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made a fool, just like me.”
Needless to say, the shock was so big it could have been an 8.1 on the Richter scale. Spencer wanted to murder Landry right there. “Sheriff, get this fuck out of here before I am arrested for murder.”
“Spencer, thanks for the tip on the car. It would have been overlooked and he would have gotten away with it.” Rose was in Spencer’s arms, resting her head on his chest, letting her tears coat his jacket.
“Rose, let’s go,” he pulled her away from the scene as they loaded Mitchell Landry into the back of the police car. Spencer opened the door and put her in the front seat of the truck.
Reed met up with the men at the cabin when he had gotten a call from his uncle. He had already been on his way up there to find his wayward woman and talk some sense into her, so he was able to get there in a hurry and explained to them that his uncle was on his way to confront Rose. Also that he was in love with Danielle. They had issues they needed to work out, so he was stealing her for the night, whether anybody liked it or not.
~Chapter Eleven~
After the crowd that was forming dispersed, the family decided to head back to the cabin and talk. There was a great deal of air to clear. Richard, Racheal, and their two youngest boys went in their truck while Spencer took Rose with him. Reed grabbed hold of Danielle’s hand and pulled her along to his truck. “Hey ass, I am going with my family. Let me go!” Danielle cried out.
“We are family now, so you are going with me. If you want to argue about it, I can tell them right now or we can talk and tell them together. It’s up to you, baby doll.”
“Fine, but I still think you’re an ass.” She made a face at the man she didn’t trust but couldn’t help but love. Once they were in the truck he stole her hand and looking at its emptiness and intertwined their fingers. He smiled when she didn’t reject his gesture and even squeezed his hand.
They talked the whole way back to the cabin. Stopping once on the way to get some things straightened out.
Further up the road Spencer pulled over to the side and put the truck in park.
“Rose, are you okay, sweetheart?”
“Spencer, I don’t know what to say. I just found out that Reed is my brother and my father is not my father.” Her eyes were full of unshed tears.
“What are you feeling?” He wanted to pull her into his arms but couldn’t, so he just held her hand and drew circles with his thumb.
“I feel sad for him. I really do. Two years ago things changed in our family, just about the time he started doing business with the Kane Corporation. He and my mother suddenly couldn’t stand each other, and they took it out on me. He no longer treated me like, well, like a daughter anymore. It was like I had become a bother, and I didn’t understand why until now.” Rose’s eyes were glazed over with tears as she gazed unseeingly out her window. Spencer wanted to punch her father again and her mother even more. He could kind of understand her father’s abandonment because he no longer had a child of his own flesh and blood. However, her mother had done all of them wrong and took it out on poor Rose. How could a mother do that to her child? Despite Landry’s assertion that Rose would be unfaithful, he realized her heart was too good to do something like that to him.
“Rose, it will get better, I promise. You have a new family and we will be making a new addition to that family if I get my way. By next Christmas you will be waddling around the house.”
“Look at me. I need you Rose and always will. Tell me you understand that.”
“I understand it,” she said solemnly.
“Yes you understand, but baby, what I want to know is can you believe it? Can you not compare your parents’ marriage and treatment of you and think about my feelings for you and the feelings I hope you are developing for me?”
“I can try,” she looked hopefully into his eyes. He exited the truck
Needless to say, the shock was so big it could have been an 8.1 on the Richter scale. Spencer wanted to murder Landry right there. “Sheriff, get this fuck out of here before I am arrested for murder.”
“Spencer, thanks for the tip on the car. It would have been overlooked and he would have gotten away with it.” Rose was in Spencer’s arms, resting her head on his chest, letting her tears coat his jacket.
“Rose, let’s go,” he pulled her away from the scene as they loaded Mitchell Landry into the back of the police car. Spencer opened the door and put her in the front seat of the truck.
Reed met up with the men at the cabin when he had gotten a call from his uncle. He had already been on his way up there to find his wayward woman and talk some sense into her, so he was able to get there in a hurry and explained to them that his uncle was on his way to confront Rose. Also that he was in love with Danielle. They had issues they needed to work out, so he was stealing her for the night, whether anybody liked it or not.
~Chapter Eleven~
After the crowd that was forming dispersed, the family decided to head back to the cabin and talk. There was a great deal of air to clear. Richard, Racheal, and their two youngest boys went in their truck while Spencer took Rose with him. Reed grabbed hold of Danielle’s hand and pulled her along to his truck. “Hey ass, I am going with my family. Let me go!” Danielle cried out.
“We are family now, so you are going with me. If you want to argue about it, I can tell them right now or we can talk and tell them together. It’s up to you, baby doll.”
“Fine, but I still think you’re an ass.” She made a face at the man she didn’t trust but couldn’t help but love. Once they were in the truck he stole her hand and looking at its emptiness and intertwined their fingers. He smiled when she didn’t reject his gesture and even squeezed his hand.
They talked the whole way back to the cabin. Stopping once on the way to get some things straightened out.
Further up the road Spencer pulled over to the side and put the truck in park.
“Rose, are you okay, sweetheart?”
“Spencer, I don’t know what to say. I just found out that Reed is my brother and my father is not my father.” Her eyes were full of unshed tears.
“What are you feeling?” He wanted to pull her into his arms but couldn’t, so he just held her hand and drew circles with his thumb.
“I feel sad for him. I really do. Two years ago things changed in our family, just about the time he started doing business with the Kane Corporation. He and my mother suddenly couldn’t stand each other, and they took it out on me. He no longer treated me like, well, like a daughter anymore. It was like I had become a bother, and I didn’t understand why until now.” Rose’s eyes were glazed over with tears as she gazed unseeingly out her window. Spencer wanted to punch her father again and her mother even more. He could kind of understand her father’s abandonment because he no longer had a child of his own flesh and blood. However, her mother had done all of them wrong and took it out on poor Rose. How could a mother do that to her child? Despite Landry’s assertion that Rose would be unfaithful, he realized her heart was too good to do something like that to him.
“Rose, it will get better, I promise. You have a new family and we will be making a new addition to that family if I get my way. By next Christmas you will be waddling around the house.”
“Look at me. I need you Rose and always will. Tell me you understand that.”
“I understand it,” she said solemnly.
“Yes you understand, but baby, what I want to know is can you believe it? Can you not compare your parents’ marriage and treatment of you and think about my feelings for you and the feelings I hope you are developing for me?”
“I can try,” she looked hopefully into his eyes. He exited the truck
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