Chapter 47

Damon

My last conversation with Alex kept me worried continuously. He had formed a much deeper bond with Hayley and the kids than I could even imagine. I never expected that Hayley would even act that welcoming to any other person. But there he was, telling me all about his feelings and how he deserved her and that he was going to make them be together. Telling me all that to my face! How dare he! Hayley is mine and I won’t let anybody snatch her away from me.

I had to remove Alex from the picture one way or the other. But how? How was I going to learn more about the man? How was I going to make him lose interest in Hayley? That seemed impossible judging from our discussion, then how was I going to make him disappear from our lives? All without leaving any traces that lead back to me.

These questions occupied my mind all day long, swimming from one end of my brain to the other endlessly. I was never a man that accepted defeats and I was not going to start now. He was messing with my