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“He wants me to be a trophy wife,” I explain. “All that concerns my father are appearances. He never had a son, so he’s taken Brian under his wing, not giving a shit about the fact he’s a liar and a cheat and I wouldn’t spit on him if he were on fire, much less marry the guy.”
He swallows hard. “Why now?”
My eyes go wide.
I can’t tell him about the Gary situation. That would ensure that there would be bodies spread across this city.
“I don’t know.”
“So he wants payback for you borrowin’ money, is that it?”
“I… I guess. He also wants to control my life, T. He blames my mom for everything when it was him that was a deadbeat dad and husband. He never sees anything wrong in how he hurts people, and he uses it as a weapon. All I ever wanted from him was his time. His love. And I didn’t get that opportunity. I certainly don’t want it now.”
He looks at me. “How much did you borrow?”
Oh shit.
“Uh, a bit.”
“How much, Lu?”
I don’t want this. I can’t tell him about Gary… What the hell would he do?
“Fifty thousand.”
His eyes go round. “Fifty grand? What the fuck?”
“I needed to get away,” I lie. “Everything had just gone down with us. Then I saw Brian and how much my Dad doted on him,like he was the son he always wanted. I needed to get out of here. Try somewhere else for a while.”
“You should’ve come to me.”
I stare at him unseeing. “Are you serious? I couldn’t come to you. You rejected me, remember? You said we couldn’t do it. That you regretted everything… That…that I was a mistake.”
“I lied.”
I hear the words, but they don’t compute in my brain.
He lied?
He fucking lied?
The world I thought I knew spins on its axis.
I put a hand over my mouth. “Holy shit, T. This changes things.”
He cups my face once more. “I know it does. And I want to know fuckin’ everythin’.”
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She staresat me with those pretty eyes, and I’m lost.
I’m lost in a sea of confusion because of her pain.
As much as they call me the beast and the brute of the MC, for her, I’ll always have a side that wants to take care of her. Nurture her. Even if it is in my own way.
When I see her like this, it kills everything inside of me and makes me want to harm anyone that did her wrong.
