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"It is my business." He fires back, "She's family Hudson. How could you fucking sleep with her? I heard you two last night and again this morning. Our bedroom is below Mia's. I'm not stupid either son. I saw the way you two were the night of our party. Of all the women in the world, why did you have to pick her? Hudson you could have your pick of any woman out there, leave Mia alone." His hand bangs down on the table as he shouts at me.
I place my hands down on the table and lean forward, so we're almost face to face. "I won't leave her alone. We're two consenting adults Dad. You have no say in what goes on between us."
He throws the bottle across the room, the glass shattering as it impacts against the wall. "You have to realize Hudson, that just because you want something, it doesn't mean you can have it. She's your sister."
I step back in disgust. This is exactly what Mia didn't want. "That's utter fucking bull, and you know it. Unless you're her father, then Dad, you've some explaining to do."
His feet are silent against the tiled floor as he paces the room, "Hudson, don't be an ass. I'm serious, leave Mia alone. I don't understand you've been going crazy about finding this mystery girl for what two years now and then all of a sudden you're all over Mia. Are you trying to sabotage my marriage?"
A bitter laugh escapes me, "I couldn't give two fucks about your marriage. The mystery girl is Mia Dad. It happened the night she came to Synergy. I won't leave her alone. We were together before you and Tina got together."
"Fuck." His jaw is grinding.
I laugh, "Tina doesn't want me near her daughter? I'm not a fucking monster." Well, not to Mia anyway.
He cuts me a side glance, "She knows what you do, Hudson, she's not real happy that you're here while Mia is."
"Wow, look at you Dad, you're a fucking peach!" I shouldn't be surprised, he's always put himself first. "How much of a hypocrite is Tina, huh? I mean she knew what you did and she still fucking slept with you. Oh, she also knew you were married, and that didn't stop her either. Yet I'm the bad guy."
Movement in my peripheral vision. Fuck. Mia's standing there with doe eyes, "You were married when you and Mom started dating?" She shakes her head, "I don't even know that woman anymore." She turns around, and both Dad and I follow behind her.
"Mia, why were you listening to their conversation?" Tina grabs her arm to stop her from going any further and I want to rip her arm away, Mia looks fucking gutted, and I want to hurt Tina for making her look that way.
"Son, don't. This is between them." Dad whispers to me. He's right. Mia won't thank me for getting involved.
Mia's laugh is bitter, "Oh, everything is someone else's fault. I mean, I just found out that you slept with a married man. You broke up a marriage Mom and yet I shouldn't have overheard a conversation where they were screaming at each other. What was I supposed to have done? Shoved ear-buds in my ears?"
I bite back the chuckle. Damn Mia’s pissed.
"Mia, you ready?" Lacey asks coming down the stairs, and I glance at her. She's wearing a short dress and heels. Turning my attention back to Mia, I see that she too is in a short fucking dress and heels. Her ass would be shown if she bent over.
"Ready? Where are you going?" Tina asks looking between the girls.
"Yep, ready." Mia smiles, and it's the first genuine smile I've seen on her beautiful face tonight.
"Mia?" Tina asks again.
"What, Mom? Am I grounded?"
Tina's eyes roll skyward, "No, but I'd like to know where you're going."
"Out." She replies as she grabs Lacey's hand and leaves the house, slamming the door behind her as she does.
"Tina, leave her. She'll come home when she's ready. If you keep going, she's going to fight back harder."
My eyes are on the door. I need to find out where the hell she is going. The way she is tonight, she could easily end up in an accident, or worse.
"Tina, what the hell happened? You've been telling me that Mia is sweet and mild. You're upset and she's mad." Dad asks, and I turn my attention to Tina.
She sighs, "Mia and I were talking about her dad and I. I made the mistake of telling her that Rob and I weren't in love, that we were only together because I was pregnant. Because of Mia."
"Okay, but I still don't understand why Mia would be mad about that?" Dad questions, we're all getting the sense that there's more to this than just saying they didn't love each other.
"Mia said that we shouldn't have got married. I told that her back then, things were different. She asked if I regretted it… I told her I did and didn't." She glances at Dad and I just as Martin and Jagger make an appearance behind her. "I thought she meant having a baby, but she meant marrying Rob. I love Mia, she's the best thing that ever happened to me. I don't regret having her. She took what I said in the wrong context." She begins to cry, and Dad pulls her into his arms, probably to get her out of my way, she told her daughter she wished she never had her, no wonder Mia's pissed.
Jagger coughs, "Boss?"
I give Dad a glance, he's got a gripping hold of Tina and consoling her. Fucking sap. I walk over to Martin and Jagger, "What?" I ask wondering what the hell is happening now. We've yet to talk about the shit that was revealed last night. I wanted to give him time to contact Sarah and get all the facts before we start killing that fucking bitch Carina.
