back to him.
“ You gonna fix this?”
Alex didn’t even try to pretend he didn’t know what he was talking about. “Yes, sir. If she’ll let me. I said something…I told her—”
“ Don’t rightly care what you said, young man, but I want it fixed.” They both looked at Jack standing so still in front of them. “She’ll kill for him, but for herself…well, she’d about do anything for him.”
With that, he stepped on the yawning elevator and pushed the button. With a final “fix it” as the doors closed, Alex was left standing there alone. He made his way back to her room. He felt like a man going to his own hanging standing outside her door. He hadn’t meant to say those things, wasn’t even sure he believed them anymore. He hated himself that he had said them and hated himself even more that he’d hurt her.
When he entered her room again, he had decided to tell her he was sorry and offer to put them all up in an apartment and pay the rent until she found it in her heart to forgive him.
He expected her to be hurt when he went back inside. He even expected tears. He hated them, but felt he deserved them from her. He didn’t know what had happened between her and Steven Baxter, but he was sure as he was standing there it wasn’t the way her mother had told him it had been. What he didn’t expect was her to have a bargain of her own to offer.
“ I’ll let you fuck me as much as you want if you let my family stay until I can…until I can get us back on our feet.”
~Chapter 11~
Edgar looked over at his wife before slanting his eyes back to his son. He wasn’t sure what Alex wanted them to say so he waited before speaking. He honestly was hoping for them to tell him it was a joke, but was reasonably sure it wasn’t. He decided to come at this from another angle.
“ Did you believe her when she explained about Baxter?” He knew the moment he’d asked that he wasn’t going to like the answer. “You didn’t ask her, did you?”
“ No. I didn’t…she was so upset before that I thought I’d not bring it up again. Then she throws this at me.”
Alex got up to pace. Edgar moved closer to his wife. Candace had told him that she’d liked the girl. She said that she was as stubborn as Alex and had thought that the two of them would suit. Suit what he wasn’t sure, but he let it go…for now.
“ Alexander, there are more than just the two of you involved in this. There’s that young boy to think of.” Candace frowned when Alex said nothing to her. “Alexander, are you listening to me?”
“ Yes. You don’t think I’ve thought about her son? I like that kid. He’s smart, friendly, and loves her to death. But I didn’t make the offer to her, she told me. She said she’s only doing this for him. If it were…Christ.” Alex paced some more. “If she didn’t have him or the old man, she’d probably…fuck. Now what the hell am I supposed to do?”
No one said anything about his language. His mother hated that word and he knew she wasn’t overly fond of the situation either. But he was a grown man. Edgar looked over at his daughter and her husband for help.
“ Are you in love with her, Alex? This girl, do you love her?”
Edgar smiled at Jared.
“ No. I don’t…I’m not going to be either.” When Jared snorted, Alex turned on him. “It’s not the same as you and Wills. I will never give my heart to another woman for her to trample into the dirt.”
“ Sometimes it’s not a matter of giving it away, Alex, as it is someone earning it.” Edgar took the look his son gave him for saying it, but he couldn’t help it. He felt his son’s pain like it was his own. Alex’s ex-wife, Bethany Sheppard, had hurt him. And it wasn’t until years later that they’d, his mother and he, had gotten the whole story.
Bethany had been from a good family. In fact, the two families had been nearly in each other’s pockets since the adults had met before they’d had children.
“ You gonna fix this?”
Alex didn’t even try to pretend he didn’t know what he was talking about. “Yes, sir. If she’ll let me. I said something…I told her—”
“ Don’t rightly care what you said, young man, but I want it fixed.” They both looked at Jack standing so still in front of them. “She’ll kill for him, but for herself…well, she’d about do anything for him.”
With that, he stepped on the yawning elevator and pushed the button. With a final “fix it” as the doors closed, Alex was left standing there alone. He made his way back to her room. He felt like a man going to his own hanging standing outside her door. He hadn’t meant to say those things, wasn’t even sure he believed them anymore. He hated himself that he had said them and hated himself even more that he’d hurt her.
When he entered her room again, he had decided to tell her he was sorry and offer to put them all up in an apartment and pay the rent until she found it in her heart to forgive him.
He expected her to be hurt when he went back inside. He even expected tears. He hated them, but felt he deserved them from her. He didn’t know what had happened between her and Steven Baxter, but he was sure as he was standing there it wasn’t the way her mother had told him it had been. What he didn’t expect was her to have a bargain of her own to offer.
“ I’ll let you fuck me as much as you want if you let my family stay until I can…until I can get us back on our feet.”
~Chapter 11~
Edgar looked over at his wife before slanting his eyes back to his son. He wasn’t sure what Alex wanted them to say so he waited before speaking. He honestly was hoping for them to tell him it was a joke, but was reasonably sure it wasn’t. He decided to come at this from another angle.
“ Did you believe her when she explained about Baxter?” He knew the moment he’d asked that he wasn’t going to like the answer. “You didn’t ask her, did you?”
“ No. I didn’t…she was so upset before that I thought I’d not bring it up again. Then she throws this at me.”
Alex got up to pace. Edgar moved closer to his wife. Candace had told him that she’d liked the girl. She said that she was as stubborn as Alex and had thought that the two of them would suit. Suit what he wasn’t sure, but he let it go…for now.
“ Alexander, there are more than just the two of you involved in this. There’s that young boy to think of.” Candace frowned when Alex said nothing to her. “Alexander, are you listening to me?”
“ Yes. You don’t think I’ve thought about her son? I like that kid. He’s smart, friendly, and loves her to death. But I didn’t make the offer to her, she told me. She said she’s only doing this for him. If it were…Christ.” Alex paced some more. “If she didn’t have him or the old man, she’d probably…fuck. Now what the hell am I supposed to do?”
No one said anything about his language. His mother hated that word and he knew she wasn’t overly fond of the situation either. But he was a grown man. Edgar looked over at his daughter and her husband for help.
“ Are you in love with her, Alex? This girl, do you love her?”
Edgar smiled at Jared.
“ No. I don’t…I’m not going to be either.” When Jared snorted, Alex turned on him. “It’s not the same as you and Wills. I will never give my heart to another woman for her to trample into the dirt.”
“ Sometimes it’s not a matter of giving it away, Alex, as it is someone earning it.” Edgar took the look his son gave him for saying it, but he couldn’t help it. He felt his son’s pain like it was his own. Alex’s ex-wife, Bethany Sheppard, had hurt him. And it wasn’t until years later that they’d, his mother and he, had gotten the whole story.
Bethany had been from a good family. In fact, the two families had been nearly in each other’s pockets since the adults had met before they’d had children.
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