Crossroads: the Chance City Series Book Three
Copyright© 2023 by Robin Deeter
Chapter 12
Romantic Sex Story: Chapter 12 - Carter “Wheels” Ellis doubts that he’ll ever find a wife since he’s a paraplegic. But Nora Guthrie has strong feelings for him, and they begin a powerful romance. Sparks fly between Mayor Carly Branson and male prostitute Ray Stratton despite their mutual hate. Or is it love? Four people come to important crossroads. Will they find happiness, or take a wrong turn and end up heartbroken?
Caution: This Romantic Sex Story contains strong sexual content, including Ma/Fa Consensual Heterosexual Fiction Historical Mystery Western
“No fair! I’ll never catch you!”
Wheels laughed as Butch dejectedly hollered after him. He slowed down so his nephew could catch up. “You’ll just have to keep trying, son. One of these days, you’ll be able to catch me. Heck, it’ll be me trying to catch you in a few years.”
Butch’s blue eyes gleamed. “I’ll try to take it easy on you when you get old.”
Wheels playfully punched him in the stomach. “I ain’t gonna be old for a long time. Now get on to school.”
Ginny and Stevie reached them, laughing as Ollie ran with them.
“Uncle Wheels, can Ollie come to school with us?” Ginny asked.
Wheels ran a hand over her hair. “No, sweetheart. Miss Sherman won’t like that because no one will pay attention. Y’all go on now. Don’t get me in trouble by being late.”
Reluctantly, the kids ran to the large, red school house. As he watched them go, Wheels prayed that he’d be taking his own kids to school one day. Pulling his thoughts away from anything troublesome, he whistled for Ollie, who was following Ginny. The monkey stopped, turned in Wheels’ direction and then looked back at Ginny.
Wheels whistled again and patted his leg. Ollie sprinted back to him and jumped up in his lap. Turning around, Wheels was surprised to find himself face-to-face with Luther. He put a restraining arm around Ollie, who grimaced at Luther.
Luther leaned on a crutch and sported a cast on his opposite wrist.
“I heard congratulations are in order,” Luther said, sheepishly. “I’m happy for you.”
“Thanks,” Wheels said. “I gotta go.”
“I’m glad that Ollie’s all right, Wheels. I’m sorry,” Luther said.
Wheels backed up carefully so he didn’t run into anyone. “Thanks.”
He maneuvered adroitly around Luther, leaving the man quickly behind, not trusting himself not to say anything stupid. It was best to avoid Luther as much as possible. Based on Ollie’s grimaces and the way he trembled, he remembered Luther’s brutal treatment of him.
While Wheels had never had cause to fear Ollie, he didn’t trust his pal not to go after Luther. That would be very bad. Capuchins might not be the biggest of the monkeys, but they had considerable strength and cunning. Ollie was no exception, and he didn’t want to take any chances of Ollie becoming aggressive.
To distract Ollie from his fright, Wheels took him to Silver’s and let him pick out some fruit and a toy. Mr. Silver got a kick out of Ollie, who liked to push the buttons on the cash register and put the money in the drawer slots. Mr. Silver had to straighten them a little, but Ollie did a fair job of it.
“Do you hire him out?” Mr. Silver teased. “I’ll bet I’d have a lot more customers in here if people knew Ollie was running the register.”
Wheels laughed. “Probably, but he’d eat all your fruit and get distracted by pretty women. Thanks, Mr. Silver.”
“Well, I tried. Take care, Wheels. Glad you’re out of jail,” Mr. Silver said, winking.
Wheels bid him goodbye and left the store. As he traveled home, Ollie sat on his lap, eating an orange, thoroughly enjoying his sweet treat. Between Silver’s and Ellis’ Machine Shop, so many people greeted him and Ollie that it took a long time to reach his destination.
He hadn’t realized how popular he was, and it was both nice and surprising. Shaking that off, he had Ollie open the door for him and rolled into the shop. He was looking forward to a full day of work so he could catch up on a lot of jobs that had come in for him.
Ollie put the remainder of his orange in his mouth and jumped onto Wheels’ work bench. A rope hung over it, up which Ollie climbed and dropped into the little hammock that swung from the rafters. Knowing that his monkey would most likely eat and then sleep for a little while, Wheels got to work.
Carl walked over to Vern’s work area and nudged him. Smiling, he motioned in Wheels’ direction. Vern looked and had to bite his tongue to keep from laughing. Wheels worked on repairing a phonograph, but every little bit he stopped, staring off into space and smiling. Then he came back to himself and resumed work.
Carl whispered, “He’s been doing that for about twenty minutes.”
Vern replied, “You and I know what that’s like and I’m glad that he has the chance to feel like that, too. Your mama and I hoped and prayed that he would, but we weren’t sure if he’d find a woman.”
Carl nodded. “I know. It makes me so happy that Nora has a big heart and sees what a good man Wheels is and doesn’t care that he’s in a wheelchair. She’s a good woman.”
“You’re right about that,” Vern said. “Better get back to work before he catches us watching him.”
Carl nodded and returned to his work area, but he and Vern exchanged smiles every so often.
Nora was just as preoccupied by thoughts of her fiancé as Wheels was with her. She finished baking bread and tidied up the kitchen. Amelia was working on the laundry, taking advantage of the sunny day to hang out the sheets and clothing. The late April day had turned warmer, and the wash would dry quickly in the sun and playful breeze.
As she worked, Nora kept looking at her beautiful engagement ring and smiling as she thought about Wheels’ beautiful proposal. She couldn’t believe how much effort he’d put into it. Although she’d hoped with all her heart that he’d want to marry her someday, she’d never thought that he’d rig up some way to get down on one knee in order to do it.
She chuckled as she marveled once again over his ingenuity. Her mind also drifted back to the night when he’d shown her the sort of pleasure a man could bring a woman. Her cheeks grew warm as her body shivered at the delicious memory. They’d never gotten that carried away again, but it was always there between them every time they kissed.
Despite Wheels’ assurance that he hadn’t wanted to go any further, Nora still felt guilty that she hadn’t been able to return the favor. Of course, she wasn’t sure what to do, but Wheels could’ve shown her.
“Nora, stop it,” she chided herself.
Then she laughed, thinking that there was nothing wrong with wanting her future husband. Wheels was too handsome and passionate not to desire. Everything about Wheels excited her. His large hands that were strong enough to propel himself along with great speed and yet be so nimble on the piano keys fascinated her. His smile was captivating, and she had a hard time resisting her baser urges towards him.
She thought about going to see him around lunchtime, but then thought better of it because she didn’t want to interrupt his first full day back at work. Instead, she went to help her mother with the wash. As they worked, she wished for the time to pass quickly until she could go see Wheels that evening.