"Three tours of duty, Susan. You don't have to worry. I'm healthy." He almost started to fake cough for effect. That would have
Cynthea laughing like crazy, but he had a feeling that Susan and her son, Brian, had a disconnect from their ability to laugh in a lot of situations. Laughter
was life to Jack and had in certain cases helped survival. Surely Cynthea must be adopted or she was a product of her Da. He sure didn't see her
personality in her mother or her so far sullen brother. There was a physical resemblance though. He guessed he could rule out adoption.
"I was more of a paper pusher than anything. There to represent the interests of the military and the soldiers when they legally needed it." Jack
had a feeling it might be better not to mention his first tour of duty which included front line experience and a behind the lines experience that occasionally
came out in his nightmares though it was fairly rare. He'd been good since the night of the accident when he'd been sent to a different time and place
for a while courtesy of his head and other injuries. Jack gently wrapped his hand around Cynthea's to let her know he was right here by her side and how
much he loved her.
Jack was a soldier in all senses of the word. He was also a barrister in the military, but first and foremost he was a soldier. And he was from and currently
serving countries who were at war.
"Would either of you like some more iced tea? We could show you some sights and go out to lunch?" Jack reckoned maybe Susan and Brian needed to
spend time doing things with them to see how much he loved Cynthea and she him. The sort of things a family would do together.
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Cyn smiles and kisses his cheek. "That's a wonderful idea sweetheart. We have a wonderful museum of history here, mother. And the beach is beautiful
here. Jack surfs too, I'm hoping to get him back on his board soon. There's a lovely restaurant over looking the ocean."
She smiles and Susan takes a breath and looks at Brian who tries to look as neutral as possible. He likes Jack, he's funny and makes Cynthea smile. Brian meets his mother's gaze. "That would be nice to go out for a bit after the long drive up. We didn't stop at all." Susan rolls her eyes and sighed. "I suppose, we did drive all this way we might as well see where you live." Her eyes roam over Cynthea and her mussed hair and robe, Jack shirtless in jeans. "I would suggest though a bit more clothing. I'm sure both services would shun being arrested for public nudity." She gave what looked like a half sneer but was actually her smile at her little joke. The very first moment I saw him my heart was irrevocably gone..... Jane Austin |
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Jack chuckled at what Susan said. This was just going to take some time.
"C'mon, love." Jack struggled to his feet and held his hand out to Cynthea to help her to her feet. "We'll just be a few tics, Susan. If either of you want to use the loo, it's right through there." Jack pointed out the door. "It really is great to meet you both. Cynthea's rellies are mine now too. Just like mine are hers. Family is important." Jack looked into Cynthea's eyes. Someday soon they'd be starting their own family together.
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When they reached the bedroom Cynthea wrapped her arms around him and kissed him soundly. Then peppered his face with kisses as she hugged him tight.
He'd handled her mother with sweetness and smiles that she really didn't deserve. "Jack you are the most wonderful husband. You're so sweet
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Jack kisses her back soundly and passionately while he holds her tightly. Finally releasing her he gives her a small pat on the bottom.
"I think I'm the lucky one, love. Now we better get ready quick or your Mum will be thinking we're doing all sorts of salacious things in here." He giggled and whispered. "And she'd be right." He finds a nice shirt and starts to put it on. "Are jeans all right, Cynthea or should we go somewhere a bit more posh?" Jack looked her over appreciatively. She was in her bra and panties. "And there's nothing wrong with your gene's, love."
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Cynthea turns accentuating all of her best curves with a grin. "You say that now, wait 30 or 40 years then tell me how sexy you think I am."
With a giggle she kisses him and picks out a blue shirt, she loves him in blue. Smiling she slides her arms around him. "Yes, wear jeans. I love the way you look in denim, darling. Soon all I get to see you in is your handsome uniform. Let me oogle your arse in tight jeans while I can. Now kiss me breathless, soldier." The very first moment I saw him my heart was irrevocably gone..... Jane Austin |
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"If you get to ogle, love, I'm ogling." He eyed her beauteous bum and settled his hands on her hips as he pulled her in for a kiss. About a
minute later he came up for air. Cynthea was dipped low in his arms.
"Mmm, we better get out there, Dr. Corbett. Your Mum already believes all I think about is getting in your knickers." Jack grinned at her. "And she'd be right. Wanna help me get in mine?"
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With a laugh Cynthea helped him balance as he dressed. Smoothing her hands over his chest as she buttoned his shirt she smiled. "I love getting you in my
knickers. I plan on showing you just how much Lt. Corbett. You are so sexy in denim."
