still, it didn't keep people who knew her family but not her personally from wondering if they would receive invitations or not. Her uncle had already given her a list of people he wanted to invite simply for business sake and it had taken her dad to tell him that this was just a simple family wedding, and he was not allowing it to be turned into a circus, not that it wasn't already. And now a new situation had arrived. Her real mother had been hesitant to tell her about Cain McGovern, but in the end had admitted that he was her father and told her that yes, that was his photograph in the book.

"It wasn't that I didn't love Cain, I did, just not enough to be brave and stand up to mom and dad about him...I guess that's why I'm so proud of you Reni, not only did you pick the man you wanted to marry, but you didn't look at his bank account first."

No, she hadn't. When she had fallen in love with Dev, she had never known he was that Devlin Morris and even if she had, the money would never have meant a thing to her. Unlike the rest of her family, money had never been an issue with her from the time she was little. She had been lucky, she had grown up with love and understanding.

"Excuse me Mrs. Morris," the lady from the catering business that she had hired walked up to her. "I need to double check with you about the buffet tables and William wanted to be sure we had all the right drinks that you requested."

Reni nodded. "I'll be with you in a minute, I just need to take a deep breath and ignore the urge to jump off the terrace."

The lady smiled. "That's fine, I hear that a lot..."

Reni was sure she did, and once she had checked out everything, she went to the bedroom to change. This was going to be a long night and she seriously wondered if inviting her father had been such a good idea after all.

She was in the shower holding back the urge to scream when Dev came in. "Hey, save some hot water for me, or should I just come join you?"

It was tempting. Especially as she watched him getting undressed, but at the same time she knew that if she did, she would end up screwing him to death right now. Not from need of sex, but a release for the tension she felt over tonight's party. Still maybe that would be a good idea. She would have a good reason to scream then, and with a smile she made room for him in the shower. He grinned down at her and she wasted no time getting what she both needed and desired.

In the bedroom Dev looked at her and smiled. "You were in a hurry, what's up hon?"

"I am scared shitless Dev, what if my dad and Lucas get in a fight, or I find out he was the last person mom wanted to see...what if..."

Dev walked up to her and did what he always did to calm her fears. "Hey, that's perfectly normal." He stroked her cheek and held her tight. "Just remember, he doesn't want you to know he's your dad. And odds are, he's just as nervous about tonight as you are. So, chin up, just treat him the same way you treated me the first night we met."

"Before or after you insinuated I was a lot lizard and I walked out of the café?"

"Before you walked out, just imagine he's another truck driver putting the moves on you." His hand slid down over her back and cupped one ass cheek. "Before you found out what a nice guy I was and how hot we were together in the sleeper."

"Hmm, I still miss that sleeper. I think we need to have it bronzed..."

"Not until after the honeymoon, we still got some places to go and things to see before we do that."

Yes they did, and she was looking forward to it. Bringing his mouth down to hers, she kissed him deeply and gave him an impish smile as she drew back. "Don't drink too much tonight Dev; I want you fairly sober tonight after everyone leaves..."

He looked down at the red and black corset she wore and smiled. "Are you wearing that under your dress?" His eyes took in the garter belt, stockings and crotch-less panties he had picked up for her not long ago, "and the stilettos?"

"If you want me to," She licked her lips.

His smile turned into a leer. "Forget the fucking party; let's just spend the night in here, all by ourselves."

"Hmm, but just think how much fun you'll miss not being able to see me talking to our families and know what I'm wearing underneath my clothes..."

He groaned and pressed his now hard cock against her. "Let's hope everyone gets bored and leaves early."

Besides her family and his, she had invited a few folks from DM Trucking that she had gotten to know, Noreen and her husband arrived early and were full of news over the announcement that their daughter had just delivered a new grandson. The only person she would have preferred to leave off the guest list was her mother's husband and it was clear he was less than happy to be around her as well. More than once she found him glaring at her and she was tempted to stick her tongue out at him just like she had as a little kid. She hadn't known back then that who she believed was her sister was actually her mother, and once she did discover the truth she had done her best to stay out of his way.

"Reni..." Her aunt Judith walked up to her as she was watching everyone mingle and talk. "I have to ask, who did your decorating. It's such a pleasure to find someone who isn't into all this modern something Fei or whatever it's called."

Reni smiled. "Actually the lady we have to thank is Dev's sister Kate, she walked in, we talked and that was it. You should have seen it when I first walked in, I thought I was in an old movie from all the black and white there was..."

Unexpectedly, her aunt reached out and stroked her face with a long, brightly painted red nail. "I've never spent as much time with you as I should have Reni, and it's an old woman's regret that makes me say this. You've grown into a beautiful young woman and you've done the family proud by marrying since a gorgeous, successful man like Dev. But nothing makes me as happy as seeing how happy you've made your parents and how proud they both are of you. I had my doubts when they told me that they were adopting you, but now I can honestly say, I am glad they did..."

"Thank you Aunt Judith...though let's be honest, not all the family shares your sentiment..."

"No, but Charles and Sylvie are the two who matter, and I'll let you in on a little secret, even your uncle John is considering talking to you husband about that idea of using DM Trucking instead of hiring other companies. I think he would have done it sooner if your father had come to him first before talking to Dev, but you know how stubborn my brother is, if he didn't think it up first, he doesn't think it's a good idea..."

"I'd say that's a trait they both share Judith..." Her mother joined them and smiled up at her daughter. "You look lovely tonight, I'm glad to see married life agrees with you. And Dev is looking especially happy...taking good care of him are you dear...?"

Reni smiled, and blushed. "Mom, really..."

Sylvie laughed. "An advantage of being old dear, we can get away with such outlandish statements..."

The doorbell sounded and Reni watched as Dev moved to answer it. Sure enough it was the one person she had been waiting for. This was either going to turn her party into a free for all or make her day, she wasn't sure which. She watched Dev greet Cain warmly and took a deep breath as they approached. Dev gave her a smile and then smiled at both of the older ladies. "Reni, look who found his way to the party after all..."

Reni looked at her father and smiled as she held out her hand. "Mr. McGovern, I was wondering if you had forgotten..."

Cain McGovern smiled and took her hand. "Not a chance Mrs. Morris, I was called back to New York yesterday and I had to fly back this afternoon to be sure I was here at all..."

"Well I'm glad you made it, Mr. McGovern, this is my mother Sylvie Marks and my aunt Judith Dalton. Mom, Aunt Judith, Cain McGovern, he's a business associate of Dev's."

It was clear from her mother's expression that she knew exactly who Cain was but her aunt seemed none the wiser. They both greeted him and when Dev had taken him away to find the bar, her mother looked at her. "Reni, may I speak to you privately...?"

Reni knew that look in her mother's eyes and dreaded what was going to happen now. "Sure, uh, please excuse me Aunt Judith..." They walked to the bedroom and she noticed that her mother also grabbed her real mom as well. Once in the bedroom, she sat on the bed and sighed. "Okay let's hear it, I know that tone too well mom..."

Sylvie sighed. "Reni, do you know who Cain McGovern is?"

Her real mother paled. "What about Cain?"

Sylvie looked from her adopted one, to the one she had given birth to. "It seems your past has caught up with you Beth, Reni's real father just walked in the front door...You do know that don't you Reni?"

Reni stood up and began to pace the bedroom floor. "I know who he is, I found a photo of him in an old book of mom's one day, but I never knew his name until I walked into Dev's office a few days ago. Dev hired him to find out who is siphoning money from DM Trucking into a few dummy companies and off shore bank accounts." She went to the nightstand and found her cigarettes. "Sorry mom, I know you don't approve, but right now, I need one. He knew all about me and Dev, we'd run into his parents when we were out to dinner with Mac and Fancy one evening...his mother looked like she was going to have a heart attack when I told her who my parents were...He doesn't know I know, and he doesn't want me to know from what he told Dev..."

The bedroom door opened, and both her husband and real father stood looking at them. Cain looked at her and smiled. "I should have known better, you being my kid, hello Sylvie, Beth..." He walked up and hugged Reni. "You and Charles did a good job with her Sylvie, she's beautiful, and she's smart."

Sylvie arched an eyebrow. "Maybe too smart, how are you Cain...?"

He grinned, "Rich, successful, happy. And relax, I'm not here to cause trouble, Dev hired me to do a job, and finding out that he was married to my daughter was just a bonus. I heard about Charles, I'm sorry Sylvie, he's a great man..."

Sylvie nodded. "I know, and he's in remission right now."

"That's good to hear. How are you Beth?"

Reni looked at her real mother, "Mom?"

Beth looked at her daughter and the man she had once loved but been such a coward about. She felt a jumble of mixed emotions right now, she was glad to see that Reni now knew who her father was, and at the same time knew this was going to cause problems between her and Lucas. Well, that was nothing new. It hadn't been six months into the marriage that she had learned just why he married her and for the last twenty years it had been a series of dramas usually all centered around her daughter. He had never forgiven her parents for adopting the little girl he had refused to accept.

A loud voice outside the bedroom caught all their attention and Reni tensed as she heard Dev respond. "You're not going in there Lucas, this has nothing to do with you..."

