family ties

A midnight swim

Stef's: POV
After dinner was over Francesca and l cleared up the table while Lena went to give Grace and Hope their baths for the night. I thought Lena was going to be mad at me for getting the pool but she wasn't
I had a little surprise in store for her
That would help Lena relax after the long day she had, l can't believe the nerve of Shannon to blaming Lena for the incident
That occurred a month ago. I always had a sneaky suspicion she wanted to take over Lena's business, as her own cause Lena knows a lot of influential people who donate to the group home, it could be possibly jealous or envy. I try my best to stay out of Lena's personal affairs, but me being the woman l am it's hard not to voice my concern. Once everything is washed and put away Francesca headed upstairs to get ready for bed I went to take the dogs out for a walk before shutting the house down
I put on their leashes and off we went down the hill, l key in the code that opens up the gate. I walked on through,
I've been thinking about hiring a security guard to stand at the main entrance,
There's a bunch of crazy folks out there
That's dying to sneak on the property
We have over eight hundred acres of land
I remember the first time we saw this house
After the realtor showed us three other places didn't catch our eyes. Seeing this one
Where currently living in now, it was bigger than all the others. What l like about it was private and away from town, Lena fell in love with the master bedroom because it had a deck we're we could have breakfast outdoors sometimes. Plus all the rooms were spacious, since l love cooking
The kitchen had smoke screen cabinets
Snowy stops and handles her business
While chewy sniffs around for a spot to pee at. After they were done we returned back to the house, l always made sure to bring my hand gun with me for protection.
I see Lena sitting in the lounge chair
Sporting in her two piece orange bikini
Her long tone legs on display made me all hot and bothered inside, l unhook chewy and snowy's leashes as they run up ahead
I went into the house to change into my swimsuit so we could test out the pool
I wonder if Lena found the switch to heat up the water. It only goes up to seven feet
I didn't want it to deep cause of Hope and Grace, so I grabbed a bottle of wine from the refrigerator along with too glasses.
Then head out to the backyard, only to see Lena swimming around in the water.
I sat everything down on the table and dive in the pool and swim over towards Lena
Jesus Stef you scared the hell out of me
Lena said. Sorry babe Stef replies Lena wraps her arms around my neck leans in and kissing me, l deepen the kiss. It seemed to go on forever. Until Lena broke the connection to catch her breath, and turns away from me. It's not like Lena to act this
I know today has been a lot for her after Shannon's comment, it affected her more than she's willing to admit. People didn't know Lena's extremely sensitive person
When it comes to the lives of these children
Who have been hurt and abuse by others
She's has a huge heart for helping people, the last time I seen her like this when Casey took money without her permission. I feel it's time for me and Shannon to have a chat
Lena wants to go clean out her office for her, she's still finding it difficult to step foot on the grounds of the group home. Lena turns around with tears in her eyes, aww baby what's wrong Stef asks Lena. I can't what Shannon said out of my mind Lena said, fuck that bitch excuse my French
Lena don't let her get to you, remember you created that group home from the bottom up. So hold your head up high and give Shannon a taste of her own medicine
Show her who's boss and your not let get away with what's she's doing Stef tells Lena