Kissing him deeply she presses to him with a long happy sigh. "I love you, my handsome husband. Now we need to go thow some warm water on my mother. Maybe she won't be so crass once we feed her. Why don't we take her and Brian to that little cafe with tables on the dock? The Brine Cafe I think is the name of it. " Cynthea looks into those amazing eyes of his and smiles. "I know she'll fall in love with you, Jack. Every time I look into your eyes I fall deeper in love with you. I can't imagine what life would be like with out you in it." The very first moment I saw him my heart was irrevocably gone..... Jane Austin |
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"Promises, promises, love. I'll take you up on your plan to show me, later. Then you can strip this denim off me." He gave her a sly sexy
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She gives his hand a loving squeeze as she watches him try and keep from limping. Cyn hopes he doesn't make himself sore just to make a good impression.
Susan stands and puts her purse over her shoulder. In otherwords she's ready to go. Cyn grinned and squeezed Jack's hand again reminding herself that
he was with her. "We're ready to go mom. How about I drive?"
Susan shrugged as she watched Jack struggle by her protectively holding his daughters hand. The ride to the cafe was quiet. Susan watched Cynthea and Jack holding hands as they drove. She noticed Cynthea's usual rock band was replaced with big band music. She looked over at Brian as he flipped though the CD case and saw that it was still filled with a mish mash of things but more music like this was in the collection. When they got to the restaurant she noticed Jack making attempts to walk as normally as possible. With a sigh she shook her head as Brian ran ahead and held the door. Pausing in front of Jack who gave her a dazzling smile with his green eyes she nodded. "Stop trying to impress me, you're going to make your self sore." Quickly she turned her back least anyone think she was concerned or being nice. Once they were seated and ordered she looked at the couple noting they were holding hands yet again. "In the car I noticed you've influenced my daughters ear for music. How did the two of you meet, actually?" The very first moment I saw him my heart was irrevocably gone..... Jane Austin |
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Jack smothered a grin when Cynthea's Mum told him off. She was a tough sheila. It didn't put him off at all. He was used to people speaking their
minds. He was glad to be sitting down for a while. Jack was walking around a lot today. Maybe Cynthea would give him a massage later.
He glanced at her. His eyes full of love. Jack thought about the night they met. It had been like getting hit over the head from the moment he saw her. In a good way that is. "We met at a party, Susan. I fell in love with her on the dance floor." He leaned over and kissed her cheek sweetly. Then he remembered the feel of her body pressed against his as they swayed. His thoughts suddenly weren't so sweet. He squeezed her hand. Jack didn't suppose he should mention how they ended the night. Bloody hell, Cynthea really had hit him like a ton of bricks.
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Cynthea smiled and squeezed his hand back. That kiss under the moon was spectacular then the night in his bed..... "It was very romantic we kissed under
the moon and he swept me off my feet. Those classical lessons I took as a kid paid off after all mom."
Taking a sip of her coffee Susan nodded. "Good to know some of your education is being used." Cyn sighed and caressed Jack's hand around hers. "And there it is. Mom, I sold the practice to take care of Jack. We weren't sure how long it would take him to recover." Giving him a grin filled with her pride in his strength. "He's come much further than the doctors imagined. I almost lost my heart that night, I wasn't going to let one second go by with out my being at his side." Susan looked at both of them so young and filled with hopes and dreams. She knew what reality was like. "When you were six I caught you doing surgery on one of your bears. How can you give up your life's work like that? " Cynthea reached over and shook her head. "When we get back from Australia and Jack gets back to work I have a position waiting for me in the hospital. I'm excited to get back into the emergency room again." She put her hand over her mothers and grinned. "I haven't given anything up, Mom. I've found so much more with Jack." Susan sighs and moves her hand back around her glass, she's not so sure Cynthea has made any of the right choices. Just like her father she thinks with her heart. "I hope you have." After taking a drink she turns her attention back to Jack. "Where in Australia are you from, Jack? What do your parents do?" The very first moment I saw him my heart was irrevocably gone..... Jane Austin |
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"I'm from nearly everywhere, Susan." Jack clarified quickly so she wouldn't think him a smart arse. "My family's been in the
military for generations, so the family moved a lot to wherever my Da was stationed. He works on a naval base now in Sydney. My Mum is a full time Mum. She
does some transcription on the side. There are still four little Corbett's they're paying for at home though my sister started in her first year at
University this year. Which means they're still paying." He grinned.
Military pay was lousy. His Grandfather still lived on the farm he was able to buy when he left the military. His pension was good and they were happy. As long as there was enough money to live that was enough for him. He wasn't so sure about Cynthea's family. Her Mum looked kind of posh.
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Susan nodded, getting the picture of her daughter living in a shack in some desert surrounded by kangaroos. But then he is an attorney that could make a decent
living as long as he stays in private practice. If he falls into the pit of public defender or something Cynthea will be darning socks for extra change.