"The hell it doesn't, that is my wife in there and I don't know what your bitch wife was thinking when she invited that bastard, but Beth and I are leaving and we're leaving now..."

Reni heard Dev's voice take on a cold tone, "What did you call Reni...?"

"A bitch, just like her mother, and you Morris are nothing then a fucking truck driver who got lucky...what did she do, offer you some free pussy for a ride and you liked it so much you married her, or is she like her mom and knocked up already...?"

Reni ran for the door but it was too late, her step father lay on the floor blood running from his mouth and Dev was standing over him with a deadly calm aura around him. "Dev, no..."

He turned to look at her, "Stay out of this Reni, I told you what would happen the next time a man did or said anything to hurt you, the only thing keeping me from killing the bastard is respect for your mother and the rest of your family. I may be just a fucking truck driver who got lucky, but mister, you're nothing but a fucking abuser who has to beat on women and kids to get your kicks. Oh I know all about you Lucas, your son Jon-Jon is a good friend of my nephew and he's told my sister all about it, how you beat him and his mom, how you bring your whores to your home when you know they'll be home to hear you, and I won't even go into some of your more deviate practices..."

There were assorted gasps and Reni saw her adopted father smile. "Good for you Dev, give it to him with both barrels, I been waiting for twenty years for someone to stand up to this bastard..."

Beth moved to stand next to her daughter, "You knew Dad?"

Charles got to his feet and walked to where his two girls stood. "Honey, I had him checked out the minute he came to me to ask if he could marry you. I kept hoping you'd wise up, but you didn't. Why do you think I never let him get higher than I did in the company? The man would have robbed us all blind. Now I can finally give you a choice, divorce this s.o.b, come back home for a while, and put all this behind you, or stay with him and be cut out of my will, lock, stock, and, barrel. Because there is no way, this asshole is ever going to see a dime of my money..."

To everyone's surprise it was a voice no one knew that spoke up. "That's a bit harsh isn't it Charles?"

Reni saw her grandfather smile, "Well Cain, if you'd been the man you are now twenty odd years ago I wouldn't have to be so damn harsh. I gave you a choice that day, marry my daughter or I was going to let her marry that weasel, you walked away..." He chuckled. "And don't give me any mealy mouthed excuses about how you were just a poor college student, if you'd had any balls then you would have said fuck you and married her right then and there..."

Reni looked at her biological father and then at her mom. "It's not too late you know...if even half the feelings you two had for each other are still there, you should go for it, and I know if Jon-Jon was here, he would say the same thing. You don't need this trash mom, and if I knew it wouldn't land Dev in jail again, I'd let him push this ass off the terrace and claim it was an accident."

Cain looked at her. "Reni, can your mother and I borrow your bedroom for a while, I think we need to talk about this alone."

Dev smiled. "Why don't you use the guest room, our room is...well...kind of our private domain..."

His sister Kate laughed. "That is putting it mildly, you don't want to go snooping in their drawers believe me..."

Sean spoke up, "And how would you know wife of mine...?"

Kate began to blush, and Sean began to laugh. Dev grinned. "It's down the hall past our room; we'll stand guard until you're ready to come out. In the mean time, I'll have security escort this trash off the property." He looked at Lucas and then at Reni. "Why don't you get me a drink love, I need it, and make it a double."

Her adopted dad laughed. "Make that two dear, and I think your mother could use a shot herself, now is this, a party or what...?"

Dev slipped into bed and pulled Reni close. "They still haven't come out yet huh?"

She shook her head. "I knock and kind of peeked in but mom was asleep and dad just sort of shooed me away. You know Lucas is not going to let this rest, not only did you cost him his wife, but his job and you basically humiliated him."

"All in a day's work honey. I keep pissing people off left and right since I've met you Reni." He nuzzled her throat. "Well, I'm not worried about it, the world could end tomorrow and I'd die happy as long as I had you beside me..."

Reni smiled and lifted his face to hers. "It better be me you die beside Dev, and I hope it's when you're over a hundred and you're on top of me fucking me senseless."

He chuckled. "Reni, if I can still get up when I hit a hundred, you can bet it will be your pussy I am in at the time. Speaking of which, I'm not drunk, just very nicely mellow right now, think we can risk having sex without your folks coming in and yelling at us...?" He began to caress her breast and let his thumb rub her nipple until it was hard and he bent his head to suck at it.

"Well, I think we're safe considering that both mom and dad had very disheveled looks, and their clothes were scattered all over the guest room...no I don't think there will be any problems." She shivered as he slipped a hand between her legs and began to run a finger around her clit. "Ooo, Dev..."

He didn't answer instead he simply threw back the covers and she watched as he moved down to settle between her legs, and inhale her scent deeply. "I thought I smelled something hot and sweet, open them wider Reni, you know I like to get a little crazy sometimes..."

She did as he asked and as she felt his tongue begin to swirl around her clit then move up and down her slit, she ran her fingers through his hair. "Go crazy Dev, I will be right behind you."

In the guest room the cries from the master bedroom were audible and Beth looked up at Cain. He had heard it as well, and stopped what he was doing. "Was that Reni Cain, she sounded like she was in pain..."

Cain McGovern laughed. "That was no cry of pain Beth, I can remember when you made that same sound and nearly got us both thrown out of school." He began to move again and wondered if he could still do that thing that had caused it in the first place. It didn't take long to discover he could.

"I knew there was something I liked about that man..." Beth giggled and let Cain kiss her to cover her own cries of pleasure.




A Ride to Heaven and Back Pt. 02 Ch. 04



To be continued...



A Ride to Heaven and Back Pt. 02 Ch. 05



Author Note: A short chapter this time. I want to apologize if any of you took offense to a comment I recently posted in the comment section of my submission for the Halloween contest. I am just sick and tired of getting negative feedback from people who don't have the nerve or courtesy to face me by putting their screen name in the comments. I have never left a comment that didn't have my name on it, and I will never hide behind such a word as anonymous.

I admit some might have a good reason, but in reality, I have found that those who post the negative comments are the ones who do it most often, and it made me wonder, would anyone have even read it if it hadn't been put in the wrong category? Were they more upset because it was in the wrong place or was it because it wasn't incest/taboo? Well, whatever the reason, I appreciate honest criticism and I appreciate those who have the decency to post both positive and negative comments for anything I write, not just because the goblins went to work and put it where it didn't belong.

Peace

Darkstone57

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Reni came awake and stretched like a cat as she lay back in the bed. Dev was still asleep and she smiled as she remembered how they had worn each other out the night before. That had been after he had knocked her step dad on his ass and her real mom and dad had seen each other after being apart for over twenty plus years. She didn't know about Beth, but Cain had definitely been pleased with what he saw when he looked at her. Like a cat who had tasted the cream, she felt thoroughly pleased with herself that the party had gone so well.

Trying to slip out of bed without disturbing Dev wasn't as easy as she thought it might be this morning. No sooner than she had moved off his shoulder and a pair of strong male arms had surrounded her and brought her back to his strong, bare chest. Normally she wouldn't have minded but at the moment her condition was critical, and she needed the bathroom. "Dev, I need to go..."

"Okay but you better hurry back; this is the first morning in a long time that I don't have to be up early or go into solve this problem or that...I want to spend the day lounging in bed with my wife." He sat up and took a small cigar from the pack on his bed side stand. "Hey, you should try these, they aren't half bad..." It was a new brand, one Cain had suggested he try and she had to admit they smelled better than the others he had smoked in the past. Reni was glad he was getting along with her real dad so well, even if the reason for them meeting wasn't one of the best.

Besides the more pressing problem she had been facing, she had waked up with a bad case of morning breath and she brushed her teeth quickly. Going back into the bedroom, she leaned against the doorframe and just stopped a moment to look at her husband. She loved looking at him first thing in the morning, seeing his sleepy expression and how relaxed his body was. A damn good body for a man close to forty and yet so sexy and virile, was it any wonder that the women who saw him went into hormone overdrive, not that he paid much attention to them when they did, he had made his choice and while some might wonder why, she had no regrets he had picked her to fall in love with.

Dev looked up at her and smiled. "You're supposed to be in bed babe, not standing there drooling over me." He smiled and held out his free hand. "Or is it me drooling over you?"

"Both maybe," She walked to the bed and settled in the crook of his arm, resting her head against his chest. She inhaled his scent deeply and exhaled slowly. She loved how he smelled, both when he had and hadn't taken a shower recently. "This is nice, we haven't had much chance to do it lately..."

"It's not too late to sell the company and move to that desert island, and then we could do this all the time."

She let her fingers move over his chest. "Dev, would you be happier if you did sell the company?" She had been wondering since he had decided to stop driving and simply work at the office.

He sighed. "To be honest, I don't know. Being just a driver was way easier, no meetings or dealing with this or that. Being able to come and go as I please." He gave her a teasing smile, "and there was the advantage of all those hot women at the truck stop, needing rides there and there..."

Reni snorted. "Leave it to a man to think that way..."

