Page 11 of To Have and to Hold


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“If you say so. You’re in charge.” He drove slowly, pulling into the driveway. He parked the car over to the side and out of the way of the police. I slowly got out of the car and began walking toward the house. Grant hurried to be next to me, holding my hand.

Before we got to the steps, my dad came out in handcuffs. “Trinity! There you are. Grant, you saved her! Thank you. Call the lawyer. This is all a crazy misunderstanding.”

“No, it’s not, Dad. I know what you’ve been doing. And Samuel.” I reached out and slapped his face hard. “You sent me away and ignored me until you needed me for your gain. I’m done with you.” Grant wrapped an arm around me. “Grant is my family now.”

Grant grinned at my dad, standing there in cuffs, his shirt unbuttoned and his hair a mess. “I knew you were dirty when you hired me, Zach. I did not know just how dirty and when I found out, I told your daughter. This is all of her doing. And did you know Samuel assaulted her?” He said nothing, and I held him back. “You knew didn’t you? You’re the biggest piece of shit ever and I hope you rot in hell. I’m going to take care of your daughter now, since you could not.”

The police hauled him off, and I watched as they put him in the back of the car. “Are you sure you even want to go inside? I can replace anything you need.”

“Yes,” I nodded. “I have a few things of my mom’s I want. Nothing else.” I stood on my tiptoes and kissed Grant. “Thank you, Daddy, for being the one to save me. I love you.”

Grant wrapped me up in his arms. “I love you too, Princess.”

EPILOGUE

GRANT ~ SIX MONTHS LATER

“Are you ready yet?” I called upstairs to Trinity.

“One second.”

I heard a door close, and a second later she came waddling down the stairs. I grinned when I saw her. It never got old seeing her swollen belly with my baby.

When she reached the bottom of the stairs, I pulled her to me for a kiss.

“I thought we were late. Besides, didn’t you get enough earlier?”

We’d spent the morning in bed. I couldn’t get enough of her when we were first together which is probably why she ended up pregnant so fast, but I really couldn’t get enough of her pregnant body. It appealed to some primal, animal urge in me. I couldn’t explain it.

“I can never get enough of you, Princess.”

Trinity rolled her eyes at me, but it was something I was used to at this point. Since leaving Samuel and now that she was no longer under the thumb of her piece of shit dad, her personality had really come out. I let her be herself, and she was flourishing.

I wanted to marry her right away, but she wanted to wait until the bullshit with her dad and Samuel was done. Thankfully, the cases never went to trial, both men accepting plea deals. Trinity took over her dad’s estate and sold everything she could, giving the money to a charity that helped trafficked women. She figured it was the least she could do to repay what her father had done.

Now I was itching to get married. What she didn’t know was that we were on our way to the Bahamas to get hitched. She thought we were going out to dinner, but I had a private plane chartered so we could get married alone, on a beach. Trinity swore after all the fanfare with her engagement to Samuel, she wanted something simple.

I helped her to the car and prayed she didn’t notice the suitcases in the back. Hopefully, I packed all the right things. I figured whatever was missing, I could buy her. We had a private bungalow on a private beach. I was going to marry Trinity and then fuck her until she couldn’t walk.

She finally caught on that we weren’t going to dinner when I turned the car into the driveway for the airport. “What are you doing?”

“We’re going on a trip, Princess.” I pulled up next to the private plane and pulled a small box out of my pocket. “I know we talk about getting married but I’m ready to make it official. I love you.” I opened the box, revealing a five carat princess cut diamond ring. “Let’s make it official. Let’s get on that plane and go to the Bahamas to get married.”

Her eyes filled with tears as I put the ring on her finger. “If I know you, Daddy, you already have it all planned.” She looked at the ring and then at me. “I love you too, Grant. Let’s get married.”

The End

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