Total pages in book: 20
Estimated words: 18070 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 90(@200wpm)___ 72(@250wpm)___ 60(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 18070 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 90(@200wpm)___ 72(@250wpm)___ 60(@300wpm)
“Dad?” She’d told him about me. My relief was instantaneous.
I lifted one of my arms for him to move in. “It’s me son.” I held my kid under my hand for the first time. My whole family was in my arms. The moment was surreal.
She lifted her head and I lowered my lips right there on some asshole’s steps and kissed her. My boy had moved in closer to my hip and I felt his little body shaking against my leg.
“Go get your stuff.” I lifted my lips from hers and held the back of her head. She didn’t argue, just turned and headed back inside the house almost trancelike.
I didn’t know if the man in question was home or not, from the looks of things he wasn’t. Maybe that was for the best as I just might plant my fist in his face for breathing.
She came back not long after, “where’s your car?” She walked around to the garage and keyed in the code to lift the door.
She had a new luxury ride that I know she couldn’t afford. “He buy this?” She looked down at the ground and nodded her head. I took a deep breath and put it aside.
“Fine, get in.” I belted her in before turning my attention to my boy and making sure he was strapped in. “I’ll see you in a little bit. I’m taking you to my place.”
“Okay dad.” He can have no idea what those two little words do to me every time. I closed his door and slapped the top of the car.
My boys who’d been waiting out front started
jogging down the drive in the direction of their rides, and I headed back to Craig’s truck which only had two seats.
Half of my boys rode in front of the car, while the other half rode behind them and Craig and I stayed in the rear. We pulled up to the apartment I’d had the lawyer rent for me on the other side of town not long after.
It was in a better part of town than I’d grown up in, but it was nowhere near what I wanted for my son now that I knew I had one. I said goodbye to my boys for now and went to deal with my family.
My son had a lot of questions and he wanted to stay close. I looked at his mother over his head as I answered everything he asked. It was still sinking in that I was here and so were they.
My kid started to droop sometime later that night, but it was obvious he didn’t want me to leave his sight. “Son, look at me. I’m not going anywhere, I’m going to be here when you wake up.”
His little eyes, so like mine, broke my damn heart. I pulled him in and kissed his forehead. “I’ll be right back Shell.” I kissed her hair too and got to my feet with my son.
I walked him to the office slash bedroom I’d made up for him and put him to bed for the first time. Sitting at the side of his bed waiting for him to fall out, I felt the loss of the past ten years bitterly.
When I came back to the living room she was still sitting on the couch staring off into space. As soon as she saw me she jumped to her feet.
She started to apologize for moving on with her life, which was something I’d told her to do. “That was my call remember? How can I blame you for something that was my doing?”
I clenched my jaw and made my fists stay relaxed. I didn’t want her getting any of the backlash from whatever was growing inside me. I wanted to ask her if she had feelings for this asshole, but changed my mind.
It didn’t matter to me if she had feelings for this guy, she’s mine. I’ll deal with whatever passed between them later, but whatever that happens to be, there’s only one thing that matters to me. She’s mine!
There was no way I could live on the outside with her shacked up with some other dick, no fucking way. That shit would be worst than being in solitary for the rest of my life.
I put a finger across her lips when she went to speak. “It’s been ten fucking years Shelly, do you really think I want to talk right now?” I didn’t wait for her answer, it was a rhetorical question anyway.
I lifted her in my arms and her legs went around my waist while my mouth covered hers. I kicked open the remaining bedroom door and walked over to the bed.
She felt so good in my arms I hated to let her go, but eventually I put her down beside the bed. I held her face in my hands and kissed her again. Can’t get enough of the taste of her lips.