He nuzzled her hair. "Hey, it got us together didn't it? Besides, I'm an old married man now; other women are off limits to me. I want a woman to have hot, steamy sex with in my sleeper; I'd just take you along. He put out the cigar and turned on his side to face her. "You are the only woman I want in my bed baby, whether I drive truck or sit in an office all day, and I will never want another woman as long as you are in my life."

"Hmm, I like your thinking..."

Dev pushed the sheet down to uncover her breasts and bent his head to take one hard nipple between his lips, Reni ran her fingers through his hair and as he began to suck and bite in earnest, she used them to tell him what she wanted. She loved it when he was rough with her breasts and even the pain was as nice as the pleasure. Feeling his fingers move between her legs, she opened them and he wasted no time plunging one into her and using his thumb to stimulate her clit.

Moving his mouth to the other nipple he gave her a quick glance. "I can't wait until you're nursing our baby and I can suck them, I want to see them full of mother's milk and watch as our baby feeds off them."

He'd been thinking a lot about babies lately she noticed. Maybe it was because his folks were asking him when he was going to make them grandparents now that he was married. He was the only one of his sisters and brothers who didn't have a house full of kids for Fancy and Milton to spoil. Until now, he had been extremely careful about such things, but lately she wondered if he wouldn't like to have one or two little ones running around. It hadn't helped that she had been thinking about it too.

Well, she could think about that later, right now she wanted to devote her full attention to her husband and how he was making her feel. He was right, this was a day to just lounge in bed and make love all day if they wanted to. And she wanted to. 

"Dev, I want him in me, now..." Reni moaned the words as she felt her climax begin, she found that if he did it fast enough she could have more than one without stopping, and her body was hot for release. Almost as if he had already been there, she felt him fill her and raised herself up to meet his thrust. "Yes, oh gods yes, like that Dev..."

He looked down at her and chuckled. "You are hot this morning, you feel like a furnace around me." He rotated his hips and ground into her even more. "Burn me Reni, burn me love...Do to me what no other woman has ever done before..." His eyes glittered with heat and he rose up to look down at them. "I love watching him move in and out of you Reni, I think about it at work and I get so fucking horny. I want to call you on the phone and tell you how horny you make me while I jack off..." He began to move faster and she reached for him, when she could touch him, she brought his face to his and began to wildly tongue fuck over and over. "Yes honey, kiss your man, and show him how much you love what he does to you. You're my woman, and I'll never let anyone else have you, never let anyone hurt you or make you cry..."

He began to fill her and Reni felt her own climax roll over her as she cried out his name and begged him for more. He made no move to leave her and she held him close as he collapsed on top of her.

"I love you Reni, I never thought it was going to happen for me to find a woman to say that too, but I am so fucking glad I did."

In the kitchen Cain refilled his and Beth's cups with the coffee Maria had made and looked at the little Hispanic woman who had accidently intruded on them this morning. She knew Beth of course, but he had been a complete stranger. "Are they always like that Maria?"

Maria smiled. "Always sir, to be honest, in all the time I work for Mr. Morris, he never have a woman here when I come in the morning to work. I am surprised when I meet his wife, but I like her very much and I am glad she made the changes here that she has."

"That's good to hear, she's our daughter after all."

The woman nodded. "Yes sir, would you like more breakfast Mr. McGovern, Mrs. Karlin?"

Both he and Beth shook their heads. "No thank you Maria, the food was wonderful."

"It's nice to have someone to cook it for; usually I only have to prepare dinner..."

"That's because Dev and I are usually too busy to eat. And I did eat those homemade tamales you fixed, the cheese and jalapeno ones. They were heaven..." Reni smiled at Cain and kissed her mother on the head. "Morning, did you two sleep well?"

Cain grinned, "As well as we could with all the noise coming from the other room. You and Dev don't have many house guests do you Reni?"

"No, one thing Dev and I are a lot alike about, we don't' have a lot of personal friends. He's been too busy and I just haven't thought about it, being so wrapped up in my own goals."

"Speaking of which, you need to dig out those notebooks, and get busy, you've got a lot of truckers out there just waiting for what you have to say..." Dev took the coffee Maria handed him and leaned against the counter. "Thanks Maria, see the caterers have been and gone. Did they do a good job of cleaning up Maria?"

"An excellent job Mr. Morris, and my Manny, he said to tell you and Mrs. Morris many thanks for the recommendation you wrote for him for his new job, he is getting much better wages now, and a better schedule."

"Any time Maria. Manny is a good man. I wish I had a hundred of him working for me at DM, maybe I could be less worried about the ones I have."

Reni shook her head. "No business today, no talk about work...or do I have to handcuff you to the bed and gag you...?"

Dev smiled. "Only if you agree to come be my jailer... but honey, we do have guests..."

Her face flushed as she remembered. "Oh...I...sorry about that, just so used to..."

Beth looked at her daughter. "It's okay Reni, we understand."

She was glad they understood, it was just sometimes her mind went to being with Dev, and things slipped out. "So what will you do now mom?"

Her mother looked down at her coffee and ran her hand over her face. "I know that it's over between me and Lucas. Last night I knew that it was time to stop being such a coward and I want to thank you Dev for being so protective of Reni. I actually wanted to cheer when you knocked him on his ass. It's just a matter of finding an attorney, and moving my things out of the house. I hate that place...not that Jon-Jon or Michael will mind, but Rose might be another matter...you know what a daddy's girl she is..."

Reni knew, her half sister was only twelve and Lucas had spoiled her rotten so far. She didn't like anyone taking his attention away from her and that included his wife, her brothers or his frequent play things. Reni had never been close to any of them but she knew that of the three, Rose would be the one who would fight this tooth and nail.

"Well, one way or another, I need to go back to Portland, and get some of my things. I'll probably go back to mom and dads. Then stay there until things are settled."

Dev nodded, and he saw Reni's look of concern. "You're worried about her going back alone aren't you?"

His wife nodded. "Lucas won't go near mom and dads place, not now, but if she goes alone to her house, what's to keep him from beating her again? Or doing worse?"

She was right and they all knew it. "Would you feel better if she had some guards to help her pack up and leave?"

Cain looked at him curiously. "What do you have in mind Dev?"

Despite the seriousness of the situation he smiled. "Let me make a phone call..."

There were four drivers in and after speaking to all of them, found all were willing to help out. One, Jack Standish chuckled as he told him what was needed. "Hey no problem Mr. M, for Mrs. M.'s mother, I'll gladly do it."

As he hung up, Dev looked at Reni, "is there any of my drivers, and other employees you haven't charmed since we've been back?"

"Hey, what can I say, I got a certain soft spot for truckers. I married one didn't I?"

Walking over to where she sat, he bent his head and captured her mouth with his. The kiss was deep, penetrating and designed to set her on fire and as he drew back he saw that he had accomplished it very well. "Go put on some jeans and a shirt; we need to go to the yard."

Her eyes flashed with mischief, "Can I sit on the dog house, and talk on the CB?"

"What, and start a riot on the freeway, I'll grant you the dog house, but no CB..."

Both Cain and Beth looked confused as she scrambled off to the bedroom to dress. "Dev..."

"Lucas doesn't like truck drivers; I'm just going to give him all the more reason to hate them..." He was tired of being Mister nice guy all the time; it was time to show a few people just what he and his friend were made of. But you won't be going to Sylvie and Charles' house, I want you to stay here for a while Beth, and that goes for Michael and Rose too, we might be a little cramped, but we'll manage until you get things worked out in your mind."

Beth looked over whelmed. "Dev, I appreciate it, but..."

Reni returned, and shook her head. "Forget it mom, I married a very stubborn man, and he will have his way one way or another..."

Cain nodded. "Well count me in to, I have some scores to settle with Lucas myself and I'm not afraid to get a little down and dirty..."

They drove to the yard and in the lounge they found not only Jack but six others waiting. Jack gave him a grin and looked around. "A couple more came in while we were waiting, and once I explained the situation, well they were more than happy to volunteer to escort Mrs. M's mother home..."

Beth looked around and at her son. "Dev, I don't know what to say..."

He smiled at her then at her daughter. "Don't say anything Beth, Reni, why don't you go fire up the beast and get your mom settled, Cain and I will be out in a few minutes..." He tossed his wife the keys and she caught them in mid air.

"Come on mom, let them talk, we get to do the good stuff."

As the two women walked across the truck filled yard, Beth was amazed at the number of people who greeted her and who waved or smiled. "Do you know all of these people Reni?"

"Most of them, they're all a pretty close knit group, and after spending three years on the road with people like them, you get to know voices and people long before you might ever meet them in person. Some times when Dev works late or has something come up and I'm bored, I come out and help the dispatchers or just sit and talk to the drivers who are in."

Beth was impressed with her daughter. "I never understood why you wanted to go out on your own that way, I think you got Cain's courage. I never could have done it."

There was no missing Dev's truck, the oldest one on the lot, and Beth noticed a flash of red in the window as Reni did what she had learned to do in her time away. Getting in was a little awkward for her, but again her daughter handled it like a pro, and as the truck came alive, Beth noticed the red silk hanging from a hook on the window. Reni noticed it as well and her face turned as red as the silk, but made no move to take it down. She pulled out a clip board and began checking dials and gauges. One caught her interest, and she flipped open her cell.

