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“Social Security contacted me. I’ve been out of the country, so I just found out.”
He laughed dryly. “I’m gonna pay the money for Pop. Don’t worry, they won’t try to get it from you.”
“I don’t want the money, Balor. I would have paid it.”
“Then why the fuck are you here?”
“I wanted…I thought…” She fidgeted then lifted her chin. “I thought maybe we could talk.”
”Talk?” His voice was eerily cold. “Talk about what? There ain’t shit to say.”
“I’d like to get to know you and your brother maybe…”
He shook his head. “You got kids?”
“No.”
“You married?”
“No. Leaving wasn’t about you and Tynan or even your father. That life just wasn’t for me. He wanted me to love him, to love you, but I just couldn’t. I never wanted any of it.”
“Then why the fuck would you make him believe you did? You should have said no. You shouldn’t have married him; you shouldn’t have had us.”
“I did…” she yelled back. “I told him I didn’t want any of it, but he begged and said it would be fine. It wasn’t. It was selfish and wrong but it’s what I needed. And I’m sorry. I just want to get to know you…”
“Get the fuck out of here.”
“Balor…”
“Leave, now. You were right. Shit you did was selfish as fuck and I’m not gonna force that. Neither is Ty. Go back to your life,Meredith.”
I watched him enter the office and the door slammed again. She stared, looking at the closed door then taking a step forward until she heard my voice.
“That’s not a good idea.”
Her head whipped around and confused eyes landed on me. I angled my head to the side until she changed her mind and came my way like she was about to leave. I cut off her path and she frowned at me.
“You need to leave them alone. If they want anything from you, they’ll reach out.”
“Who are you?”
“None of your business just like they’re not yours.”
“They’re my sons.” She rolled her shoulders back and I stepped closer.
“That you left. Why come back now? It’s been twenty-eight years. What did you expect? Did you think they would welcome you with open arms and you could ease into their lives and get to know the men they’ve become?”
Her expression turned dark and I shook my head. “You should have played a role in who they are, but you didn’t so you don’t get to know them. He told you to leave. You should do that and stay away. Let them come to you if that’s what they want. That’s what a good mother would do, but then again, you don’t know anything about that, do you?”
I walked away and sat on the bench near the office so Balor could be there for his brother and I would be here for him.
ChapterTen
Balor.
When I shut the door to the office I watched my brother pacing back and forth. The anger radiating from his body was so strong and loud I could feel it in my own.
“Why the fuck would she come here?”