Taking a drink of her tea she watched them for a moment. Jack was very attentive of Cynthea and she looked at him like the moon was hung over his head. "So you plan on carrying on the family tradition with a military career? Or do you have plans for a practice of your own once you finish your term?"
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"I've always thought I'd do both. Stay on in the reserve after my years of active duty and work in the private sector. I'm not on my first
active tour." Jack figured Susan should know that he'd already reupped on his own.
Jack smiled at Cynthea and brought her hand to his lips and kissed it. "It's not my decision to make alone any longer. Cynthea will have a say. Being a military wife isn't always easy. You end up moving around frequently with long separations at times. And that's even harder with children. We'll need to decide what is best for us and our family when the time comes for me to sign on for another tour. I don't like the idea myself of being separated from my wife or children."
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Susan sighs and laces her fingers in front of her on the table. Does he mean that, would he really put Cynthea first? It doesn't seem that way so far her
eyes with Cynthea giving up her practice then their rush nuptials. And now he mentions children, probably has designs on keeping her like his mother. Tied down
with five or six. Two was more than enough for Susan.
"I have to give you the benefit of the doubt for now. I'll be honest with you since you seem to be trying to be so with me. You hurt my daughter in any way. I'll make your life a living hell." Cynthea's mouth falls open her mother is coarse and rude but this is is two steps beyond. "That's it, mother. I'm not going to sit here and let you continue to browbeat my husband. I'm an adult and I don't give a damn if you approve or not. If you can ever be civil you'll be welcome until then here's fifty bucks for a cab back to your hotel." Angry to the point of shaking she gets up and takes Jack's hand as she hands him his cane. When they get outside she takes a breath of fresh sea air. "Let's go home, sweetheart before I dump her over the side of the dock." The very first moment I saw him my heart was irrevocably gone..... Jane Austin |
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Jack pulls her into his arms and gives her a hug. He figures she needs one about now. The tension seems to be coarsing through her body. He lightly twirls a
finger through one of her curls.
"Take a deep breath, love." He was going to suggest something he knew Cynthea wouldn't like. "I think we should go back inside. Your Mum was trying to protect you. She's wrong, but she doesn't know that. She never met me before today." "She obviously has some issues that probably have a lot more to do with her than us, but she is family. And you left your poor brother in there with her." He grinned. "What do you say we finish lunch and then drop her off the dock, er rather drop her at her hotel. You told her how you felt. And did a damned fine job of it."
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Cynthea hugged him tight and relaxed against him slightly. That is until he said they should go inside. "Back inside? Just because she resented my father
doesn't mean that you're anything like him. She has issues alright and my poor brother's spine in her left hand." She takes another breath and
hugs him. "I'm sorry, honey. I'm just.... angry that she still acts like I'm an idiot teenager and she can dictate my life. You are too good a
man to be treated that way."
Susan watches from the table inside as Jack sooths Cynthea. He motions back into the restaurant, at first she thinks he's being snide as she expected. But then she sees his lips say they should come back in. He's grinning and trying to talk Cynthea into coming back in? After another moment she watches as Cynthea takes a breath and nods kissing him softly. They hug again and Jack opens the door for her. The couple are holding hands and watching all the attention he lavishes on her it might be love and not her wallet that attracts him. When they sit she sighs. "I suppose I owe an apology. It's just a shock to find your daughter married to a man you've never met or know anything about in a whirlwind romance."
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Jack doesn't let go of Cynthea's hand. He feels she needs that support and reassurance. It took a lot for her to walk back in to face her Mum. While
Jack wasn't sure that was a full on apology he intends to treat it as one.
"Apology accepted, Susan." He thought to call her Mum, but wasn't sure that she was ready for that yet. "I can understand that we're a bit of a shock to you, but I can assure you that I intend to be the best husband possible to Cynthea. I love her, I'll always cherish her and I'll take care of her all our lives. I took our vows seriously and meant every one of them." Jack spoke to Susan, but when he said he loved and cherished Cynthea his gaze shifted to his wife. She was the only one who truly needed to know and hear the things in his heart since she was the one who'd captured and held his heart. He held her hand firmly in his.
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Susan watched them and how he looked at Cynthea. Damn he was truly head over heels for her. With a soft sigh she took a sip of her tea and a few more bites of
lunch before looking back at the happy couple. "I can see that you are sincere. You love her enough to talk her into coming back and make amends with her
wayward sometimes harsh mother."
She gives Jack a touch of a grin. "I suppose Brian could use an older brother. And from what I understand you're experienced. I would like to pay for the wedding in Australia." Before Cynthea can protest she holds up a finger. "I won't force my choices on you as long as there's nothing absurd such as dancing circus bears and purple gowns." Cynthea looked at Jack and couldn't help the burst of laughter that came out. Weren't they just joking about that a couple of nights ago? Trying to stifle the giggle she looks at Jack. "What do you think honey?"  |
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