Total pages in book: 13
Estimated words: 12255 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 61(@200wpm)___ 49(@250wpm)___ 41(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 12255 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 61(@200wpm)___ 49(@250wpm)___ 41(@300wpm)
“Boss you alright?”
“Yeah Zeke I’m fine the animals doing okay?”
“Yep, old Nessie’s about to calf the vet says just keep an eye on her so I figure I’d bunk down in the loft tonight.”
‘Thanks a lot Zeke I appreciate it.”
I heard squealing and splashing as I made my way to the house, looks like Dominique had invited some friends over to use the pool. I glanced down at my watch it was almost six; fuck how long was I out there? I headed to the kitchen for a drink I hadn’t eaten or drank anything all day. I saw out the kitchen window a group of scantily clad teenagers. My eyes searched automatically for her, she was on one of the lounge chairs sulking didn’t look like she was having much fun to me, and the guilt reached up to bite me in the ass. I was tempted to go to her but changed my mind, I should probably distance myself from her; the thought damn near brought me to my knees. Tossing back the last of my water I headed out of the kitchen and up the stairs. I took a quick shower and went down to make something to eat; it was Sunday we usually went into town for supper but I guess I screwed that up too with my cowardice. I made myself a sandwich and headed into the den.
It was about two hours later when the slamming of car doors woke me up. I guess the party had broken up, I headed out of the kitchen and caught her on the stairs.
“Did you eat?”
She just kept going without once looking back.
For the next two days things went on like that, we were like two strangers living together. There was no more teasing looks and giggles and worse she’d taken to wearing baggy, ugly, unappealing clothes around the house and to school, it was as though a light had been shut off.
The morning of the third day I decided to put a stop to it.
“Dominique are you ever going to talk to me again?”
She opened the refrigerator and grabbed the juice with not a word or a look in my direction.
“Dominique I’m talking to you.” I understood her anger but I couldn’t let things go on like this the longer I leave this the worse it will get.
“What the fuck do you want?”
“Don’t speak to me like that I understand your anger but you don’t disrespect me are we clear?”
She huffed and tried to leave the room.
“Get back here.”
She stopped at the force in my voice and turned venomous eyes on me.
“I have to get ready for school.”
“I understand that but we need to deal with this I want you here as soon as school lets out.”
She shrugged her shoulders at me and headed out of the room. I was so not looking forward to that conversation.
All day while I worked around the farm I puzzled over how I was going to handle the situation. If I didn’t do this right I could lose her forever and that’s something I could never accept she was never going to be out of my life that’s just not going to happen.
By the time she reached home I thought I was ready to deal with the situation.
“How was school?”
“Listen don’t act like you care about me okay, don’t ask me about school or anything else about my life you don’t have to worry about silly little me fawning all over you again I got the message. In a few months I’d graduate and leave here and you’ll never have to be bothered with me again.”
“Dominique please we have to deal with this, it’s all my fault I take complete blame for everything I’m sorry I took advantage of you okay…”
“You can stop now I know what you’re going to say, I get it, you fucked me now you don’t want me not to worry I’ll get over it.”
With that she ran up the stairs leaving me feeling like an ass.
“You handled that well Tyler.” I couldn’t help but admonish myself, what a fuck up.
I needed a drink but refused to go that route I won’t let myself believe that it would all end like this. There had to be some way to salvage this. I’m not usually such a sap but this is a teenage girl a girl I’d been charged with taking care of I can’t fuck up her life and leave it like this.
I went to my home office to do some paperwork; I heard her knocking around in the kitchen a while later, she’s been cooking as usual but she still wouldn’t eat with me. It was getting to me I won’t lie I hated the rift between us hated her anger and I missed the fuck out of her. The whole time I’ve been fighting her I’ve been fighting myself as well. I lay awake late at night hard and hurting, wanting her. More than once I found myself outside her door in the middle of the night, I even sent my fist through a wall in order to keep myself from going to her bed.