Weak in the Knees Ch. 04 - Sex Stories

Weak in the Knees Ch. 04

... but let them leave for home in Brinxton's car. Nadya wouldn't even let Zach put her in the car seat, so he held onto her the entire way home.

Diego kept silent through the entire trip and stayed along the periphery of the group once they arrived at the house, waiting to see if Zach would change his mind about letting him stay on. Zach glanced at him a few times, but didn't say anything aloud one way or the other. It was a long day, and Zach didn't get much sleep while trying to make sure Nadya was okay. When bedtime came around, though, Nadya would not go down in her crib at all. Any time Zach and Diego tried to leave the nursery, she would start screaming her head off.

Eventually, Zach brought Nadya into his room to sleep on his king sized bed with him. Nadya stirred and cried when Diego tried to go back to his own room, and Zach motioned to the other side of the bed tiredly.

"I think the only way we're getting sleep tonight is in here," Zach told him. Diego laid down on the other side of Nadya, who wiggled until she had her feet touching him while staying cuddled with her dad. Only then did she seem to settle down, and between that and the bottle, she was out pretty fast. The only time she stirred was if one of them shifted like they were going to get up, but once they settled she was back asleep.

For a moment, they lay in silence, the light low in the room and only coming from the window and a small salt lamp Zach had in his room, casting the room in an orange ...

... glow. Finally, Zach said, "Thank you. If you hadn't memorized that license plate, I may have never seen her again. I'm not thrilled you didn't tell me before everything happened, but I am also incredibly grateful to you."

"I'm sorry," Diego said quietly. "I wanted to tell you but I guess I was afraid. There never seemed to be a good time to tell you and because I was so hesitant, I never made it a priority."

"Yeah, I can see how it would be hard to find a good time to drop that bomb," Zach agreed. "Which is why I'm going to let it go and just be thankful that both she and you are okay."

Diego shuddered, "I was a little worried that they would try to eliminate me as a witness when they took her, but I didn't care about that as long as she was okay."

Zach frowned at that, and Diego could tell that the idea upset him immensely. "I'm glad they didn't. Your safety matters to me too. More than you could possibly know. I wouldn't have been able to just sit still and do nothing had they gone after you."

Diego looked at him, "You wouldn't have been able to stop them. Your priority would have been Nadya, as it should be."

Zach smoothed down some of the stray curls on Nadya's head, and she didn't even rouse a little bit. He thought about what Diego was saying, and couldn't bring himself to look at Diego when he said, "She's not my only priority though...Does her being my priority mean there's room for no one else then? Do I wait until she's eighteen to even think about ...