"Dev, we're going to need fuel, its reading E on both tanks. Are you sure, I mean I know what to do, but are you sure you want me to...okay, well call Neil and tell him to meet me at the pumps..." She hung up and glanced back at her mom sitting in the sleeper, Beth saw the nervousness in her eyes. "Well mom, now we get to find out how good of a teacher Dev is, I need to drive this around the back and put fuel in it."

"Well, if Dev didn't think you could do it, he never would have told you to do it. And I trust his judgment, so do it."

The man named Neil wasn't the only one waiting at the fuel station and Beth saw the smile and look of pride Dev had in his eyes for his wife as she stopped right where she wanted to. As he crawled in, Reni moved to the center and waited for him to get seated. When he was she threw her arms around him.

"I did it Dev, I actually did it..."

Dev ran her fingers over her face and nodded before claiming her mouth. He knew she had been leery to drive the rig and yet he had been able to get her to the point where she was right now. As he drew back, he heard his father chuckle. "Interesting window decoration you have Dev...a trophy?"

Dev shook his head, "no, just a blue ribbon...I got the trophy right here..." Looking into Reni's eyes, he knew that she was the only trophy he would ever want or need.

The drive to Portland was uneventful and when they arrived at the house that Beth had shared with Lucas and their children, the police had already arrived. The two men in uniforms looked at Dev as he climbed out of his truck, then at Reni, Cain and finally Beth. "Which one of you is Devlin Morris and what is going on?"

Devlin explained the events of the night before and when the officer asked about the other drivers, he grinned. "We needed extra muscle for whatever Beth might not be able to carry, of course if Mr. Karlin does try anything funny, I hope you gentlemen will understand that my employees won't hold back retaliating..."

The older of the two officers grinned. "No, of course not, that would simply be an act of self defense. So basically, our presence is strictly to make sure that Mrs. Karlin is able to get her belongings without interruption."

"Exactly..."

"It's a slow day, we'll be glad to help out..."

Dev looked at Jack and signaled him to back up to the door as close as possible without doing any damage. Soon there was a steady parade of people in and out of the house and Reni rounded up her younger half sister and brother. Surprisingly, neither of them balked at being told they were coming to Seattle for a while and once settled in the sleeper, looked at their older half sister. Rose especially seemed curious. "Are you really our half sister aunt Reni, I mean dad came home last night yelling and screaming and saying all kinds of things. Mainly about you and uncle Dev..."

Reni could imagine. "Yes, it's true; mom was pregnant with me when she met your dad..."

Mike on the other hand was more realistic about being taken from the only home he had known. "Dad was an ass; he beat on mom and treated her like hell." His anger was clear.

"So we're going to be staying with you and uncle Dev, and mom right?" Rose looked at her as if want confirmation. When Reni nodded, she moved closer to her newly discovered half sister and seemed to totally relax. "Good, I wouldn't like it if you left me here alone with dad..."

For a girl who had been a daddy's girl since she was little, it seemed an odd statement, but Reni decided to let it go for now. Instead, she told about the condo and how the sleeping arrangements would work. For now, Rose would bunk in with their mother, and Michael would have a room of his own. It would just be until their mother was able to think without concern for any of them and decide what she intended to do.

They were just finishing up with taking her mother's things out when Lucas arrived. His face was filled with fury, but it died quickly when he was confronted with the police, Dev, Cain and the group of truckers who were gathered around Beth in a protective half circle. Reni watched as he ranted and raved and she suspected he was going off the deep end. Beside her, her half sister and brother watched as well, and she could feel Rose trembling.




A Ride to Heaven and Back Pt. 02 Ch. 05



A sick feeling entered Reni's stomach and she tried to ignore it as the police finally handcuffed Lucas and put him in the back of the squad car. This was not the time to think the worse, instead she watched as Dev started walking toward the truck and when he climbed in, she waited. He lit a cigar and exhaled deeply. Trying to get himself back under control and burying the anger over what ever had been said.

"Cain and your mom are taking her car back up to Seattle. You got a choice guys, ride with them or ride with Reni and me. It's up to you."

Mike spoke up first. "I'll ride with you two if it's okay, I never been in a truck like this before."

Rose nodded. "I want to be with you and Reni uncle Dev. Give mom some time to calm down."

"Okay, but while we're down here, we're going to go visit your grandparents and let them know what is going on, your mom and Cain will meet us there." He turned to look at her and smiled. "So who gets to play co-driver, Rose or Mike...?"

Reni smiled back. "Let Mike, Rose can try out the passenger seat after we leave for home."

Home, that had to be the sweetest sounding word in the world and Reni savored it on the drive to her adopted parents. Rose was clinging to her now, but the trembling had stopped and she as they drew nearer to the house that Reni had grown up in, she began to relax against her newly found half sister.

Once the situation was explained, the two kids had been lunch and everyone had had a chance to relax from the day's events, Reni wondered if she had misread her concerns. Lucas might be a lot of things, but was he so low as to molest his own daughter? She promised herself that she would talk to her mom and keep an eye on her sister once they were back in Seattle. For now she just wanted to go home and have a day or two of nothing but being with her family and getting to know both her mom, her newly found father, and her sister and brother.

To Be Continued...



A Ride to Heaven and Back Pt. 02 Ch. 06



Author's Note:

Well here is the long awaited next chapter to A Ride to Heaven and Back, Part 2. Sorry it has taken so long but as I explained in Dani and the Bull chapter 12, computer problems left me without any of my previous chapters and I had to go through a lot of CD's to find the stories that needed to be finished. I also suffered a really bad case of writer's block and some family problems. The family problems are still up in the air, but the dam seems to have busted on the writer's block and I am working hard to try and get caught up before something plugs the hole. No pun intended.

"I've also been working on my grammar and punctuation that a lot of folks complain about, but I'm still not perfect and I doubt I ever will be. I've been considering investing in the Dragon program that lets you speak you words rather than type them so if anyone has the program and considers it worth investing in, please feel free to either comment on it, or send me a feedback about it.

Hug

Darkstone57

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Reni leaned against the cool concrete of the terrace and ignored the rain that was falling over Seattle. The gray sky and rain fit her mood. All their moods if she thought about it. Seemed like things just got worse and worse no matter how hard a person tried to make them better. She sighed and looked over her shoulder as footsteps stopped behind her.

Dev held out a cup of steaming coffee and stood behind her drinking his own. "I think the only reason I bought this place was the view. That and Sean thought it was ritzy enough to entertain in." He wrapped his free arm around her; "Any word from your mom or Cain?"

She shook her head. "The last I heard was when Mike called from the doctor's office and told me the police had been called. How could he do that to his own daughter Dev, she's just a little girl."

"Well, at least now all the truth is out, and Lucas has left town according to Sylvie and Charles. It seems that Charles and John are doing an audit of the company books as well. If he was capable of molesting his own daughter, stealing a few million of company funds would be small matters. Face it love, Lucas felt he was rich enough and powerful enough that laws didn't apply to him."

"No one is that rich..." She shivered even though it wasn't really cold even with the rain and the gray skies. "Our list of enemies is growing Dev. That island is looking better and better."

"Too late lady, you're stuck in the dreary northwest. It'll work out honey, we haven't heard from that former lover of yours, and Cain is checking on him as well as the job at work. And from the sound of it, we're getting closer to whoever is robbing me, and as for Lucas, the police will have him sooner or later."

He made it all sound so easy; she wished she could have his confidence at times." She thought of something and berated herself mentally for not asking sooner. "Is Fred okay, I meant to ask as soon as you told me, but it slipped my mind." She remembered the driver they had crossed paths with and had accidently let her overhear just who the tall, dark and good looking truck driver she was riding with was. She had been shaken when word had come that he had been in a serious accident recently and would be laid up for a while.

"As well as can be expected, the police report said he was lucky to be alive. He swears he has no idea what happened, one minute everything was fine and the next, he was fighting to stay on the road. Said it was like the damn truck had no steering what so ever. At least he had the sense to jump before it slammed into the patch of trees."

"Well, I think tomorrow I'm going to go visit him in the hospital, and see how he is doing. I still owe him for letting slip who I was getting involved with you know..."

Dev grinned. "Until now, I'd forgotten about that, maybe we should go visit him today..."

Reni might have been worried if she hadn't seen the look in Dev's eye. A couple hours later they entered Fred's room and found not only him, but a woman that had to be his wife. Reni was quick to see how worried the woman was, and Fred was reassuring her over and over.

"I am find darlin. You know me, too damn stubborn to get hurt jumping out of a truck, and if anything I'd be more worried about the truck, that thing is in worse shape than me."

Dev chuckled. "You got that one right, how you feeling Fred?"

The driver Reni had met the first night on the road with Dev grinned. "Mr. Morris sir, Mrs. Morris, didn't expect to see you."

Reni smiled. "Hey, you know DM Trucking always worried about our drivers. Besides, I kinda owe you for letting slip what I was getting by hooking up with him." She handed him the card and looked for someplace to put the Get Well Soon balloon. Fred's wife came forward and took it while at the same time gave Reni an appraising look.

