She'd set the ground rules last night, but he was proving to have far better self-control than she had. She'd been on the verge of ripping his clothes off as well as her own, but she wasn't making that mistake again no matter how tormenting it was. This time she wanted forever and not just the feelings and high emotions of a momentary passion.
She had to see this out the right way for her sake, Kevin's sake and even Tyre's sake. She wasn't a psychologist, even though she felt that she could have passed as one after dealing with Kevin's issues and the mixed up life stories of her bar patrons, but she knew that the best thing for Tyre's somewhat shaky nature would be a well-grounded family unit-based structure, where he would feel safe and accepted enough to start depressing the emotional load that he was carrying around within himself.
She wanted to do and be that for him. She thought back to the apartment and smiled, yes Tyre had not moved her into his, but he had moved her into the one right beside his. She wasn't worried; rather in fact, it relieved her to know that he would be close to protect her if she needed it.
Another really nice thing about the building was that it was secure. Kevin had the really bad habit to just wander off and she'd had several terror filled moments over the years thinking she'd lost him. With the building being secure there was little chance of him wandering away again.
She'd expected Kevin to really act out today with all the change and the process of moving, but it hadn't happened thanks once again to the intervening hand of Tyre. Tyre had a small bag with him this morning when he'd come to the apartment. As soon as he'd seen Kevin he'd gone to him and knelt down and without a word spoken had pulled a brand-new iPad out of the bag and handed it to Kevin.
Kevin hadn't put it down ever since. Even now he sat quietly in the shopping cart with the clutter of groceries stacked all around him. The clutter would've been something that would normally have set him off.
He was completely engrossed in the gift and hadn't given her one issue today, but at some point she'd have to take it away before he went blind. She wasn't looking forward to that.
Anna winced and stopped the cart and quickly glanced around to see if anyone was looking before she pushed the underwire back into her bra. All of her clothes were worn out, especially her bras. She kept sewing across the underwire, but eventually it poked through to stab her again and she was tired of it!