in a couple hours with a warrant.” He
swallowed audibly but still had to play the big man to save face. “Now.” That
got him moving when he realized I wasn’t bullshitting. “Go on in baby and get
whatever you want to take with you together, we’ll swing by and pick it up when
we’re heading out.” She actually had to
sidestep him to get through the door, his last power play I suppose but I
wasn’t willing to give him even that. “Out of the way asshole before I knock
you on your ass.”
He turned to follow
her inside but I pulled him up short. “You stay out here, go on and see your
mom Jacqueline.”
“I beg your pardon this is my home you have no
rights here.”
“Yeah but your track record isn’t so good where
my Wife is concerned so you’ll stay your ass out here so I can keep an eye on
you while she does what she came here for.”
“You really think you’re something don’t you? I
promise you that that badge of yours means nothing to me…”
“You remember what I whispered in your ear last
night that had you turning white as sheet? Well I lied; I already know
everything there is to know. That’s why when she comes back out here you’re
going to go into your safe and give her what’s hers.”
“I don’t know what you’re talking about.” He
looked everywhere but at me, it was hell realizing your enemy had the goods on
you.
“Sure you do, you know her inheritance that her
maternal grandfather left her? She’s twenty one now so you have no more rights
over it.”
“I knew it, I knew that’s why you came sniffing
around my daughter.”
“No asshole you’re wrong, I didn’t know shit
about it until after I was here the last time. When I went back I did some
research, I made it a mission to dig up every speck of dirt on you and I found
plenty. Good luck getting out of that hole you dug yourself with that shoddy
oil deal you fuck.” He stepped back and looked around to see if anyone else was
listening in. “You can’t…it’ll ruin me.”
“Give her her money,
and before you try any of your underhanded tricks I know every dime down to the
last penny that she’s due including interest, so if you’ve been dipping into
that pot you’d better figure out how you’re gonna put it back in say, the next
ten minutes. Now when she walks out that door you’re going to treat her like a
daughter and you’re gonna go get what’s hers and bring it out here and put it
in her hands respectfully or I’ll take great pleasure in breaking your fucking
neck.”
When she came out
half an hour later I’d already threatened him with everything I had. He was not
to stand in her way if she chose to call her mom in the future, which I’m sure
she’d want to. I had to glare at him to get the ball rolling. “Uh Jacqueline I
have something that belongs to you.” He said it like he was having his tooth
pulled but at least he wasn’t yelling. “What is it dad?” Still so respectful, I
knew that after all he’d done she still wished for even one small kernel of the
love a man was supposed to show his daughter. Asshole, that’s okay, I’ll just
have to spend the next sixty years making up for it. He went in and came back
out with a packet. I could see how much it pained him to give it to her and I
wasn’t ashamed to gloat over it. She opened it up and started reading. “What is
this?” I looked at him when he took too long to answer her.
“It’s what your
grandfather left you when he died, you were supposed to get it on your twenty first
birthday I’ve been keeping an eye on it for you over the years.” Yeah right.
“But what does it mean?” I could understand her
confusion. There was a fuck load of zeroes at the end of that number.
“It means you’re rich let’s go we have to be on
the road soon.” She turned to say bye to the asshole but he turned his back on
her and went inside. Good riddance. I hugged and kissed her while she kept
staring down at the paper in her
swallowed audibly but still had to play the big man to save face. “Now.” That
got him moving when he realized I wasn’t bullshitting. “Go on in baby and get
whatever you want to take with you together, we’ll swing by and pick it up when
we’re heading out.” She actually had to
sidestep him to get through the door, his last power play I suppose but I
wasn’t willing to give him even that. “Out of the way asshole before I knock
you on your ass.”
He turned to follow
her inside but I pulled him up short. “You stay out here, go on and see your
mom Jacqueline.”
“I beg your pardon this is my home you have no
rights here.”
“Yeah but your track record isn’t so good where
my Wife is concerned so you’ll stay your ass out here so I can keep an eye on
you while she does what she came here for.”
“You really think you’re something don’t you? I
promise you that that badge of yours means nothing to me…”
“You remember what I whispered in your ear last
night that had you turning white as sheet? Well I lied; I already know
everything there is to know. That’s why when she comes back out here you’re
going to go into your safe and give her what’s hers.”
“I don’t know what you’re talking about.” He
looked everywhere but at me, it was hell realizing your enemy had the goods on
you.
“Sure you do, you know her inheritance that her
maternal grandfather left her? She’s twenty one now so you have no more rights
over it.”
“I knew it, I knew that’s why you came sniffing
around my daughter.”
“No asshole you’re wrong, I didn’t know shit
about it until after I was here the last time. When I went back I did some
research, I made it a mission to dig up every speck of dirt on you and I found
plenty. Good luck getting out of that hole you dug yourself with that shoddy
oil deal you fuck.” He stepped back and looked around to see if anyone else was
listening in. “You can’t…it’ll ruin me.”
“Give her her money,
and before you try any of your underhanded tricks I know every dime down to the
last penny that she’s due including interest, so if you’ve been dipping into
that pot you’d better figure out how you’re gonna put it back in say, the next
ten minutes. Now when she walks out that door you’re going to treat her like a
daughter and you’re gonna go get what’s hers and bring it out here and put it
in her hands respectfully or I’ll take great pleasure in breaking your fucking
neck.”
When she came out
half an hour later I’d already threatened him with everything I had. He was not
to stand in her way if she chose to call her mom in the future, which I’m sure
she’d want to. I had to glare at him to get the ball rolling. “Uh Jacqueline I
have something that belongs to you.” He said it like he was having his tooth
pulled but at least he wasn’t yelling. “What is it dad?” Still so respectful, I
knew that after all he’d done she still wished for even one small kernel of the
love a man was supposed to show his daughter. Asshole, that’s okay, I’ll just
have to spend the next sixty years making up for it. He went in and came back
out with a packet. I could see how much it pained him to give it to her and I
wasn’t ashamed to gloat over it. She opened it up and started reading. “What is
this?” I looked at him when he took too long to answer her.
“It’s what your
grandfather left you when he died, you were supposed to get it on your twenty first
birthday I’ve been keeping an eye on it for you over the years.” Yeah right.
“But what does it mean?” I could understand her
confusion. There was a fuck load of zeroes at the end of that number.
“It means you’re rich let’s go we have to be on
the road soon.” She turned to say bye to the asshole but he turned his back on
her and went inside. Good riddance. I hugged and kissed her while she kept
staring down at the paper in her
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