getting engaged at your age? You're only twenty-three."
"I fell in love," I said coolly. "The right girl came along and I was sold." I stared at her, daring her to say something to contradict me.
"You got her pregnant, didn't you?" Cindy sneered. "Damn it, Carter," she hissed. "What was the first rule I taught you? Wear a goddamn glove."
"That's got nothing to do with why I'm marrying her," I growled frustrated as hell that my intentions towards Lee were being questioned, fucking sullied. "She's amazing. I'm in love with her."
"I bet," Cindy said in a sarcastic tone of voice. "So, you're telling me if I visited your amazing fiancée, I wouldn't find a whole bunch of mini Kyle Carter's running around the place."
My silence obviously answered her question because she tossed her hands in the air and hissed loudly. "You idiot," she spat. "I can't believe you allowed yourself to become a target like this. I thought you were smarter than this. How long do you even know this girl?"
"You know what," I snarled. "I don't need this shit from you. I'm glad you're here, Cindy. I have plenty questions about your AWOL aunt, but keep your opinion on my family to yourself."
"Don't get all pissy with me, Kyle…"
"Then don't jump to conclusions about my relationship with my woman," I shot back, furious.
"Your woman," she scoffed.
"That's right," I snarled as I stepped around her and stalked over to my desk. "My woman," I repeated as I sat down and folded my arms across my chest. "My only woman."
Her face reddened. "Okay, I'm sorry." Her shoulders dropped as she let out a deep breath. "Does she know how lucky she is to have you?"
"I'm more interested in knowing what's going on with your aunt," I tossed out, irritated as fuck that Cindy was still trying to bring Lee up to me. "Where is she, Cindy?" Resting my elbows on the desk, I leaned forward and met my ex whatever-the-hell-she-was with an unyielding stare, daring her to lie to my face. "Where is Linda?"
"I can't say," Cindy mumbled as her eyes filled up with tears. "I want to," she added quietly. "I think what they're doing is so wrong, but I can't go against her wishes."
"Her wishes?" I shook my head and jerked out of my chair. "What the hell is going on?" I all but roared. "Tell, me, Cindy."
"I can't, Kyle," Cindy whispered.
Walking over to the door, she pulled it open and smiled back at me. "I'll be in contact," she added before stepping out of my office and closing the door behind her. Jesus Christ, if someone didn't fill me in on what was happening soon I was going to lose my damn mind.
My phone decided to choose this moment to ring and I groaned in frustration before putting it to my ear. "This better be important," I muttered, not bothering to check who was calling. I was too fucking tired to care anymore.
"How's my soon to be son-in-law?"
My blood ran cold before quickly turning into molten lava in my veins as the sound of Jimmy Bennett's slurred voice drummed through my ears. "A lot better than you by the sounds of it, asshole," I snarled. "It's a little early to be hitting the whiskey, don't you think?"
"How's my little grandbaby?" he taunted and I was out of my chair and pacing the room, my body burning the hell up with pure rage. "How's your little whore?"
"You obviously have terrible survival instincts, Jimmy," I shot back, furious. "In case you've forgotten, the last time we spoke I warned you about what would happen if you brought my family up to me again."
"They're my family too, boy," he sneered.
"No," I hissed. "You gave up the right to call Lee your family the second you put your hands on her, and every time after that for eighteen fucking years." Clenching my eyes shut, I inhaled deeply and tried to calm down. I had bigger issues than this drunken piece of shit. "What do you want, Jimmy?"
"Money," he replied automatically. "What I'm owed. Pay up, Carter, and then I'll leave y'all alone. For good." Chuckling he added, "You want me outta Delia's life
"I fell in love," I said coolly. "The right girl came along and I was sold." I stared at her, daring her to say something to contradict me.
"You got her pregnant, didn't you?" Cindy sneered. "Damn it, Carter," she hissed. "What was the first rule I taught you? Wear a goddamn glove."
"That's got nothing to do with why I'm marrying her," I growled frustrated as hell that my intentions towards Lee were being questioned, fucking sullied. "She's amazing. I'm in love with her."
"I bet," Cindy said in a sarcastic tone of voice. "So, you're telling me if I visited your amazing fiancée, I wouldn't find a whole bunch of mini Kyle Carter's running around the place."
My silence obviously answered her question because she tossed her hands in the air and hissed loudly. "You idiot," she spat. "I can't believe you allowed yourself to become a target like this. I thought you were smarter than this. How long do you even know this girl?"
"You know what," I snarled. "I don't need this shit from you. I'm glad you're here, Cindy. I have plenty questions about your AWOL aunt, but keep your opinion on my family to yourself."
"Don't get all pissy with me, Kyle…"
"Then don't jump to conclusions about my relationship with my woman," I shot back, furious.
"Your woman," she scoffed.
"That's right," I snarled as I stepped around her and stalked over to my desk. "My woman," I repeated as I sat down and folded my arms across my chest. "My only woman."
Her face reddened. "Okay, I'm sorry." Her shoulders dropped as she let out a deep breath. "Does she know how lucky she is to have you?"
"I'm more interested in knowing what's going on with your aunt," I tossed out, irritated as fuck that Cindy was still trying to bring Lee up to me. "Where is she, Cindy?" Resting my elbows on the desk, I leaned forward and met my ex whatever-the-hell-she-was with an unyielding stare, daring her to lie to my face. "Where is Linda?"
"I can't say," Cindy mumbled as her eyes filled up with tears. "I want to," she added quietly. "I think what they're doing is so wrong, but I can't go against her wishes."
"Her wishes?" I shook my head and jerked out of my chair. "What the hell is going on?" I all but roared. "Tell, me, Cindy."
"I can't, Kyle," Cindy whispered.
Walking over to the door, she pulled it open and smiled back at me. "I'll be in contact," she added before stepping out of my office and closing the door behind her. Jesus Christ, if someone didn't fill me in on what was happening soon I was going to lose my damn mind.
My phone decided to choose this moment to ring and I groaned in frustration before putting it to my ear. "This better be important," I muttered, not bothering to check who was calling. I was too fucking tired to care anymore.
"How's my soon to be son-in-law?"
My blood ran cold before quickly turning into molten lava in my veins as the sound of Jimmy Bennett's slurred voice drummed through my ears. "A lot better than you by the sounds of it, asshole," I snarled. "It's a little early to be hitting the whiskey, don't you think?"
"How's my little grandbaby?" he taunted and I was out of my chair and pacing the room, my body burning the hell up with pure rage. "How's your little whore?"
"You obviously have terrible survival instincts, Jimmy," I shot back, furious. "In case you've forgotten, the last time we spoke I warned you about what would happen if you brought my family up to me again."
"They're my family too, boy," he sneered.
"No," I hissed. "You gave up the right to call Lee your family the second you put your hands on her, and every time after that for eighteen fucking years." Clenching my eyes shut, I inhaled deeply and tried to calm down. I had bigger issues than this drunken piece of shit. "What do you want, Jimmy?"
"Money," he replied automatically. "What I'm owed. Pay up, Carter, and then I'll leave y'all alone. For good." Chuckling he added, "You want me outta Delia's life
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