Chances are I was going to be fired anyway, so what the hell. "Fact of the matter is, you were obnoxiously rude, Mr. Grumpy. If you want respect, then you first have to give it." "Excuse me young lady, do you have any idea who I am?" "Marcª" Again Colton tried to intervene, but I beat him to it, enough is enough. For the past three months or so I've been playing the coward. Just because life had thrown me a curveball, didn't mean I had to roll over and play dead, and I'd be damned if I was going to play the coward here like I had in Arizona. "Listen, Dragon heart, I don't really much care who you are. From the looks of you, you have money, and maybe that's why you think you can get away with treating people just any old way, but your money doesn't mean squat to me, so why don't you take your money and your pompous attitude and go fuª" "Katª" " Sloaneª" Jared and Colton cut into my resignation speech before I could get to the good part. Suddenly there was a burst of
That night I called my mom for our nightly chat. My mom is my sounding board whenever my mind becomes overcrowded. "So how's the new job sweetie, you like it?" "It's fine, mom, pretty easy, but guess what. So this guy calls today and he's as rude as you want to be, he just rubbed me the wrong way you know, so I kinda let him have itª" "Wait a minute, you did what?" "I put him in his place, next thing I know he's showing up there." "He didn't hurt you, did he baby?" I hated the panic in her voice. "No, mom, let me tell you. So anyway, turns out he's this Uber rich old coot with the manners of a wildebeest, but guess what, he gave the boss a contract to supply him with bikes for all his ventures and apparently there are a ton of them.""Like, he works with Hollywood and racing circuits here, and in Europe, among other things. He said he liked my style, and that's why he finally decided to give Colton the contract." "Colton, ooh....... first name basis already, is this Colt
I was gone for about an hour before I felt it was safe to return. I'd done some thinking while I was gone, and I'd realized that part of my problem was Char's stupid prediction, which made no sense because I don't believe in that shit anyway. So there was really nothing like a blooming attraction, or anything going on, just the power of suggestion I guess. I turned the corner and almost had a heart attack. She was standing on the seat of a power bike holding onto the handlebars while my crew stood around watching her. I didn't run, or yell, or make any fast movements. I didn't want to scare her, and make her fall. She flipped herself over the bars and back into the seat in a seated position. That's when I moved forward, well when my legs finally worked anyway. The crew was whistling and applauding while she grinned the biggest fucking grin I had ever seen on her face behind the helmet. Everyone grew quiet when they saw me coming, and some of the men started to scatter. "
Well, I couldn't find a good enough excuse to get out of coming to the BBQ, so by Sunday evening, yes the last minute, I found myself in the nearest town shopping, something I used to love, but haven't had any interest in for a while. Everything seemed foreign as I perused the shops, like I'd forgotten how it was done. The last sales girl wasn't much older than I in this one place, and she was super helpful. She was all about body structure and what looked best on which frame, but I just needed a pair of jeans and some chucks, that's all. Instead, I left the place with some dressy cargo pants in dark blue, a white sleeveless silk tee, and three inch spike heeled wrap around sandals. When I tried to argue that the shoes weren't suitable for a BBQ, Susan, the helpful shopper, told me the outfit wouldn't work with anything else. So that's how I ended up at a BBQ packed with strangers, dressed like an idiot. Or at least that's how I felt before everyone started complimenting me on
I've lost my fucking mind. I know it's happening, but I can't seem do anything to stop it. "Come." I started leading her around to the back of the house. My old room will do perfectly for what I have in mind. My dick was about to break the fuck off it was so hard. If she isn't careful, she's going to end up bent over somewhere between here and my room, wearing those fuck me shoes. Shit, I'm going to embarrass myself. "Hold it." "Mom, shit." Are you fucking kidding me right now. No fucking way. "And who is this lovely young lady you're manhandling son?" As if she didn't know. My mind was a little sluggish since my IQ was about ten and a half right now. Yeah, all in the dick, but I'm putting this shit together. Mom's secret smiles, yeah, sneak. Kat didn't come here with Jared, Jared had a chick on the back of his bike. So how did she know about the barbecue? Of course, it was mom, and she had her sidekick with her."Hello, Chª" I started to say something, but the look on he
"Char, what the hell did you see?" "Hurt, she's hurt and hurt bad, El. I didn't see the whole of whatever happened. You know how I pick up emotions sometimes. Well, our new little sister had some shit thrown at her." Char shook her head as we headed for the liquor cabinet. I had a couple hundred people in my backyard where I should be playing hostess, but like doc said 'they'll keep'. "Colton will take care of it, and her, I know my son he's his father incarnate. Though I think Daniel got a little more of the sweet, and a little less of the gruff." "Colton's a good boy, I'm sure he'll do right by our girl...now...GORGEOUS." We started jumping up and down like two toddlers at Disney On Ice, big grins on our faces. "What are you two hens cackling about now?" Daniel sauntered into the room in his chinos and a nice silk tee. His hair was still wet from his shower, and he'd splashed on his special after shave. Dirty dog, he knows what that particular scent does to me, so I c
I could hear the party going on outside, and the laughter and gaiety while one so young suffered just feet away.Life is strange as fuck. Some people can be suffering while others have no clue, and they are just going along with their daily life as usual. I wanted to go down there and yell at them to get the fuck gone, which was stupid. None of those people had anything to do with what had happened to her. What I was really pissed about, was the fact that I couldn't act yet, and I wanted to be up and moving, but I needed to be holding her more. This changed things, and I couldn't just fall on her like I'd been about to. She was obviously still hurt, and still healing, so I'd have to watch, and gauge where she was in her head. One thing is for certain, she isn't staying in that fucking shell a minute longer. Why should she hide who she is, because those fucks were cowardly assholes? She hadn't done anything wrong, and as far as I can see, they'd taken more than enough from her al
"I do not like that person. She's so full of herself, and I know she was about to start her 'who is this' shit again...oh crap, did you want to talk to her, oh my gosh I'm so sorry...I didn't..." "Don't start second guessing yourself now, feel free to put Jennifer in her place anytime." I wanted to ask if she was his ex, or future or whatever, but I thought that was not my place, but then again the way he was holding onto me... "Exactly what are we doing?" "With what?" I swung our joined hands up for him to see. "Oh that, I'm getting you used to my touch, so get used to it. There's going to be a lot of that in your future." He smirked down at me. Gulp, why is it that my underwear always suffers in his presence? The old me would've voiced that question out loud, but the new me was a little more cautious...what Colton doesn't know is that there was more to the story. Like the way people had turned against me and my mom for accusing one of the city's golden sons of somethi