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“I can’t sign it,” I whisper defiantly. “I won’t.”
I expect Greg to be pissed but he just shrugs.
“Are you sure about that?”
I stare between him and the paper he’s holding, then nod. His confident demeanor never wavers as he places the first document in front of me.
“Not even after seeing this?”
Chapter Forty-Two
Wes
WhenIpullupin my driveway after the game late Saturday night, Greg’s waiting for me on my porch steps. I should have been home hours ago, so the thought that he could have been waiting a while gives me a little pleasure.
He stands as I approach, making himself taller than I am on the landing above me. Nodding in acknowledgment, I make a mental note to call my realtor tomorrow.Fuck, I need to move.
“I got the money,” he says, as though that’s information I don’t have.
“I said I’d send it. What more do you want?” I raise an eyebrow. “I’m going to need you to sign something to say you won’t be asking for more. Continuously showing up here is not on.”
Greg laughs. “That’s not why I’m here.”
“Then why the fuck are you back?” I say, raising my hands in the air, my patience nonexistent.
The fucker gives me another one of his sadistic smiles, and I know I’m in for a world of pain. “It’s simple…I want you gone.”
My eyes flash to Greg’s, hoping to find even the smallest hint of amusement. But there’s nothing. It’s not a joke. “I want you gone.” What the actual fuck?
“I want you out of Lucy and Katie’s life,” he adds, as though I didn’t understand him the first time.Heardyou loud and clear.
“Okay, why would I do that?”He’s definitely insane.
“Because if you don’t, I’ll be using that money you gave me to file for full custody.”Motherfucker.
“You actually gave me the idea. Well, Dad did, but he got it from you. I thought showing Lucy I was a good dad and that we could be a family would have been enough for her to forget about you, but she can’t seem to break the habit. Which is a pity because all of this could have been avoided.”
I feel physically sick. Again. My stomach twists in knots and I want to vomit.I did this?
He stares at me with no emotion. No regard for the fact he’s messing with the life of a child.His child.
I huff out a laugh though this is absolutely not a laughing matter. “They have no reason to take Katie away from Lucy. She’s a great mom.”
Greg takes a step closer, trying—but failing—to be intimidating. “A mom who kept Katie’s father away from her, a mom who lets an abusive man near her daughter, a mom who is soon to be out of a job, unable to support herself.”
“The fuck?”
“I know about the policy at your work. Won’t take much to prove you’ve been dating the entire time she’s worked there. Isn’t her boss kind of a stickler for the rules?”
As hard as I’ve tried not to react, I lose it at that and get in his face. “How the hell do you know all this?”
He smirks. “Lucy’s my business. I make it a point to know.”
Holy fucking shit. This guy is unhinged.
“I’m not leaving Lucy. It’s just something you’re going to have to get used to. Do the right thing and we won’t have a problem.”
He’s bluffing. Surely he’s bluffing.