"Fred told me Mr. Morris had picked himself up a young wife, but I didn't expect you to be so young." There was a tone in the woman's voice that Reni didn't like.

"Vera, you apologize to Mrs. Morris." Fred frowned as he looked at his wife. "Where the hell are your manner's woman? You tell me any other boss who would take the time to visit a sick or hurt employee, and have his wife come along with him without acting snooty."

It was clear his message had made it into the bleach blonde head, and she gave Reni a look of apology. "He's right, just been a long couple of days, this is something I been worried about for as long as we have been married."

"Reni nodded. "I know how it goes, I don't know if Fred told you or not Dev and I were in an accident ourselves not long ago in California. We were lucky to get out of it alive."

"No, he hadn't. Were you in a truck or a car?"

"That was the worst part, like Fred, we were in one of the company trucks, which is why Dev called everyone in for a safety check. Regrettably he had to let a few people go because they weren't keeping up to DM's quality and safety rules. Dev has no desire for any of his drivers to be hurt, least of all the good ones like Fred. And I'm sure you're worried about keeping your heads above water while Fred is laid up, but relax, what the insurance doesn't cover, Dev and I will. So relax and just concentrate on getting Fred back home and on his feet alright?"

The older woman nodded and looked visibly relieved. "So many bills and with him down for heaven knows how long, I wasn't sure what we were going to do."

Reni nodded. She understood now why her greeting had been less than friendly. They had bills to pay and with Fred down and not able to work, how would they get by. She had heard it from more than one driver that sometimes he had to run longer hours than he should just because of making ends meet. Looking at Dev she saw he was talking quietly with Fred.

"Let me give you my cell number, if you need anything at all, please give me a call alright? Even if you just feel over whelmed and need to vent, I'll be there for you."

"Oh I couldn't...I would feel like I was imposing."

"Yes you can, Now do you have a number where I can reach you and check in on you and Fred both?"

Vera gave Mrs. Morris her cell number and wondered at the young woman who seemed so concerned about not only getting Fred up and able but about her as well. There were times she had felt so alone when Fred was out on the road and leaving her behind with the babies and a house to keep running.

Before leaving, an idea occurred to Reni, and she looked at Vera. "Vera, would you be willing to sit and talk to me tomorrow, I just got an idea and I think you could help me get it up and running. Would you mind?"

Fred answered for her from his bed. "If you need help organizing something Mrs. M, my Vera is one you want on your side. She does all kinds of things in the church, at the kid's school, all kinds of things."

Reni nodded. "Then I definitely need you on the team, I'll call later and set up a time."

Walking to the elevator, Dev looked at her. "What are you thinking about Reni and how much is it going to cost me?"

"I'll tell you at home and not as much as you might think. But I want to talk to mom and grandma before I start it up. I enlisted Vera because she's scared, and she needs to do more than hover around that room waiting for Fred to get better."

On the way home Reni convinced Dev to swing by his office and she found his secretary more than happy to help her as well. "I'll get all the information and have a courier deliver it this afternoon Mrs. Morris. This would be a great idea, and dispatch wouldn't be so over whelmed when husbands are late calling home.

At home she found her mother, half-sister and half-brother just sitting down to eat. Mike, despite his young age was stepping up and asked to talk to Dev in private while Reni made a sandwich and sat with her mom and sister. Both of them had been crying and she didn't know what to say or feel until finally she decided an upfront question was the best of it.

"Mom, how bad is it?"

Her sister sobbed and her mother cringed. "I hate to tell you, the things he did to her. Made her do...what kind of sick man did I marry Reni? I mean I got three beautiful children out of it, but how could he treat her so inhumanely? She's just a little girl."

"I wish I could say I knew, maybe then things like this wouldn't happen, but I don't." She looked at her sister. "And don't you feel guilty either it's not your fault. I know right now you might feel that way but it's not. He was the adult; he should have never done any of it to you. Do you hear me? There are people to help you through this, good honest people."

"He said if I told everyone would hate me that they would say it was my fault..."

An angry Dev appeared with Mike. "That was a lie, no one hates you, if anything we love you even more for being able to admit it happened and being willing to tell the doctors and the police. Mike told me how brave you were. Not everyone could have done it."

While Dev talked with her sister and brother, Reni took her mother into living room and told her about the other thing that was on her mind. As she had expected her mother offered her full support and began discussing ways to bring it around even as Reni called Vera and made arrangements for Fred's wife to be brought to the condo the next day for lunch.

Cain appeared not long after both she and Dev had found a moment to talk and neither of them objected to his plan of taking her mom and the kids out for the afternoon to look at a Condo he was considering purchasing since all his family was now centered in Seattle and Reni was more than happy to let them go.

Dev heard the front door close and looked at his still newlywed wife as he debated over discussing plans that included the wife of one of his employees or dragging her into their bedroom and continue with a long term honeymoon. Despite the problems at work and with her family, he couldn't stop feeling his desire for her. He had found so much to be happy for with her in his life and the sex was only the best part of it.

Finally he decided that the best thing was to combine the two. He promised to listen to her talk about her idea if she would allow him to spend the time in their bed showing her how much he loved the breasts that would one day be filled with milk for their children.

She gave him a look that told him she didn't believe that he would be listening at all, but when he promised to leave it above her waist she gave a giggle and let him take her into their favorite room in the place.

"Now you really promise to listen." She looked at him as she removed her shirt and bra.

He licked his lips and nodded. "With all my heart just no guarantees once you finish that I won't ravish you."

"I can accept that."

It wasn't easy but he had been learning to listen to the meetings at work and thinking about her at the same time so when she finish, he was able to add some sensible suggestions and then start to work at her jeans and pull both them and her underwear off her in one easy movement. As he looked down at his goal for the next hour or two, he did remind her that this particular activity might make hearing anything but her moans and groans of pleasure impossible so if she had anything to say, she better say it now.

Her answer was to reach up and direct his head to the desired location and he breathed in her scent in as he began to spread her legs and the lips that held his goal. 

If he loved worshipping her breasts then the sight of her lower parts drove him into frenzy as he lapped and licked her up and down over and over. He could barely hold himself in check to keep from ripping off his own pants and just slipping into the deepest part of her warmth and getting lost in the wonder of them fucking each other senseless. Instead he drove his tongue in and out of her then switching to licking her arousal from the lips and flicking it against her trembling little clit. He found that sucking on it was as wonderful as her nipples and he thrust three fingers inside her to keep her moist and heated for him. The nickname he had given her of "the rain forest" fit her lower region perfect to his way of thinking, always so hot and steaming for him.

From above he could hear her words of encouragement and feel her fingers in his hair, pulling him toward his goals over and over. Now her legs were open as far as they could go and he wanted even more. Keeping her hot little clit stimulated, he used some of her juice to lube a finger and tickle her back hole as well, until he was able to be able to slide inside while fingering her pussy as well.

"Oh my god Dev, yes..." Her hips bucked and he chuckled as he nipped at her clit and lapped at it harder. "Don't stop baby, I promise I will pay you back once you give me what I need so bad..."

Her words were music to his ears and he worked even harder to bring her to the multiple come he knew lay inside her. From the very start they had been as hot as the sun and each time they were like this it never got any cooler. He felt it begin to start and as she began to thrash around on the bed and more than once he was barely able to keep working at her. He knew how to do it though, and as her body relaxed he slowed his pace and licked up the results of his work.

"Oh Dev, I needed that so bad, it's been so crazy..."

He knew she was right; the trouble with her real mom and her step father, the discovery of the things he had done to her sister, even Fred's accident had weighed on her. Anything that disrupted their lives, Reni took as a personal insult.

Drawing back, Dev went up on his knees and looked down at her. She was bathed in sweat and her eyes were closed. A new surge of love raced through him and he moved up over her to find her mouth and kiss her gently. This was his woman, from the very start he had felt something about her that even after he had made a jackass of himself at the truck stop, he had gone after her and apologized. It had his lucky day that she had accepted it and from their love affair had exploded into something beyond what he had ever expected to happen in his life.

As he felt her arms wrap around him, he felt her legs do the same and found it impossible to keep from slipping inside her flooded pussy. God, she felt so good when they were like this, and he had to keep himself under strong control to keep from just letting himself go crazy.

"Hmm, so nice..." He nuzzled her neck and throat then took her earlobe between her teeth. As he bit down she lifted her hips against him and whispered against his shoulder.

"Tell me what you need Dev, what do you want me to do to you to repay for that?" One of her hands was moving down along the muscles in his back. "Are you in the mood for rough, easy, or somewhere in the middle. Do you want to tie me to the bed? Or should I tie you down and ride you till you can't take anymore."

He chuckled. "You are so hot Reni, but it's one of the things I love about you." His chuckle changed to a groan as she bit his shoulder and ran her nails across his naked ass cheek in a way that made him surge into her and shiver.

"Hmm, you like that, maybe I should just let my nails do the talking all over you and not stop until you cum all over me." She did it again and he felt his whole body jump as if she had turned on a switch inside him. "Tell what you want Dev, or I will torture you until you do."

