good reason, the fuck.
I wasn't exactly calm, but
dad had a point. If I got into that kind of trouble not only would I fuck my
future in the medical profession, but it would interfere with my ability to be
here for her, and she fucking needed me. I 'll deal with my own shit later.
He needed to be dealt with but right now she
came first.
When Jules released her she
flew into my arms. I kissed her hair to let her know everything was okay for.
She’d had enough for one day. I’ll save my crazy for later but this shit was
on.
"Please don't do anything stupid Roman,
please." She clutched at me as I held her tighter.
"I'll make sure he stays put baby sis,
don't worry about it." He ruffled her hair as he inclined his head to me,
which meant he wanted a word in private.
I passed my girl off to my
mom and sister for safe keeping after whispering reassurances in her ear. I
followed my father and brother from the room. Some shit women just don’t need
to know about. Especially nosy ass mom, she likes to diffuse shit. As soon as
we were out of sight of them my brother turned and glared at me. “How the fuck
did you let this shit happen?”
“I wasn’t there bro, he
waited until I left. The fuck.”
“This the first time?” Right to the point,
that’s what I’m talking about.
“I don’t think so but I’m waiting for her to
calm down so I can get to the bottom of it.”
“Fair enough.” He went to get a drink leaving me alone with dad.
“Dad where do we stand if I go after him? He
might put up a fight about her staying here and I’m telling you now she’s not
going back.”
“Kenneth Baldwin knows better than to fuck with
me and mine son. Let’s just wait and see what he does next.”
“Fuck waiting. He gets to pay for this shit,
your words dad, remember? Vicki belongs to Roman, someone put hands on her he
has to stand up.” Jules came out of the kitchen with a juice bottle and a
scowl.
“But this is her father.”
“Your point?”
Fuck If Jules went on the warpath the sheriff is
so fucked. “I get first dibs bro, my girl.”
Chapter 19
ROMAN
I had to tell them everything
but I told it from Vicki's point of view, her version of events leading up to
the kiss.
Julius looked ready to go beat the shit out of
Crafton for putting her in that position in the first place. I was down with
that, but dad was watching us like we were adopted miscreants.
"What the hell did your mother
raise?" Whatever. He kept saying shit like that each time we threw an idea
out there. I don’t know what he expected us to do with the fucks. Have tea?
"So, how're we going at this fuck
bro?" See, my brother knows me very well.
"I'm not sure yet but I do know anyone as
fucked up as he is, must have skeletons in their closet. I plan on finding every
last one and using them to bury the fuck."
"Good thinking bro, I'll
start digging, by the time we're through with his abusive ass he wouldn't know
what the fuck hit him, you're not sending her back there right?"
"Fuck no, she ain't ever going back if I
have anything to say about it. Speaking of which, I need to go get the rest of
her shit and her new jeep."
"We'll all go, I don't think it's a good
idea for you to be alone with the sheriff." Dad was such a worrier.
We kicked around ideas for a
while, all of which dad found fault with in between bemoaning us as criminals.
Jules wanted to beat the shit out of the
sheriff, which was my number one favorite. Either that he said or pay someone else to do it, whichever way works for me but
dad forbid it.
I left them and went in
search of my girl. We had a few things to hash out. She was in the living room
with my mom, sis and Tinks . I just picked her up and
headed upstairs with her after thanking the others for watching over her for
me.
I wasn't too fucking happy to see tear tracks
still on her face but I guess she had to get it all out of her system.
"Babe you know I'm not
letting you go back there right? There's no
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