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“None of your concern at the moment. Why are you always questioning me, Ares?”
“I was simply asking, Father.”
“Well, don’t. You need to find a woman to produce me an heir.”
“And what woman would that be? I see very few around Bellmont. Certainly, none that are my age.” He looks at Juno and back to me as if we’ve figured out his deep, dark secret. Not yet, but I plan to.
“A woman of your choice, of course. I would never force you to have a child with someone you didn’t approve of.”
“Anyone I choose?”
“Yes. Anyone you choose, Ares,” he says.
“And I get to keep her?” Now he laughs as he looks around the room as if I’m the crazed one.
“Keep her? Why would you want to keep her?”
“Why wouldn’t I? She would be the mother of my child. Shouldn’t I care for her, keep her around?” My father scrubs his hand over his face before taking a deep breath.
“We’ll discuss this more when I return.”
“Which is?”
“I don’t know yet. I want to look into other opportunities while I’m over there. I trust things here will be handled accordingly. Mitch will be in charge while I’m away.” I nod my head. Mitch is Juno’s father and my father’s best friend. I finish my joint as my father stares at me. His looks don’t scare me; they never have. Probably because it’s been the same look I’ve gotten since I was little. I see the rage, the anger, and I don’t care. I don’t care what he thinks of me. Not anymore.
“Not to worry, Father. Everything will be taken care of.”
“I’m sure it will.” With that, he turns on his heel and walks out of my room. I nod to Juno to go behind him and make sure he leaves my goddamn house. Sometimes, I hate living in Bellmont for this exact reason.
I sigh and lay back down when Juno walks in and sits on the edge of the bed.
“He’s gone.”
“Thank fuck for that.”
“You good? You seem a little off today,” Juno says.
“No. I’m fine.”
“You want to stalk your girl, right?” he laughs.
“I plan on stalking her, but there’s more to do, Juno.”
“What’s there to do today?” he asks confused. Nothing was planned for today, as far as I know.
“We get to go to my father’s house.” I shove myself up and grab my jeans, pulling them on before slipping my feet into my boots.
“And that’s fun, how?”
“Juno, we’ve talked about this. We can look for more information.”
“Are you truly doubting him? Doubting why we do what we do?” I shrug.
“I don’t know. Something just feels off about everything. And now I have to fucking have a kid on top of it?”
“I can’t see you being a father,” he laughs as I laugh with him. What the fuck am I going to teach my son? How to kill a woman? That’s exactly what my father taught me, but I’m not him. And I’m not completely sure that’s what I want out of my life.
“Me either. What the hell would I do with a kid?”
