Can 'Albatross' Divit, current Olympic Gold medalist in high board diving, suddenly disappears from his seemingly extravagant and decadent playboy lifestyle of late night partying, after a very public disagreement with a young attractive female jour...
He stares down at his bags, all packed and neatly arranged by the open tri-fold doors. "Ahh, stupid o'clock in the morning. 3am."
He's holding Deniz in his arms while I clean down the highchair. "He's still tired from his sleepover with Baba and Anne Aydin, aren't you?" Deniz stares at his own Baba now, laughs and then burps. He gets lots of head kisses. "She said he only woke up and cried once. I think it was more." Can comes over to stand next to me. "They didn't want to call us to come back...He was fine. He had a good night." He kisses my temple, mumbling into my cheek. "I had a good night, too. A sleepless one, but a very good one because of it. Shall we put him down now? It's a bit early, but..."
He looks across at me, seductively, and I watch the crinkles appear at the side of his eyes. His dimples pull in. "I'm quite tired." "Are you?" "No, but I still want to get into bed..."
He begins the slow walk to the staircase, checking me out, over his shoulder, licking his lips. "Bring some water with you."
It's a strange feeling inside. Butterflies fluttering around one second, all giddy and happy and then they all plummet, spiralling down, when I think that in a few hours, he's got to leave. I don't want him to go, but I'm excited for him, as well. Two weeks apart, seems a long time now, but then three weeks until we get married seems not long at all. And, he's finally going to be doing the thing he's been training so hard for. All the early mornings, the hours spent in the gym and pool. The 15 months in Florida. All steps, up to that 10m platform, and the 5 or 6 seconds that it takes to fly off the edge, spin and land in the water.
Closing the doors, I lock them, but leave a couple of lights on, for him later.
I can hear the sound of bath water running and smell my strawberry bubbles as I tread up the stairs to him.
Can is getting Deniz changed out of his clothes when I enter the bedroom. "I'll give him a quick dip and then it's just you and me. Relaxing bath, massage, then maybe... A few kisses and cuddles... Before bed?"
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"Who are you kidding? I don't think either of us will be sleeping tonight." "Ah, plenty of time to sleep on the plane anyway. Tonight..." He uses his bedroom voice and that intense stare that almost stops my heartbeat...
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