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As soon as I hear Sarah’s voice, my mood shifts, and my smile is lost. “You’re fucking kidding me right? You’re going to try and take my girls...”
“Our girls,” I interrupt.
“That’s not the way I see it. I’m their mother, I’m the one here day in and day out. You don’t have a chance in hell of getting them, but if a fight is what you want, you’ve got it,” she screams at me.
“I’m not looking for a fight, Sarah. I think the girls are better off with me. I can provide for them better and they have more family here,” I say calmly, running my hand through my hair.
“I’m their family,” she hisses and hangs up on me.
I toss my phone down on the table and drop my head into my hands. This is it, I need to tell everyone my plans because she is going to dig up dirt on everyone and I need to make them aware of it. This is why the decision was so hard for me because I don’t want anyone hurt by this. Sarah is a lying, conniving bitch and she is going to make my life hell.
After a while of nothing but thinking, I pick up my phone and press Kallie’s number. She answers and I can hear the smile in her voice. “Hey, big brother. What’s up?”
“Listen, I need to get everyone together tonight, can you set that up for me?” I ask.
“What’s wrong?” I can hear the panic in her voice, and I hate it.
“I have big plans and I need to explain it to everyone and it’s just easier if I only need to do it once.”
I want to tell her, but it’s like I can’t get the words out. Fear is gripping me. I’m terrified of how this custody battle will play out.
“I won’t push you now, but later you bet your ass I will. Be at Jax’s at seven, everyone will be there,” she says before hanging up.
I grin looking at the disconnected call. My sister is one badass.
Driving over to Jax’s I’m anxious. I just want this over with so I can take McKinley home with me and fuck her until she is screaming my name. She’s sitting next to me now holding my hand and son of a bitch it’s like she gives me the courage to keep going.
“Braden, you worry too much. This is your family and friends. They want you to have the girls as much as you want them,” she whispers.
“I know that. It’s everything that will come with it that I fear. You didn’t hear Sarah today, she’s pissed.”
She giggles and I turn my head to look at her. “Sorry. It’s just, you can’t possibly be intimidated by her. You are the perfect father.” Then under her breath she says, “Maybe I’d understand if you told me what happened.”
Fuck, she’s right. I keep preaching how honesty is needed yet I haven’t told her anything. Every time she brings it up, I change the subject. I need to be honest with her. I pull the car over a few houses down from Jax’s and throw it in to park. I turn to face her, and she is looking out the side window.
“McKinley, you’re right. I’m sorry I haven’t told you the full story. You just have to understand how painful it is for me to relive it.”
Turning her head to look at me she lifts her shoulders. “You don’t need to tell me, but it’s hard to understand.”
“Things were bad between us for a long time. She was distant and angry. She decided we needed to move to North Carolina to be with her parents. I did it, I did everything I could to save my marriage. When we got there, the only time we talked was when it had something to do with the girls. Her parents ignored me, and I felt like a damn intruder.” She turns her body to face me and grabs both my hands, squeezing hard. “She started staying out late, then staying out for the night, then staying gone for days at a time. I knew she was cheating on me, I’m not a damn fool. When I finally asked her what the hell was going on, she didn’t try to deny it. She told me she had gotten in touch with an old friend on Facebook when we lived here and that’s why she wanted to move back to North Carolina. I was pretty much just brought along as caregiver for the girls while she was out acting like a fucking teenager.”
“Oh my God, Braden I’m so sorry,” she says, squeezing my hands again.
Giving her a tight smile, I nod and continue, “She got pregnant. While we were still married, she went and got pregnant by some guy she knew in high school. That’s when I left, and it just got worse. She’s never with the girls, her mom is raising them, even her new baby, while she is out drinking and looking for another guy.”
“Holy shit.”
“So, you see why I need my girls here? She’s not fit to raise my girls, but she’s a bitch. She lives off the child support I pay and if I get the girls, she has no more money coming in. That’s why she’ll fight it so hard,” I say, blowing out a breath of frustration.
“You’ll get them, I have no doubt. And as far as your ex, fuck her. We can all handle what she throws at us, especially for you and the girls.” This right here makes me start to fall for her. Anyone who is willing to support me because she knows how important my girls are; is someone I want.
I pull her to me and kiss her lips gently and move her hand to rest on my hard cock. “I want you so bad McKinley.”
“I promise the wait will be worth it,” she whispers seductively, causing me to moan with need, which just causes her to giggle. This girl has no idea how much she affects me with the simplest of things.
After I pull myself together, I drive down to Jax’s and we get out of the truck. We go inside and of course; everyone is sitting outback. I open the door and let McKinley walk out first and follow. Before the door is even closed my mom and Kallie are standing next to me.
“Braden, you have us all worried sick. What the hell is going on?” my mom asks, in her authoritative voice that I haven’t heard since high school.
