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“Mom!” I cry out, reaching my arms open for her to hug me.
Thankfully, she does, and I bawl into her shoulder as she holds me tight.
“Well, now, I understand what’s been going on with you the past few days,” she says caringly.
“I’m sorry, Mom. I tried to stop it.”
“But the heart wants what the heart wants …” she says, trailing off.
I cry even harder as I nod my head.
“Thomas told me he found out and made you put a stop to it.”
I nod again. “And I was. I was putting a stop to it.”
She rubs her hand over my hair. “Sweetheart, I have no doubt you were, and that’s why you were so miserable. I knew something was going on.”
“We were just saying goodbye. We were ending it. He told me he’d wait for me. We’d go to college, where we could finally be together.”
“Sounds like he really likes you.”
“He does, Mom. Believe me, neither of us planned on this happening, but when we did …” I can’t finish that sentence as more tears fall.
“When you did, it was magical.”
I cry out even more.
“I know, baby. I know. I’ve been there, remember?”
“But Dad and Thomas, they’ll never allow it.”
She sighs, knowing I’m right.
We sit there, holding each other for a few minutes longer.
“Don’t worry about that right now. Let’s get you inside and get your face cleaned up.”
She turns me toward the house, where we walk together, her giving me the strength to do so.
She goes to the bathroom to grab a washcloth as I curl up in my bed.
How did the best night of my life turn to the worst night in the blink of an eye?
When she returns, I lie on her lap and cry as she runs her hand down my hair and comforts me in my time of need.
Dalton
I burst into my dad’s study. “Why are you such a vindictive asshole?!”
Of course, me calling him an asshole doesn’t go over very well, but I don’t give a shit.
He throws back his chair and stands up. “What did you just say?”
“You heard me. Do you get a kick out of ruining people’s lives?”
“Listen, you little shit, I don’t know what you’re talking about, but watch your tone with me. I’m your father.”
“You might be my biological father, but you’ve never been a real father to me. You’ve never given a shit about me. How can someone care so much about ruining the Spencer ranch, yet not give two shits about their own flesh and blood?”