Dev knew she would do it, "so many choices Reni; and so much room in the condo to do things to each other."

"You miss our privacy as much as I do don't you Dev?"

He hated to admit it, but he did. It wasn't just her mom and younger half sister and brother being there, but her real dad was often there and his family had the bad habit of dropping in as well lately. He knew that was one reason Cain was shopping around for a place big enough for her family, but still. "Sometimes I just miss the cab of my truck and us being out in the middle of nowhere together."

She didn't argue when he moved off her and lay on his back, his erection dying as he considered all that had happened lately. "It will all work out Dev; you can't just give up..."

Her words made him smile, she knew him too damn well. He had never been a quitter, and to work so hard to build up DM Trucking then to just walk away would make him just that. "I love you Reni, you're the only thing keeping me sane right now."

"I love you to, now just lay back and relax, I'll be right back." She scrambled out of bed and when he started to protest, she shook her head. "Stay there, I promise not to leave you high and dry."

He knew she never would. Reni was the one definite in his life that he could count on no matter what. Closing his eyes, he tried to relax a little and was rewarded a little while later of the feel of a warm, damp cloth being run over his body. It smelled of her favorite scent and he let her cleanse him like he was a child again. "Are we going to play some games Reni?"

Her soft giggle told him all he needed to know. "Just stay there and keep your eyes closed."

The velvet ropes were first, encircling his wrists and ankles then the silk mask that would keep him from seeing anything but black. Next was the oil that warmed as she spread it over his body and he felt his cock coming back to life as she licked his nipples and moved up to kiss him softly then more deeply as she caressed his shoulders and arms. Soon the exotic scent of the oil was everywhere, and she took her time long his long legs.

"I like this game Reni..."

Her hair tickled his body as she moved her lips to his ear. "Hmm, I know you do, next time it's your turn to be the torturer." That made his cock lurch and he smiled.

"Oh honey, you're so good at it though."

"Do you remember when we bought all this stuff, how the clerk kept looking at us while we were giggling and considering what we liked and didn't like?"

He remembered. They hadn't made it back to the condo with their purchases because the experience of doing such erotic shopping with her had gotten him hard as hell and needing something to keep him from just pulling over in the middle of the freeway and fucking her senseless in the front seat of the town car. Instead they had pulled into the first motel they found, he had signed as Mr. and Mrs. J. Smith and they had barely gotten the door shut before they were tearing at each other's clothes and barely on the bed before he was plowing in and out of her.

The memory put an idea into his head and he knew it would do them both some good. No run down motel this time thought, but one of the big hotels down town and a penthouse suite for the weekend. He would do some special shopping and images of how they would spend the weekend made his cock harder than ever.

"Why Mr. Morris, what are you thinking? He just grew six inches..."




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"I'll tell you later Mrs. Morris, right now I want you climb on top of him and ride him till I fill that pussy three or four times with the biggest loads you have ever had from me." He kept his voice rough and she obeyed quickly. He hated not being able to maul her tits and grip her hips when he was in this kind of mood, but right now all he could think of was the games he had in mind and he needed to come worse than she had earlier.

It was the second come that he felt his wrists freed and he gipped her hips to give himself leverage and really give her a ride. His pubic hair was coated with his juice and hers and all he could think of how hot the idea had made him.

"Oh God Dev, what has gotten into you, we're always hot, but damn, you never..."

He laughed as he reached up teased one hard nipple then the other. "Later baby, right now I got one huge load just waiting to fly up into that hot pussy of yours. After that we are going to go into the bathroom and take a hot shower, and while we're in there I am going to pin you against the wall and take you from behind and fuck you till you beg me to stop. Now come for me baby, and scream as loud as you can, I want everyone in this fucking building to know I can make my woman scream..."

She gave him all he wanted and by the time her family returned he was grinning more than he had in days, Reni looked as satisfied as he felt and he knew that things were indeed looking up for both of them.



A Ride to Heaven and Back Pt. 02 Ch. 07



Author's Note:

Okay, this one is to make up for all the months I made you go without Reni and Dev. I admit I decided you all needed a break from all the troubles and tribulations the two of them have been suffering. It was pretty clear to me that Dev and Reni needed a break from them too, so the following is a weekend getaway at a fancy hotel and you can guess the two of them didn't just sit around all weekend playing cards or lounging by the pool. If anything I just wonder how bad the bill was by the time the two of them got around to checking out.

Hugs

Darkstone57

Additional Note:

I really hate characters that won't let writers get a decent night's sleep. Reni and Dev decided I hadn't done enough when I dropped took a break and proceeded to not only invade my dreams, but wake me up in the middle of the night and make me face the glare of a computer screen before my first cup of coffee. Of all the rude, inconsiderate pain in the ass children...I thought my real ones were bad enough. Bah, back to work.

Darkstone57 

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Reni Morris paid the taxi driver and headed into the hotel before even looking to see if the bellboy was bringing her bag. She was fill with an anticipation that she knew was from being able to spend the weekend away from all the problems that seemed to be a part of her and Dev's life. The last week had been a frenzy of activity getting the ombudsman program set up to help the wives and families of Dev's drivers keep in contact and to have a place to talk about any concerns and fears they had with their husbands on the road for a good share of their time. There was also the news that her real father had found a place just outside of Seattle where he could set up a base on the West coast and be close to his renewed relationship with her real mother and half sister and brother.

At the desk of the hotel, she worked to keep her heartbeat regular and catch her breath as she remembered how Dev had called her that morning and told her to pack a bag and meet him at five in the afternoon in the penthouse suite. He hadn't explained too much of what was happening except to say that they would be there for the weekend and to pack accordingly. He would take care of everything else.

"Can I help you?" A woman with a smile and a badge reading M. Andrews stepped up to the other side.

"I'm Reni Morris, I was told to meet my husband here in the penthouse this afternoon."

The look of doubt that crossed the woman's face didn't surprise Reni; she was used to it in fact. She hardly fit the idea of what a man like Dev's wife should be in looks or figure. Everyone in Seattle knew of the self-made man who had started with one truck and built up the huge trucking company that they could claim as their own. "I don't know if Mr. Morris has checked in, just let me check." She turned her back on Reni and went to speak to a tall, slender man with graying hair and Reni smiled as he turned to look at her.

It was obvious that Dev had spoken to the man and made sure he was aware of any problems might arise. The man looked at the woman and frowned. "I'll handle this Miss Andrews." The frown turned to a smile as he greeted Reni. "Mrs. Morris, please excuse Miss Andrews for not helping you at once. All is arranged, and please allow me to escort you to the penthouse myself." He turned back to look at Miss Andrews with a "we will discuss this later" look. "So hard to get good help these days..."

Reni wanted to give the woman a sympathetic look but couldn't. She knew she didn't fit the role, but dammit, she had grown up with money and had learned early that you expected good service no matter what you looked like if you were rich enough. In her best Rich Bitch voice she looked at the manager. "Think nothing of it; I know how hard it is for everyone these days."

The manager looked grateful for her understanding and during the ride to the top floor he expressed his hope that she and her husband would have a pleasant stay in the hotel and if they needed anything they should feel free to call and talk to him personally.

Back at the desk, the M. Andrews was being berated by the assistant manager. "Didn't they tell you when you went to work here that you keep up with the local gossip?"

"Yes, but why would she be in the gossip columns, she's nothing special and hardly the type of woman a man like Devlin Morris would take an interest in." She didn't add that the idea of a hunk like Morris being interested in a fat bitch was beyond her understanding.

"Then you need to go back and read the columns. Not only is she as rich as he is, but he married her just a week or so after they met. From what I've heard from a friend, who works at the condo building where they live, he's heard plenty of comments from their neighbors about how the two of them are long and loud in bed and no one seems to mind who hears them. So I suggest you brush up and be prepared to be called in on the carpet when Mr. Simms comes back down."

Dev was already in the Penthouse and he looked at her as she came in with the manager and bellboy in tow. She saw his frown and tried to ward off his temper if the man told him about the woman's rudeness downstairs. "Dev, this is Mr. Simms, he was kind enough to escort me up to this gorgeous suite, don't you think that was very nice of him?"

"It depends on why he felt the need to do it." Her husband didn't look convinced.

"Oh just a little misunderstanding with one of his underlings; she wasn't sure if you had checked in yet. Mister Simms was very nice in explaining you had."

"Well, I hope the next time we decide to stay here Mister Simms will make it clear to his employees that you are to be sent up whether or not I have arrived. I'd hate to have to tell the people who recommended it that we weren't happy with the service." For a minute Reni could have sworn he was her grandfather and he had been born with a silver spoon in his mouth, but then she remembered he had worked hard for what he had and he had learned it all the hard way. Moving closer into the crook of his arm she kissed his cheek. "Well, I guess we can let it go this time, and thank you Mr. Simms for escorting the most precious thing in my life up to me."

"It was my pleasure Mr. Morris." The man actually bowed and while Dev tipped the bellboy, Reni took a minute to explore the area that would be her life for the next three days.

