Total pages in book: 42
Estimated words: 38490 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 192(@200wpm)___ 154(@250wpm)___ 128(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 38490 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 192(@200wpm)___ 154(@250wpm)___ 128(@300wpm)
“That doesn’t excuse the fact that you lied, you fucking looked me in the face and lied.”
“No I didn’t, not really. I just skirted the truth a little. And you still haven’t answered the question. Where is this relationship going? And don’t give me that nonsense that I should know the answer, I want the words or….”
“Or what? Are you about to threaten me? Big fucking mistake. You can throw all the tantrums you want to you’ll never get me to say or do anything I don’t want to. That shit might work with your witless parents but it won’t work with me.”
“Fine, I guess that’s my answer then. Have a nice life living in the past.” Big words from a little girl. Even when she flounced off the bed in a rage there were tears in her eyes. I guess she was expecting me to stop her but I’d be damned if I will.
“Are you really this insecure because I didn’t give you back the words? She looked like I’d slapped her. Some part of me was wondering what the fuck and I even imagined the dog giving me one of his disappointing looks, but I couldn’t help myself, couldn’t hold back.
I knew what she wanted, and I couldn’t give it to her. I can’t remove my wife like she never was, like she never existed. I just…can’t. But does that mean that I don’t love her, or I love her less? For me the answer is a resounding no.
“You bastard.” The words were barely above a whisper before she grabbed her bag and walked through the door. I hadn’t even noticed her getting dressed.
16
Braden
I didn’t go after her. What was the point? I’d spent the last few days showing her spoilt ass what I had inside me for her, and she’d thrown that shit back in my face. What the fuck did she want?
Granted we hadn’t talked about anything too heavy in between making love, but how green can she be? If a man is going to fuck you all day every day that you’re in his presence what the fuck do you think that means?
I’d taken care of her, catering to her every need, even bathing her myself and holding her against me in the shower so I could wash her up when she was too tired to do it herself.
I knew she knew who my wife was because I mentioned that I’d been married once. Who the fuck did she think was in that picture for fuck sake? So I didn’t share the gory details of my past with her, she could be thankful for that shit.
Instead she seemed to want me to just put my wife away somewhere like she was never here. I’ll never do that shit.
I heard a car pull up outside and my heart skipped a beat. Then I realized it didn’t sound like her piece of shit foreign tin trap. I should’ve known he’d show up.
“You’re really something you know that? What the hell is wrong with you?”
I eyed my annoying little brother and didn’t bother to answer as I raised the beer to my head and took a swig. Something else I was back to enjoying without her annoying ass here to judge.
“Nice to see you too.”
“I’m not playing around with you this time. Do you know how I know you fucked up?”
“What? She came running to you?”
“No, it was at the scene of her….”
I jumped out of the chair and fisted his collar before he was through saying whatever the fuck was about to come out of his mouth. “The scene of her what. You tell me some fuck happened to her I’ll throw you through the wall.”
Fuck me, I didn’t want to hear this. “Nothing happened to her. I was going to say the scene of her almost accident but you didn’t let me finish.” Was this fucker playing me?
I could’ve sworn I saw a little smirk on his face when he turned away. “What happened?”
“I guess she was crying too hard to see where she was going and almost ran into a tree.”
“Is she okay?”
“What do you care? Haven’t you done everything in your power to drive her away?”
“Mind your own damn business….”
“You are my business you hardheaded son of a bitch. Why do you think I went to such lengths to get you to move here? So I could make sure you didn’t do this. Why did you do that to her?”
“What did she tell you exactly?” I knew it, knew these two were in cahoots. He knows how much I hate that shit.
“Why should I tell you? So you can use it as an excuse to get mad at the both of us for some imagined slight?”
“You’re my brother Braden, you’re the first person I ever loved in my whole life. All I want for you is to see you happy is that so bad? That girl loves you, I’m damned if I know why. But I know it as well as I know you have feeling for her.”