Nightwatch Ch. 02: Suburban Bliss - Sex Stories

Nightwatch Ch. 02: Suburban Bliss

... aside since we had more pressing matters to deal with for now.

Suzie squeezed my arm closer into her side as I quietly started to relate my conversation with Josh to her so we'd be on the same page for that night.

We met a few other parents with children of varying ages. Some went to Luca's school, some didn't. Their names were indelibly etched into our minds though, and would come in handy if we saw them again at future functions.

Luca introduced his little friend Ray to Chris, then the three of them started to collect candy together, knocking on increasingly elaborately decorated homes.

"Hi! I'm Moriah, this is my wife Suzie Branson. Nice to meet you." I shook Ray's father's hand.

"Bill Reyes. Nice to meet you. This is Patty, my wife." He turned, then looked around for her. "PATTY!" He shouted, making a woman look away from her conversation with her friend to look instead in our direction. She approached us.

"Pat, this is Moriah, and you already know Suzie, right? Luca's parents?"

"Hi! Nice to meet you, Moriah!" She shook my hand. "Does that mean you've adopted him already?"

Shit. This really is a small town. I cringed.

"Still in the works." I said succinctly. I could feel a coldness rolling off her. To be perfectly honest, I'd really only felt that aura around sociopaths. I wouldn't dogmatically say Patty was one, or that she was in any way dangerous if she was... but compared to Bill's aura, she was a little intense... "in the meantime we'd ...

... like to thank you for having Luca over after class."

Luca had obviously been deprived of a traditional education so far. We'd already taken advantage of extra services from the school and the school district, lined up a private tutor for him of the highest caliber, but felt like these little study sessions with Ray after school were a nice change of pace so he could interact with humans and feel a little more normal. "Any time!" Patty's eyes glinted manically, making me rethink my decision to let Luca go over to their house.

"Much appreciated. We're happy to host Ray whenever, as well." Suzie spoke up.

They hummed noncommittally.

As we walked on, I listened as Patty explained her work at city hall. Something to do with permits and commercial codes. Nothing else she said set off any alarms, though; it was all typical chit chat amongst neighbors.

I got tired of entertaining her, then escaped back to Suzie after a while.

"How's Luca doing?" I asked as I bumped her shoulder.

"He isadorable. Really sticking to the character. Maybe he can do theater later."

I chuckled as the boys came back from a house.

"Mor! Look! I got a whole Butterfinger!" He ran up to me.

"Whoa!" I exclaimed, looking at the yellow candy bar. "Let me see!" I snooped through his bag and he seemed so proud of himself. I made some quick calculations and determined it was a crazy amount of sugar that should probably be spaced out over about two months. "Good job, Kiddo! Good haul!"

He ...