Chapter 34 : Worried Loved Ones

Michael

I turned over in bed, trying to hold on to the dream I was having. Simone and I were in a steamy hot tub, completely naked. Her hands were traveling down my body, but every time she'd get close to where I was waiting for her, my damn phone would ring. I pressed 'ignore' three times, but some persistent asshole was determined to keep me from a dream orgasm.

"What?" I barked groggily into the phone, not bothering to check who was calling.

"Now, I know you were not raised to answer a phone like that," my mom fussed at me from the other side of the country.

I sat up, clearing the sleep from my eyes. I definitely didn't want to think about sex with Simone while I was talking to my mom.

"Sorry, Ma. I was sleeping," I told her.

"At this hour?" she asked, forgetting that she was three hours ahead of me on the East Coast. "When you were little, I made you get up every morning at six to make your bed. Now you're sleeping until eight? Have some respect for yourself."

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