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Chapter 7
Faye
“Get your backpack on,” I tell Braxley as we get out of the car at his school. Glancing around, I find myself lately looking for Thane, and for the past few days, I haven’t seen him. But I guess that should come as a relief to me, not a bother.
“Remember to ask Mrs. Leeper if you’ll have your spelling test this week.”
“I will, Mommy.”
As we begin to walk up to school, I hear someone call Braxley’s name from across the parking lot; it’s Jack and Thane. The boys run to each other as Thane, and I slowly make our way together. He’s got a tiny grin on his face as I study him and my thoughts are cut short when Braxley asks Jack, “Whoa, what happened to your arm?” I could say the same thing, glancing down at him. His hand is bandaged.
“Oh my God, Thane, is he okay?”
“Yeah, it really looks worse than it is.”
“What happened to him?”
“He was with Char and apparently he was trying to make himself a sandwich for dinner with a paring knife and sliced right down to the tendon.” My hand flies over my mouth visualizing poor Jack hurt like that. He must’ve been so terrified. I can’t imagine what they’ve been through or how scared Jack and Thane must have been. It has to be the worst feeling in the entire world.
Wanting to do something to help, I can’t stop myself from wrapping my arms around Thane’s neck and hugging him. “I’m so sorry; you should’ve called me.”
He holds my body close to his and says into my ear, “I wanted to, but I feel like an ass for the other day.”
The bell rings, and the boys both look at us in shock. “Oh no, we’re late.” They dart off as their class has already entered the building, and we both wave, saying, “Bye,” in sync, but they don’t hear us.
“Please don’t feel bad, I shouldn’t have reacted the way I did.”
“No, you should’ve. I crossed a line, and I’m sorry.”
“Remember what you told me?” He looks at me a tad confused. “You told me to not be sorry for anything. You should do the same.”
“Well, thanks.”
“How about I get you that cup of coffee I owe you?” He agrees with a grin, and we head towards our cars. It feels really good to be around him again.
“I’ll meet you there,” I holler and he winks. I pull out of the parking lot first, but Thane is close behind me, and what lately has been a huge battle in my mind, going back and forth about the feelings I’m having towards him, for some reason right now feels right.
After I park my car at the Starbucks, I wait for Thane to park. Then he gets out and chuckles at me as I try and open the door to the cafe, stopping me, so I have to release the door and enter first. There is no one in line, and we both order our usual. But as I go to swipe my card, he hands the barista cash. “Are you serious?” I scold him.
“What? You didn’t think I would really let you pay, did you?”
He hands me my coffee, which I take out of his hand and very dryly respond, “Thank you,” with a smirk on my face.
“You should do that more often.”
“What?”
“Smirk like that.”
“Yeah?”
“Yeah.”
“Chai Tea Latte, for Thane,” the barista calls out.
He takes his drink, and we find a table by the fireplace. His phone buzzes, and he pulls it from his pocket glaring at the screen. He ignores the call, but his face tells me that he’s bothered by whoever it is. “Everything okay?” I ask him.
“Yeah, it was my lawyer. I want to petition the court for full custody, and he told me to think on it before I jump that far. I already have primary custody, and since she let Jack get hurt, the judge will likely rule in my favor. Regardless, I can’t trust her with him, Faye. My gut is telling me to do it.”