Talk about luxury. She was instantly in love with the fireplace and the gorgeous furnishings. It was a little over done, but not to an extreme. The dining area was able to seat six, but still gave off a cozy effect and the bedroom reminded her of something out of the movies in design. When she found the way to the bathroom, she almost wanted to strip off and jump into the huge bath and swim her way to the shower.

Dev walked up behind her and wrapped his arms around her. "This is actually one of the small penthouse suites. I didn't want to have to chase you from room to room." His fingers moved up to caress her breasts and she moaned as they rubbed her nipples through the fabric of her top and bra. "First rule of the weekend; no bra and no underwear of any kind for either of us. I want to be able to feel you under the sheerest things you own."

She smiled. "No wonder all I could find was my shorty nighties and worn out tee shirts and jeans. Are we even leaving the penthouse this weekend?"

"Only in case of fire or world war," He was already working to unhook her bra and covering her bare skin with his hands. "I would plan on needing to replace those worn things of yours too, because I plan to rip them off you at odd times and hours of the next seventy two hours."

"Just spare the little red nighty your mother got for me. I like it."

"I'll consider it if you do something for me."

"And that is?"

"Strip off you clothes right now and go over to the couch."

She looked at him and licked her lips. "What about you?"

"I'll get there soon enough, just do as I said and when you get to the couch, lay back on it and I'll be right back." He left her standing where she was and went out to the dining area. With a shake of her head, she did as he asked then walked naked into the front area and lay back on the couch as he had asked.

Actually it was a very comfortable thing to lie on and the pillows were soft as she snuggled her head into them. She could hear Dev doing something but didn't bother to look. He was running this show. She just hoped he didn't take too long, despite her lack of apparel the room was warm and she was beginning to relax.

She woke to her legs being repositioned and she realized that he had moved her so one leg was on the back of the couch and while the other one had her foot planted fully on the thick carpet. Dev was sitting on the couch by her legs and he was not only totally nude but he was holding a bowl of strawberries. She smiled at him and he smiled back.

"Have you ever considered baby, how much betters strawberries make everything taste better." The way he said everything made her wonder just what he had in mind. Taking one of the plump red fruit she soon discovered the answer. They were chilled and as he ran the tip of one over her nipples she felt them go taunt. Moving up so her leg on the floor was over his lap, she moaned as he licked at the small amount of juice that had been left behind. "Hmm, so tasty." He rubbed it again and this time sucked it a little harder than before. Each time he did it, she felt him suck a little harder and when the strawberry was mostly pulp he licked it up with a satisfied grin.

"Do I get to taste too?" She saw now what he had in mind and wondered what other little surprises he had in store for her.

"Oh definitely, we have an unlimited supply of strawberries, as well as chocolate ready to be melted and other little snacks that will be ours to command." He took the plumpest one in the bowl and put it to her lips. "I've arranged a late supper to be delivered. So until then we can snack on those as well as each other."

"I was wondering if I got to snack on you."

"Of course you do love, that's desert for us though, for now, you're my appetizer and no argument."

"How could I argue with you Dev, you are the reason for my existence after all." She felt him take another strawberry and this time draw a line down between her breasts and along the center of her belly. When he slid it lower into her lower hair and along the line of the plump lips the hair covered she couldn't keep from anticipating what was coming next. She found out when he circled it around her clit and down into the opening of her pussy. Once the fruit was eaten, he began to follow that same trail with his lips and tongue and she groaned as he teased and nipped at her clit then slipped his tongue into her waiting hole. "Oh Dev, how many of those do you have?"

"Enough to drive you crazy all weekend long love and I fully intend to use every one of them."

By the time the bowl was empty she was covered in juice and he had mashed the remainders to a pulp that he filled her with. Her body was in overdrive and when he at last filled her with his hard cock along with the strawberry mash she was ready to go insane. She couldn't even be concerned with the mess this would leave for the housekeeping staff. Not with him moving in and out of her and driving her crazy with his kisses and caresses.

She knew when Dev was close to his end and since he had taken her there so many times since her arrival, she did her best to help him along. It had been so long since they had been able to love each other so openly and without restraint. Running her fingers along the line of his back and across his wonderful ass she whispered words that she knew he liked to hear and felt him respond with tender bites and a stronger movement of his hips.

"Talk to me Reni; tell me all you feel right now..."

"I feel like I'm on fire Dev, you make my body hot and hungry for all you do to me."

"Hmm, you know what I want honey, tell me..."

Reni smiled. "Oh, so you want me to tell you how good it feels to have your cock slamming in and out of me and how I love the feel of your balls slapping against my ass. You want me to tell you how the feel of you hitting just so against my clit is sending little shocks of pleasure through me and the harder you fuck me, the closer I get to coming all over your luscious cock...You want to hear me scream and claw at you and then feel you begin to send all your hot, juicy come up me." She kept her voice soft and low while she used the sultry tone that sent shivers up them both. She felt her own body reacting to it and raised up to meet an inward thrust. As she did, she felt the beginnings of her climax and true to her word began to claw his back and beg him for more. "Harder Dev, fuck me harder..."

"Oh yeah baby, like that, more baby more..."

Feeling him pounding in her was more than enough to have her begging for more and knowing that no one hear them, she let it spill out of her as she felt him start to shoot deep inside of her. She felt completely worn as he came to rest on her. It was soon clear that Dev wasn't done just yet, and she found herself bent over the seat of the couch, her knees on the floor and spread open. As he slammed into again, she felt his fingers working at her ass and coldness as he slipped a finger inside her. "Dev, what...oh god, what are you doing...?" The realization that it was no finger hit her like a cold shower and yet she couldn't stop feeling the pleasure as he fucked her pussy and her ass with his cock and the plastic toy. "Dev...what?"

He chuckled in her ear. "I went shopping; I have a whole new supply of toys just for this weekend and this one is just the first. We're all alone Reni, just us and I want to spend the weekend fucking each other's brains out. "I've even told the hotel that anything that can't be cleaned will be replaced; all they have to do is send me the bill."

"So I'm trapped in this gorgeous penthouse suite all weekend long with a man who plans to totally turn me into a mindless sex slave..." She couldn't help but tease him.

"You got it baby, I even left my cell phone at home this morning and yours is hidden away."

"As if I would want it anyway, so shut up Dev and fuck me will you, I feel the need to come and if you want me mindless, you're a long way to go."

He began to fuck her harder and Reni gave herself up to the feelings he was raising in her. She loved how his cock filled her pussy and the plastic toy in her ass was vibrating harder now, making it better for both of them. She also knew he was wearing a cock ring that was set to hit her clit every time he lunged into her and it was doing its job well. Soon she was screaming and coming all over him. Not that Dev was ready to stop yet. In truth by the time he finally filled her with a gigantic load she was indeed mindless to everything but the pleasure he was giving her.

Dev watched as Reni shivered under the vibration of the dildo as it ran along her nipples then moved lower as he began to suck and nibble at the taunt grapes. When it touched her clit she whimpered and her hips bucked. God he was hotter than he had been in a long time, looking at his woman tied spread eagle to the bed, her legs totally open to whatever he wanted to do to her. He knew part of it was the freedom of privacy and as he slipped the toy up and down her come covered lower lips he licked his own lips in anticipation. Since dinner she had been at his mercy and while he felt no desire to cause her pain, he couldn't help but want to give her all the pleasure he was capable of.

Since eating they had shared a hot, relaxing bath and he had spread the hot oil over every inch of her body. The hot spicy smell had made his cock swell and her pussy grow wetter than before. Now he was teasing her and knowing that once he had her ready, he would feed her his cock and use the dildo to fuck her to another mind blowing climax. He just couldn't decide if he wanted her to suck him dry or fill her with another load of his come.

When the dildo filled her pussy with ease, he put his cock to her lips and found her mouth more than ready. She sucked him with a hunger that almost made him come right then and there, but he held off and switched the toy to high to make her even wetter.

"God, my sweet fucking woman, suck my cock baby; take it as deep as you can. I want to feel it hit the back of your throat." She did as he asked and yet kept from gagging on it. "Oh honey, we needed this so bad, the freedom to love each other so openly." She drew her head back and swirled her tongue around his cockhead and he smiled as she took him deep again. "I know the toy isn't as good in your pussy as my cock, but it will have to do for now, I need your mouth so bad."

Reni made a little purring noise and he knew she wasn't complaining. He never stopped wondering what he had done to deserve a woman like Reni in his life. What he did know was that whatever he had done he had no regrets.

As always when she was sucking him off, he felt himself getting close and groaned. "Suck it baby, suck me off. I've got such a hot load for you and once I fill your mouth and throat, I am going to dive in on that sweet hot clit of yours and chew it until you beg me to stop." Even as he finished, he began to blow off and once he was done, he buried his face between her legs and began to suck and lick at her clit until she began to tremble and shake below him. Not just once but until it seemed like she was continuously coming around the toy and his mouth.

Her final scream was enough to make the bed shake and she began to beg him to stop. "No more Dev, I can't take any more now. Please, stop..."

The dildo slipped from her with a loud pop and he felt his exhaustion as he threw it off the bed then moved to free her from the silken ropes he had bought for this special. Moving up to draw her close and settle into sleep he didn't even have the energy to pull a sheet up over them.

