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many times did you guys hit him?” she asked, looking down at Owen, who was still unconscious on the living room floor.
“A bunch. Enough to lay him out. Why?”
“That more than makes up for him slapping me twice before you could stop him. I just want him gone from my house and my life.”
“Grace, I don’t know. Any man who would strike a woman deserves to be in jail for it. Wouldn’t it be better to call the police? He hit you hard enough to knock you down—”
“And you are my witnesses. Right now, I just want him gone. I’ll call Dave. If Owen’s still out cold when he gets here, just put him in his truck with the rest of his crap.”
Ethan snickered. “Gracie said crap.” Then he kissed her forehead and went to start gathering Owen’s stuff up.
Grace and Jack hurriedly stuffed all his clothes and shoes in garbage sacks, setting them in the living room as they filled them. She called Dave and asked him to come over to pick up Owen. Ethan gathered all the electronics and piled them in a cardboard box. She looked around at his belongings, seeing the evidence of her foolishness in allowing him to move in with her.
Most of the things in the bags and boxes were purchased with money she earned. A few were birthday or Christmas gifts, but the majority were things he’d told her he wanted that she had willingly purchased. It embarrassed her to look at his collection of crap bought with her money.
She felt the urge to kick him while he was down on the floor, but she resisted, wanting to kick herself even more for being so stupid all these years.
She picked up the laptop and looked at it, debating on keeping it. It had not been bought for him. She used it to check her online e-mail account and for using the Internet, but he had gradually taken it over. It was probably full of viruses. She placed it back in the box, knowing it would be more trouble than it was worth.
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Fifteen minutes later, Dave knocked on her screen door. He had the good sense to look embarrassed for his friend. He grimaced when he saw the swelling over her left cheekbone and looked at her men in fear when he saw them waiting inside. Owen moaned and shifted on the floor. Ethan and Jack hauled the bags and boxes out the door and put them in the back of Owen’s truck. Adam hauled Owen over his shoulder and carried him out and slung him into the bed of his truck as well. She handed Dave the truck keys.
Dave was barely able to look her in the eye. “You know he really loves you, right, Grace?”
“He’s got a funny way of showing it. I hope you don’t show your love to your girlfriend by backhanding her in the face.”
“He’s really going to regret this when he comes to.”
“He’s going to regret it even more if he comes back . My house is no longer his home.”
“Where should I take him?”
“I don’t know, Dave. You know more about his homes away from home than I would. Just tell him I said to not come back, ever.”
“I’ll tell him, but he’s not going to be happy about it.”
“Not my problem, Dave. I appreciate you coming to get him for me, though. Take care.”
He walked down the front walk to Owen’s truck, steering clear of her men as they cut the plastic wrap and cardboard shipping container away from something loaded in the back of Adam’s truck. It must be the part Adam needed. It seemed rather large for just a part.
Dave handed his keys to an unknown friend who had waited in the car for him, got into Owen’s truck, and drove away with Owen still moaning in the truck bed.
It felt so good to clean house. She smiled at her men even though it hurt her cheek just a little, ignoring the vehicles as they departed.
She walked over to Adam’s truck to see what they were up to. As they cut away the cardboard and removed the Styrofoam pieces, she realized what she was looking at. A completely brand-new compressor unit. Her jaw popped open. She took a wild guess at how much something like this would
“A bunch. Enough to lay him out. Why?”
“That more than makes up for him slapping me twice before you could stop him. I just want him gone from my house and my life.”
“Grace, I don’t know. Any man who would strike a woman deserves to be in jail for it. Wouldn’t it be better to call the police? He hit you hard enough to knock you down—”
“And you are my witnesses. Right now, I just want him gone. I’ll call Dave. If Owen’s still out cold when he gets here, just put him in his truck with the rest of his crap.”
Ethan snickered. “Gracie said crap.” Then he kissed her forehead and went to start gathering Owen’s stuff up.
Grace and Jack hurriedly stuffed all his clothes and shoes in garbage sacks, setting them in the living room as they filled them. She called Dave and asked him to come over to pick up Owen. Ethan gathered all the electronics and piled them in a cardboard box. She looked around at his belongings, seeing the evidence of her foolishness in allowing him to move in with her.
Most of the things in the bags and boxes were purchased with money she earned. A few were birthday or Christmas gifts, but the majority were things he’d told her he wanted that she had willingly purchased. It embarrassed her to look at his collection of crap bought with her money.
She felt the urge to kick him while he was down on the floor, but she resisted, wanting to kick herself even more for being so stupid all these years.
She picked up the laptop and looked at it, debating on keeping it. It had not been bought for him. She used it to check her online e-mail account and for using the Internet, but he had gradually taken it over. It was probably full of viruses. She placed it back in the box, knowing it would be more trouble than it was worth.
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Fifteen minutes later, Dave knocked on her screen door. He had the good sense to look embarrassed for his friend. He grimaced when he saw the swelling over her left cheekbone and looked at her men in fear when he saw them waiting inside. Owen moaned and shifted on the floor. Ethan and Jack hauled the bags and boxes out the door and put them in the back of Owen’s truck. Adam hauled Owen over his shoulder and carried him out and slung him into the bed of his truck as well. She handed Dave the truck keys.
Dave was barely able to look her in the eye. “You know he really loves you, right, Grace?”
“He’s got a funny way of showing it. I hope you don’t show your love to your girlfriend by backhanding her in the face.”
“He’s really going to regret this when he comes to.”
“He’s going to regret it even more if he comes back . My house is no longer his home.”
“Where should I take him?”
“I don’t know, Dave. You know more about his homes away from home than I would. Just tell him I said to not come back, ever.”
“I’ll tell him, but he’s not going to be happy about it.”
“Not my problem, Dave. I appreciate you coming to get him for me, though. Take care.”
He walked down the front walk to Owen’s truck, steering clear of her men as they cut the plastic wrap and cardboard shipping container away from something loaded in the back of Adam’s truck. It must be the part Adam needed. It seemed rather large for just a part.
Dave handed his keys to an unknown friend who had waited in the car for him, got into Owen’s truck, and drove away with Owen still moaning in the truck bed.
It felt so good to clean house. She smiled at her men even though it hurt her cheek just a little, ignoring the vehicles as they departed.
She walked over to Adam’s truck to see what they were up to. As they cut away the cardboard and removed the Styrofoam pieces, she realized what she was looking at. A completely brand-new compressor unit. Her jaw popped open. She took a wild guess at how much something like this would
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