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Authors: Emilia Beaumont
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sending an amateur to try and off me, one who hadn’t even popped his cherry yet. It told me that he was on edge, concerned about all the things I would do to him in retaliation, or had some ulterior motive that I couldn’t quite see yet.
“Well I’m coming for you, motherfucker,” I said to the empty room, seething as I stared down at the body on my kitchen floor. It was game on now and I was going to win.
Twelve
Jack
Eight Years Earlier
“ M ay I present to you the graduating class of Lincoln High!”
Jack watched as the bevy of caps was thrown into the air, unable to fight the grin that spread across his face. Hazel had done it; she had graduated high school. He had made it back just in time to see her Salutatorian speech, surprised as she thanked not only her father but also him for helping her get to where she was today.
It had been nearly a year since he had visited, ever since that one night on the side of the road when they shared a kiss that shouldn’t have happened. He’d dropped her off at the house and roared off into the night, never looking back, throwing himself into his work as he tried to forget the softness of her lips against his or the way she had professed her love for him, drunkenly, of course. Some part of him hoped that she hadn’t remembered any of it… but others desperately wanted all the things she’d said to be true.
The crowd started to disperse, and Jack pushed away from the tree where he was standing, scanning the horde of people for Nixon and Hazel. While he knew he should leave, he wanted to see the shininess of her eyes and the proud look on the old man’s face as he saw what his daughter had accomplished. Spotting them near the exit, Jack strode over and watched the range of emotions play over Hazel’s face before she launched herself at him.
No, she hadn’t forgotten anything at all, he thought, secretly pleased.
Damn, she was beautiful. Her eyes glistened and her long hair played around her face as he allowed her to wrap herself around him. He felt the softness against his skin and tamped down the want to have her, knowing that Hazel was completely off-limits to him. Nixon would kill Jack if he touched his baby girl in any other way that wasn’t fraternal. Still, he was glad that she’d grown up; at least now it didn’t feel so weird lusting after her… He was a man with needs, after all.
“I knew you would come,” she said breathlessly as she squeezed his neck tightly, her lips grazing his skin. “I knew you wouldn’t miss this.”
“Hell no,” he chuckled softly, fighting the urge to bury his hands in her hair. Instead he let his hands dangle at his side as she pulled back, her shining eyes looking into his. “Did you hear my speech?”
“Every bit of it,” he replied, reaching into his coat pocket to extract a small box. “Here, happy graduation, Hazel.” Her eyes went round as she took the box, opening it with a gasp. The delicate chain held a perfect diamond pendant, and as she pulled it out of the box, the light caught the diamond, causing it to sparkle in the sun. “Oh my god, it’s beautiful.”
“That must have cost you a pretty penny,” Nixon remarked as he came over to Jack, slapping him on the back. “Business must be going well?” Jack shrugged as Hazel clasped it around her neck, the swell of pride rushing through his system as she smiled at him. He wanted to buy her a ton of diamonds if it meant he’d receive that smile every time, but their lives were too different now. It was too dangerous for him to be around her.
“I’ve got to go,” he said, earning a surprised look from both of them. This was getting too uncomfortable; his nerves were too much on edge. “I just wanted to give you that.”
“B-but we are going out to eat,” Hazel stammered, a hurt look crossing her face. “Please come, Jack. It will be like old times.”
Jack looked into her beautiful face and could feel the yes on his tongue, just so he could
“Well I’m coming for you, motherfucker,” I said to the empty room, seething as I stared down at the body on my kitchen floor. It was game on now and I was going to win.
Twelve
Jack
Eight Years Earlier
“ M ay I present to you the graduating class of Lincoln High!”
Jack watched as the bevy of caps was thrown into the air, unable to fight the grin that spread across his face. Hazel had done it; she had graduated high school. He had made it back just in time to see her Salutatorian speech, surprised as she thanked not only her father but also him for helping her get to where she was today.
It had been nearly a year since he had visited, ever since that one night on the side of the road when they shared a kiss that shouldn’t have happened. He’d dropped her off at the house and roared off into the night, never looking back, throwing himself into his work as he tried to forget the softness of her lips against his or the way she had professed her love for him, drunkenly, of course. Some part of him hoped that she hadn’t remembered any of it… but others desperately wanted all the things she’d said to be true.
The crowd started to disperse, and Jack pushed away from the tree where he was standing, scanning the horde of people for Nixon and Hazel. While he knew he should leave, he wanted to see the shininess of her eyes and the proud look on the old man’s face as he saw what his daughter had accomplished. Spotting them near the exit, Jack strode over and watched the range of emotions play over Hazel’s face before she launched herself at him.
No, she hadn’t forgotten anything at all, he thought, secretly pleased.
Damn, she was beautiful. Her eyes glistened and her long hair played around her face as he allowed her to wrap herself around him. He felt the softness against his skin and tamped down the want to have her, knowing that Hazel was completely off-limits to him. Nixon would kill Jack if he touched his baby girl in any other way that wasn’t fraternal. Still, he was glad that she’d grown up; at least now it didn’t feel so weird lusting after her… He was a man with needs, after all.
“I knew you would come,” she said breathlessly as she squeezed his neck tightly, her lips grazing his skin. “I knew you wouldn’t miss this.”
“Hell no,” he chuckled softly, fighting the urge to bury his hands in her hair. Instead he let his hands dangle at his side as she pulled back, her shining eyes looking into his. “Did you hear my speech?”
“Every bit of it,” he replied, reaching into his coat pocket to extract a small box. “Here, happy graduation, Hazel.” Her eyes went round as she took the box, opening it with a gasp. The delicate chain held a perfect diamond pendant, and as she pulled it out of the box, the light caught the diamond, causing it to sparkle in the sun. “Oh my god, it’s beautiful.”
“That must have cost you a pretty penny,” Nixon remarked as he came over to Jack, slapping him on the back. “Business must be going well?” Jack shrugged as Hazel clasped it around her neck, the swell of pride rushing through his system as she smiled at him. He wanted to buy her a ton of diamonds if it meant he’d receive that smile every time, but their lives were too different now. It was too dangerous for him to be around her.
“I’ve got to go,” he said, earning a surprised look from both of them. This was getting too uncomfortable; his nerves were too much on edge. “I just wanted to give you that.”
“B-but we are going out to eat,” Hazel stammered, a hurt look crossing her face. “Please come, Jack. It will be like old times.”
Jack looked into her beautiful face and could feel the yes on his tongue, just so he could
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