Saturday morning Dev greeted the room service boy in his robe and took the cart from him without letting him in. He signed the room slip, took the cart and shut the door, but not before slipping the boy a fifty dollar bill and a man to man smile that the guy was sure to understand. Reni was still asleep and he took a few moments to check what had been promised lay beyond the French doors. It was as he had been told and he chuckled as he checked the sky for a verification of the weather report. Perfect.

Leaving the food cart parked by the doors, he went to wake Reni and found her up and using the bathroom. Her sleepy smiled as he grabbed her on her way out was an invitation for a kiss and he used the kiss to distract her as he slipped the mask over her eyes, and then led her out to the small enclosed terrace. Her body reacted to the chill in the air despite the sun, but then he heard her moan as he helped her into the hot tub-Jacuzzi. He quickly arranged the dishes so they would be in reach, stripped off the robe and joined her.

The champagne breakfast and the sun were the perfect accompaniment to the water and the feel of each other's bodies. Dev grinned as he fondled Reni's breasts gently and kissed her ear. "When we find our house, this has to be one of the requirements."

Reni nodded, "I'll add it to the list, and before I forget, I gave Maria the weekend off. Dad called before I left, he's took mom, Mike and Rose off for a little vacation this weekend as well."

"Hmm, I think the condo can survive one weekend alone, anything else of importance?" He wanted to kiss her fully now but he didn't want to interrupt any other news.

Her voice was a little shy as she mentioned the one bit of news she had been withholding. "I went to see Doctor Ames yesterday. She wanted to verify some suspicions I already had..."




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Dev searched his brain for the doctor's name. "Isn't that your gynecologist?" He felt a moment of panic. "Are you okay; I mean it's nothing bad is it?"

She gave a slight giggle and buried her face in his shoulder. "That my love depends on how you feel about a future as a father, since I'm about eight weeks pregnant."

How did he feel about being a father, she was pregnant. The statements took a minute to sink into his mind and as it hit him all at once, he tore off the mask and searched her face and eyes for truth in what he had just thought he heard. "Reni, say that again, and this time let me see your eyes..."

"You would have last time if you hadn't had the mask over them." Taking his face between her hands, she looked him square in the face and made sure his eyes met her. "You're going to be a father Dev; I'm almost eight weeks pregnant." Her voice was soft and full of the love she felt for him.

Dev felt the love he had for her increase a hundredfold and pulled her closer to him as he kissed her gently and stroked her face. "A baby, oh honey, you couldn't have given me a better present today." Another kiss and he raised his face. Without thinking, he put back his head and gave out a huge whoop and began to shout to the world around them. "DO YOU HEAR THAT SEATTLE? I'M GOING TO BE A DADDY! ME; DEVLIN MORRIS, AND MY WIFE RENI MORRIS ARE GOING TO BE A MOMMY AND A DADDY!" He looked at her and wanted to spin her around, to go out into the middle of town and dance with her on top of the Space Needle. He felt as if he could fly and Reni was the angel who had given him wings. "We need to call everyone, have a party, wrap you in silk and set you on a pedestal. Oh baby, we're really going to have a baby?" She nodded quickly and he stopped in his tracks as he realized she was shivering. "Oh God, Reni, we need to get you inside. It's almost freezing out here, what was I thinking...? Let's get you in and into a warm bath."

She didn't argue with him until he started to leave her in the tub while he went to get them ready to check out. "Dev, no, this is our weekend alone, we don't need to leave yet."

He looked at her and let her draw him into the huge tub with her. He knew he was acting crazy, but at the same time, he didn't want to hurt her or the baby she carried. "Are you sure, you know how I get when we both let go."

"Cindy, Doctor Ames, said I'm fine. Eventually yes, we will have to be more careful and curb back to other ways of giving each other pleasure, but for now we should be fine. Dev, we've both been so on edge, so restricted. We need this time, especially now, when we have a reason to celebrate." She took his hand and laid it on her abdomen. "We have our child growing in there Dev. Let's use this time together to let it feel all the love we share for each other and will feel for him or her as it grows."

Dev couldn't find it in his heart to deny her, and he did admit she was right, they needed this time alone. So as with all husbands who find themselves in such a spot, he did what any right thinking husband would do, he kissed her deeply and held her close until the water turned warm and they left it to seek the warmth of their bed and each other.

Monday morning Albert Simms, the hotel manager, was already on duty with his day staff when the penthouse elevator came to a stop and the Morris' and the bell boy who had been summoned earlier appeared. The boy sent up to get their bags was wearing a black blindfold and blushing from top to bottom while the Morris' were working fast to straighten their clothes and appear as unconcerned as possible as they walked to the desk.

Mr. Simms kept his business face on despite the inner need to laugh and he glanced around the room to make sure no one had anything but their most straight faces. A look to Miss Andrews to remind her she was on notice wiped the look of shock away and she turned back to what she was doing. "Good morning Mr. Morris, Mrs. Morris, I hope your stay was pleasant and you were pleased."

Devlin Morris grinned. "Oh very pleased Mr. Simms, and please add a large tip to the house keeping staff for the way we left the penthouse, we were carried away by some great news we got this weekend. Are you married Mr. Simms?"

"For almost thirty years sir," he knew he would have to share this with customer with his wife if what he suspected the news had been was correct. "We have seven children and five grandchildren."

He was sure his suspicions were correct when he saw Mrs. Morris place her hand on her belly and Mr. Morris cover it with his. "Well, when we hit number seven we will be sure and come back to celebrate again, for now we'll have to make do with our first."

"Then sir, please allow me to be the first to offer you my most sincere congratulations and that of the entire staff on the coming event." He dropped his voice to a low whisper. "Could I ask one favor sir?"

"Of course, whatever you want."

"No disrespect sir, but our bellboys don't usually wear black masks with their uniforms..."

The blushes of the couple would be the talk of the hotel for weeks and so would the strawberry stains to be found everywhere once the housekeeping staff went into clean. There were also the remains of silk shirts, worn jeans, and ripped tee shirts. One of the maids heard a weak buzzing from under the bed and when she brought up the object making the noise she almost screamed but an older maid shook her head, took it and called up for back up, this would take a while. As for the bellboy in the elevator, no one was ever able to hear his story, he just gave them a smile and thought of the five hundred dollar tip the Morris' had put in his pocket as they asked him to wear the mask and earplugs during the ride down.



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"No, I couldn't..."

"Yes you can, now be a good girl and let your protector do his job." He took out his cell phone and pushed the speed button for the hotel. Miguel was on duty and he quickly said that yes a room was always available for one of Mr. Morris's drivers. Of course he would send the car at once. As he hung up, Devlin smiled. "All taken care of, they're sending a car for us."

She gave him a suspicious look. "Uh, just what kind of a hotel sends a car to a truck stop to pick up drivers?"

"One of the perks of working for the company I do, our boss is one of the investors in the hotel." He had done it with several places across the country, his drivers worked too hard to be stuck sleeping in the cabs in winter or when long hours made them less then fully alert. Not that the cab sleepers weren't the best, it was just sometimes a driver wanted more.

"And you can just call this place and ask for a room for someone you just met. Don't they check these things out?"

"The boss and I are old friends, known each other since we were born almost." He smiled as he impulsively put a fingertip on her lips. "Never look a gift horse in the mouth Reni, just for once accept it and be glad I'm asking nothing in exchange, as much as I would honestly like to."

She smiled up at him, and he got the idea she wouldn't really mind, she just wasn't ready. "As tired as I am, I think you would find me lousy company. I'm so tired right now, that I would fall asleep on you."

The picture that her words formed in his mind was no help to the need he felt and he was glad when the town car pulled up in front of them. "Here's our ride, lets get you a bed and we can continue this conversation in the morning over breakfast. The hotel has a great buffet."

She still looked doubtful but let him help her in the car and settle beside her. The driver spoke to him in Spanish and he hoped she didn't understand the greeting. His little deception would have been killed right then and there. Not many truck drivers were referred to as Mr. Morris.

Miguel greeted him as he would have greeted any of his other drivers, knowing that Devlin preferred to be treated that way when he was in town. He waited while she signed in and was given a room on the same floor as his. At least his old friend hadn't put her right next to him. That would have made sleeping impossible.

At her door, he waited until she opened it, and turned to look at him. "Thank you Devlin. I know we got off to a rocky start, but..."

He put his finger back on her lips. "Hmm, say no more, now take a warm shower, and sleep. I'll stop by in the morning to pick you up for breakfast, and I may have a solution to your problem. But we can discuss that over breakfast as well." On impulse, he bent forward and kissed her lips softly. "Sleep well."

When he went to his own door, he stopped and turned back to see her still watching him and looking as if she had been run over by a semi. It took her a moment to realize he was watching her and he loved the shade of red that flared into her cheeks. Almost instantly, she went in her room and closed the door with a soft slam. He had to laugh as he entered his own room and shut the door more softly. It didn't take him long to strip down to bare skin and step into the icy cold shower. He was sure as long as he was around Reni Marks, he would be taking a lot of them.

To Be Continued or Not to be Continued...

That is up to you