(Early August)

Ben/Daddy

I woke up and through the fuzz of coming back to consciousness one thought broke the haze ahead of the rest.

"You're 49 now."

There was only one reaction to that realization.

"Well, fuck," I muttered to myself.

I sighed and had the quick, dark thought about Beth, who didn't get to make it this far, so suck it up.

That's when I noticed Kitten wasn't in bed with me. This was unusual. On our days off I was always up first. I took care of breakfast and, if she slept in too late, I'd go in and slap her ass to wake her. I tried shaking...