Taylor grabbed my hand and pulled me along after her. I couldn’t hear anything from my heart pounding in my ears.
“Daddy! Mom! What are y’all doing here?”
Shit! What is his name? Bill. No, that’s not right.
Taylor’s father glared at me as he replied, “We thought we’d come and check out where our daughter had decided to move in the flash of a second.”
Brody? Bryan! No . . . fuck. Brock. Benji? What the fuck, Jase!
“Daddy, this is Jase. Jase Morris.”
Brantly. Brendon.
“Jase, this is my father.”
Taylor’s father stuck his hand out as I saw my whole life flash before my eyes.
“Mr. Atwood, it’s a pleasure to meet you.”
He gripped the hell out of my hand as I tried not to show the pain. “So, you’re the boy my daughter has been pining over for the last few months. Crazy you’ll now be living less than an hour away from her. How lucky for us.”
The lump in my throat kept me from saying a word. Taylor dropped my hand and balled her fists as she stood directly in front of her father.
“Dad! I can’t even believe how rude you’re being right now.”
“Why? This kid is the reason you’ve lost your damn mind, isn’t he?”
The woman standing next to him I assumed was Taylor’s mom. She hit him lightly on the chest. “Brad, stop acting like this.”
“Brad!” I shouted as I snapped my fingers and smiled. All eyes were now on me. “Oh. I was trying to remember what your first name was, sir.”
Rolling his eyes, Brad turned to Taylor’s mom.
“Jase, this is my mother, Amanda. Mom, this is Jase.”
Amanda walked up and held her hand out for me. “It’s a pleasure to meet you ma’am.”
She grinned sweetly and said, “Please, call me Amanda and ignore Taylor’s father. He seems to forget she is twenty-four and a grown woman.”
“I have not. I just hate seeing her making bad decisions.”
Taylor’s mouth dropped practically to the ground. “What? Is that what you think I’m doing?”
“Um, Brad why don’t you come on in and we’ll have a beer. Taylor, here is the key to the cabin. Everything is clean and ready to go,” Scott said.
“I’ll help you get settled in,” Amanda said as she glared at Brad.
Walking up to Scott, Taylor took the key. “Thank you so much, Scott. Thank you for taking a chance and giving me this amazing opportunity. Even if my father thinks I’m making a bad decision.”
With a frustrated sigh, Brad threw his hands up. “Not with the job. With him!”
All eyes were back on me again, and I was beginning to wish I had just talked Taylor into doing this tomorrow. We would be back in her apartment right now wrapped up in each other instead of being here with Brad ready to beat the shit out of me.
“Ugh! I’m not listening to this. Mom, you’re more than welcome to come and help Jase and I, but Dad is not welcome.”
Taylor stormed off to her car, got in and started it. I stood there bouncing my eyes from the car back to Brad. What would my father tell me to do?
“Mr. Atwood, I know you don’t think very highly of me, but I love your daughter and I plan on spending the rest of my life making her happy and making up for the heartbreak I caused her. There isn’t a day that goes by that I don’t wish I had done things differently. But I can’t change the past, so I’m going to focus on the future and she is the only thing I see in my future.”
Scott cleared his throat and smiled as Brad took a deep breath in and slowly pushed it out. “You say you love her? How do you know you love her?”
With a smile, I simply said what I felt. “I can’t imagine my life without her in it.”
Brad narrowed his eyes and turned his head slightly away from me. He looked at Scott and then Amanda. “That girl is my life. My baby. I swear if you ever hurt her again, I’ll break both your legs and arms and trust me, when I’m done with you, you will never be able to spawn children.”
The instant pain I felt in my dick would insure I
“Daddy! Mom! What are y’all doing here?”
Shit! What is his name? Bill. No, that’s not right.
Taylor’s father glared at me as he replied, “We thought we’d come and check out where our daughter had decided to move in the flash of a second.”
Brody? Bryan! No . . . fuck. Brock. Benji? What the fuck, Jase!
“Daddy, this is Jase. Jase Morris.”
Brantly. Brendon.
“Jase, this is my father.”
Taylor’s father stuck his hand out as I saw my whole life flash before my eyes.
“Mr. Atwood, it’s a pleasure to meet you.”
He gripped the hell out of my hand as I tried not to show the pain. “So, you’re the boy my daughter has been pining over for the last few months. Crazy you’ll now be living less than an hour away from her. How lucky for us.”
The lump in my throat kept me from saying a word. Taylor dropped my hand and balled her fists as she stood directly in front of her father.
“Dad! I can’t even believe how rude you’re being right now.”
“Why? This kid is the reason you’ve lost your damn mind, isn’t he?”
The woman standing next to him I assumed was Taylor’s mom. She hit him lightly on the chest. “Brad, stop acting like this.”
“Brad!” I shouted as I snapped my fingers and smiled. All eyes were now on me. “Oh. I was trying to remember what your first name was, sir.”
Rolling his eyes, Brad turned to Taylor’s mom.
“Jase, this is my mother, Amanda. Mom, this is Jase.”
Amanda walked up and held her hand out for me. “It’s a pleasure to meet you ma’am.”
She grinned sweetly and said, “Please, call me Amanda and ignore Taylor’s father. He seems to forget she is twenty-four and a grown woman.”
“I have not. I just hate seeing her making bad decisions.”
Taylor’s mouth dropped practically to the ground. “What? Is that what you think I’m doing?”
“Um, Brad why don’t you come on in and we’ll have a beer. Taylor, here is the key to the cabin. Everything is clean and ready to go,” Scott said.
“I’ll help you get settled in,” Amanda said as she glared at Brad.
Walking up to Scott, Taylor took the key. “Thank you so much, Scott. Thank you for taking a chance and giving me this amazing opportunity. Even if my father thinks I’m making a bad decision.”
With a frustrated sigh, Brad threw his hands up. “Not with the job. With him!”
All eyes were back on me again, and I was beginning to wish I had just talked Taylor into doing this tomorrow. We would be back in her apartment right now wrapped up in each other instead of being here with Brad ready to beat the shit out of me.
“Ugh! I’m not listening to this. Mom, you’re more than welcome to come and help Jase and I, but Dad is not welcome.”
Taylor stormed off to her car, got in and started it. I stood there bouncing my eyes from the car back to Brad. What would my father tell me to do?
“Mr. Atwood, I know you don’t think very highly of me, but I love your daughter and I plan on spending the rest of my life making her happy and making up for the heartbreak I caused her. There isn’t a day that goes by that I don’t wish I had done things differently. But I can’t change the past, so I’m going to focus on the future and she is the only thing I see in my future.”
Scott cleared his throat and smiled as Brad took a deep breath in and slowly pushed it out. “You say you love her? How do you know you love her?”
With a smile, I simply said what I felt. “I can’t imagine my life without her in it.”
Brad narrowed his eyes and turned his head slightly away from me. He looked at Scott and then Amanda. “That girl is my life. My baby. I swear if you ever hurt her again, I’ll break both your legs and arms and trust me, when I’m done with you, you will never be able to spawn children.”
The instant pain I felt in my dick would insure I
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