The Bad Boy And The Mermaid

Hunter

“Hello? Are you still with me? Or have you expired from shock?” I heard Hannah’s voice but I couldn’t understand what she was saying, all I could hear was FOUR FREAKIN MILLION DOLLARS.

“If this is some kind of joke, Hannah, I’ll kill you,” I warned her.

She switched to video-call and I found myself staring at a blank white until I realized she’d been holding the lottery ticket on the screen. She slowly panned it out. “Do you read this?”

“It’s a ticket I bought. That doesn’t explain anything.”

She turned the ticket over and showed me a number. Two-nine-one-four-eight. And then she proceeded to show it to me on her laptop and the winning number printed in the newspaper.

I couldn’t believe my eyes. “Take a picture and send it to me on my phone.”

“If Ryan gets his hands on this ticket, you’re finished, and you have about twenty-four hours from now to claim the reward if you don’t then they will do another draw and find another winner.”

“Why didn’t you tell me about this before?”

“Because you weren’t answering your calls GENIUS.” Hannah literally screamed at the word ‘Genius’ to put emphasis. “Sometimes I wonder if my best friend was possessed to marry a dumb guy like you.”

I laughed, “well, that’s funny literally coming from a person who’s IQ is similar to a carrot eating rabbit." I repeated what I’d taught Blue when we had first met.

Hannah narrowed her eyes at me. “This ticket is going to the dumpster.”

“NO!”

“Alright. I’ll change my mind if you say ’Hannah is the smartest sister in this whole wide universe. Say it.”

“Over my dead body.”

She held the ticket in one hand, and a lighter in the other, challenging me. A mocking smile on my evil sister’s face, “I know how much this lottery means to you.”

“Hannah is the smartest, most beautiful sister in this whole wide universe.”

“Awww. Sweetest thing you’ve ever said to me. If I were you, Hunt, I’d be packing right now.”

“Talk to you later,” I said and ended the call.

Blue’s eyes were wide in curiosity, “Is something wrong? What was Hannah talking about?”

“Turns out we just became rich. We won the lottery.” I explained her, and then added, “That’s what Hannah says, and I’m still not sure if it’s really true or if she’s playing a prank on me. We have to go back home and find out.”

Blue’s eyes lit up with excitement. “Does that mean we could have a baby now?”

That hadn’t really crossed my mind.

“Well...I suppose we...”

She hugged me fiercely, the wheels in her mind were already turning. “You’ll have a lot of money now, won’t you? So that means we could have a baby now. Say yes, Hunter, pleaseeeeee…”

I smiled. “We would have enough money for everything you want.”

“I just want you, always and of course our baby.” She scooted closer and put her arms around me. In a sweet, melodious, voice she whispered, “Let’s make a baby right now.”

I laughed. “We just made love.”

we can be sure

she wanted. She was

wife wishes,” I

hair cascaded down to her shoulders, and that

mouth was searing hot on my own, taking my

mercy, she would make sure she got she wanted. Right now, her

A baby.

that she would

Thrusting hard and fast; once, twice, and continued the process until I knew she was coming closer. She moaned loudly and

forehead was touching hers when she asked, “do you think you

have to continue making love until

excited, Hunter. I can’t

made it sound so easy. I had a mental image of a Stork delivering a

bed, taking her into my arms and stroking her slowly. Her Blue hair was spread

baby, what do you think?” She asked,

that Hannah wasn’t lying to us

“We’re going home?”

“Yeah.”

home.” She said dreamily like the little apartment was a luxurious palace. “What if Hannah isn’t lying? What if you really got the

lot of other things. If not, then

“Contra—what?”

“Nevermind. Just sleep, Blue.”

Blue

maybe even several months. I opened my eyes to find Hunter standing by the foot of the bed packing our

tired of just looking at him. My husband was just so handsome, it took my breath

if I had imagined everything like that movie Hunter and I saw the

Hunter. He got a little annoyed by the pinching but ignored

greeted

morning. Why

soundly, and I liked watching you

hand towards him in invitation. “Come

it. As mortifying as it

rose to my cheeks,

that I would keep up. I really needed a partner who could live with the fact that I’m horny most of the

teasing me. I knew exactly when he

coffee table. There was a tray topped with toasts,

My stomach rumpled.

hour.” He informed me and

“What surprise?” I asked.

I LOVED surprises!

show you what it is if you manage to finish what’s on

what it is. I can’t wait!” I said bouncing on

shade. I recognized that look, it usually happened when we were making love. Without taking his gaze off, he said,

sheet around myself and went to eat breakfast. I ate everything on the plate just like he wanted me

see

look on his face, he pointed his thumb at the bathroom door. “Bath

“You’re mean.”

a proper bath. Don’t cheat.” He called out after

came out of the bathroom a few minutes later. I’d taken lesser time for bathing than

future baby? I hoped it would