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“Is shorty home?”
I look away from the picture of her dancing to see Maximus and Jason walking into the room together.
“How is she now?” Jason asks as he walks to me and picks up a glass.
“Been better, how did it go with the prick?”
Jason looks at me and grins.
“He had a very unfortunate accident with a flight of stairs. He will never be contacting or speaking ill of our girl again.”
“He admitted to it then?” I ask, Jason shrugs as he knocks back a shot and begins to pour another one.
“I didn’t give him the chance; I only had a small opening, so I did all the talking.”
“Did he fucking hurt her?” Maximus demands as his face reddens with rage.
“They had sex, but he couldn’t last ten seconds and then blamed her,” I explain through gritted teeth.
“What?!” Sean and Maximus both yell together. Jason and I both nod and take our drinks to sit on the seats.
We designed this room so we all had a place to sit and relax together whilst discussing personal as well as business issues. In our line of work, there are constant issues of delicate matters that need addressing and none of us wants to be shouting those across the room.
“Tell us what happened?” Sean demands as Jason and I share a look.
I lean forward in my seat and rest my elbows on my knees. At this moment in time, I want nothing more than to get out of this fucking suit, put on some joggers and go a few rounds with a punchbag. But that will have to wait, we owe the twins an update on what’s happening.
“Jasmine called just after ten to tell me that she was ready to be picked up. Straight away I realised she was upset and when I asked her about it, she fed me some crap about being tired. I contacted Jason and Terry, and we went to Damien’s farm where the party was being held. Jason listened in to me collecting Jasmine and her telling me what was wrong, via a phone call. She has no idea that he was listening or in the area.
“She informed me whilst crying that she had lost her virginity to the guy in a ten-second fumble, and he then told her friends she was a shit lay. I took her for a drive and left Jason to deal with him.”
“You heard what happened. He won’t be contacting her again and if for any reason she makes contact or sees him he is to head in the other direction and stay away.”
“And how’s Jasmine now?” Maximus asks. I take a sip of my drink and lean back into the sofa whilst resting my ankle on my knee.
“She’s still upset. I took her for a drive, and we sat in the car talking for a long time. I realised quickly that it wasn’t just the fumble that was upsetting her. Turns out Carol arrived not long after we left there today, with all her things.”
“Carols left Tommy?” Jason asks, I look at him nodding.
“It sounds like it. Let’s face it we knew it wouldn’t last forever. I’m surprised it lasted three years.”
“This is going to knock the confidence in us that Jasmine has built over the last few years. She’ll be waiting for us to leave her now.”
I look at Sean and nod. He’s hit the nail on the head, as soon as Jasmine told me that Carol had left Tommy, she burst into tears admitting she didn’t want to lose us, it took a lot of convincing, and I still don’t think she believes me.
“We need to show her that we aren’t going anywhere,” I confirm.
“As I said before, we could tell her how we feel. Show her that she is ours,” Jason starts again but I shake my head.
“Not after tonight, we need to stick to the plan. We made it for a reason, and I refuse to defer from it.”
“I hope you’re right Christian because she’s going to try and push us away. We could lose all the progress we’ve been making, getting her to trust us,” Sean says from his seat.
I sigh as I sip my drink and allow myself to feel the liquid burn as it slides down my throat.
“I know.”
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