for her hand and
lifted it for a kiss hello. “Yeah, we’ve been planning the wedding for a few
months now.” She hid a smirk as she turned her head out the window.
“I didn’t ask months ago.” Was I
missing something here?
“Hayden, if I waited around for
you to ask we might never have got here. I’m surprised you even thought if it.
Holly and I had the talk, I had to square it away with her first after all, and
we decided that the best course of action was to do things ourselves and just
tell you about it when the time was right. I’m glad you came to the same
conclusion on your own though, it feels better this way.”
“Babe, if you
wanted to get married why didn’t you just say so?” She looked at me like I was
the village dunce, touchy ass woman. “Hold that thought let me call Deanna and
let her know we’re coming.” Deanna can be a real pain where Lily is concerned.
This morning’s theatrics wasn’t the first
time she’d spewed off at the mouth about Lily and Holly having contact, but we
both know that the condition of our custody deal leaned more heavily in my
favor than hers and that I was the one giving her a chance to be the mother she
claimed she wanted to be.
Every once in a while she forgot that
shit and spouted off like she’d lost her damn mind. I’m sure she knew I’d never
do anything to harm my kid and that’s why she thought she could get away with
shit, but I have the paperwork back home in a safe that could overturn her
apple cart any day.
Chapter 12
For the second time that day I
found myself having to deal with my ex, a situation that was known to put me in
a fucked up mood.
“Deanna is Holly awake?”
“Yes, why?”
“Tell her I’m coming to get her…”
“”Why what’s going on? it’s not
your weekend.”
“Don’t be stupid, just have her dressed and ready when I get
there.”
“Why? tell me what’s going on.”
There was
really no point in hiding the shit, she’d find out sooner or later anyway. “I’m
taking her to help me pick out a ring for her stepmother.” The silence on the
other end was answer enough. Even with all the shit she’d done I never wanted
to hurt her, she was still the mother of my kid, but her hurt feelings weren’t
going to stop me from going on with my life.
She hung up on
me, which meant she was going to try to make me jump through hoops to get my
kid out of the house. We pulled up and I left Lily in the truck while I went to
the door. The two women weren’t exactly friendly towards each other and it was
never a good idea to let them have too much exposure to one another. For all
her catholic schoolgirl upbringing Lily was a scrapper, she didn’t take shit
and she hated Deanna’s guts. Not least of all because of the shit she’d done to
me. To say Lily was protective of her man would be an understatement.
I could see
from her expression that she’d pretty much gaged the gist of the conversation
from Deanna’s end and she wasn’t looking too pleased. It was my job to smooth
out the rough edges and hope that my ex had enough sense not to start shit in
front of my kid. I also was not about to let her spoil Lily’s day. I had enough
sense left to know that that is some shit that I’d never hear the end of for
the next fifty fucking years. Women can hold a grudge like nobody’s business.
She took her sweet time answering
the door and when she finally did she tried blocking my way. “We’re not doing
this Deanna where’s Holly?”
“She’s not going anywhere and
just so you know she has one mother and that bitch will never be her mother
step or otherwise.”
“You sure you want to play this
game? Because we both know you’ll never win. Now I’ve always tried to be human
when dealing with you even though you don’t deserve that shit, but this right
here is not about to happen. You can either let me take my kid to the fucking
store and bring her back after I’ve fed her, or I can take her
lifted it for a kiss hello. “Yeah, we’ve been planning the wedding for a few
months now.” She hid a smirk as she turned her head out the window.
“I didn’t ask months ago.” Was I
missing something here?
“Hayden, if I waited around for
you to ask we might never have got here. I’m surprised you even thought if it.
Holly and I had the talk, I had to square it away with her first after all, and
we decided that the best course of action was to do things ourselves and just
tell you about it when the time was right. I’m glad you came to the same
conclusion on your own though, it feels better this way.”
“Babe, if you
wanted to get married why didn’t you just say so?” She looked at me like I was
the village dunce, touchy ass woman. “Hold that thought let me call Deanna and
let her know we’re coming.” Deanna can be a real pain where Lily is concerned.
This morning’s theatrics wasn’t the first
time she’d spewed off at the mouth about Lily and Holly having contact, but we
both know that the condition of our custody deal leaned more heavily in my
favor than hers and that I was the one giving her a chance to be the mother she
claimed she wanted to be.
Every once in a while she forgot that
shit and spouted off like she’d lost her damn mind. I’m sure she knew I’d never
do anything to harm my kid and that’s why she thought she could get away with
shit, but I have the paperwork back home in a safe that could overturn her
apple cart any day.
Chapter 12
For the second time that day I
found myself having to deal with my ex, a situation that was known to put me in
a fucked up mood.
“Deanna is Holly awake?”
“Yes, why?”
“Tell her I’m coming to get her…”
“”Why what’s going on? it’s not
your weekend.”
“Don’t be stupid, just have her dressed and ready when I get
there.”
“Why? tell me what’s going on.”
There was
really no point in hiding the shit, she’d find out sooner or later anyway. “I’m
taking her to help me pick out a ring for her stepmother.” The silence on the
other end was answer enough. Even with all the shit she’d done I never wanted
to hurt her, she was still the mother of my kid, but her hurt feelings weren’t
going to stop me from going on with my life.
She hung up on
me, which meant she was going to try to make me jump through hoops to get my
kid out of the house. We pulled up and I left Lily in the truck while I went to
the door. The two women weren’t exactly friendly towards each other and it was
never a good idea to let them have too much exposure to one another. For all
her catholic schoolgirl upbringing Lily was a scrapper, she didn’t take shit
and she hated Deanna’s guts. Not least of all because of the shit she’d done to
me. To say Lily was protective of her man would be an understatement.
I could see
from her expression that she’d pretty much gaged the gist of the conversation
from Deanna’s end and she wasn’t looking too pleased. It was my job to smooth
out the rough edges and hope that my ex had enough sense not to start shit in
front of my kid. I also was not about to let her spoil Lily’s day. I had enough
sense left to know that that is some shit that I’d never hear the end of for
the next fifty fucking years. Women can hold a grudge like nobody’s business.
She took her sweet time answering
the door and when she finally did she tried blocking my way. “We’re not doing
this Deanna where’s Holly?”
“She’s not going anywhere and
just so you know she has one mother and that bitch will never be her mother
step or otherwise.”
“You sure you want to play this
game? Because we both know you’ll never win. Now I’ve always tried to be human
when dealing with you even though you don’t deserve that shit, but this right
here is not about to happen. You can either let me take my kid to the fucking
store and bring her back after I’ve fed her, or I can take her
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