Chapter 3
Jayden
“Sit your ass down Jay!” Savvy yells before I feel a whack on the back of my head.
I slowly turn around giving her the eye. When I glance down and see a brownie on the floor, I reach up to wipe crumbs from my hair.
“A fucking brownie Savvy? Damn girl, and we thought Ashlyn was bad.”
“Watch yourself Jay, you may be holding my child but I can cut you with one word.” She stares at me knowingly.
I look down into my arms seeing my niece Mia sleeping on me. “You made your mamma a psychopath. Yes you did pretty girl.” Savvy gets up and I gently hold Mia in front of me as a shield.
“Real nice Jay. Using poor, helpless Mia to prevent a beat down.” She proceeds to awkwardly bend down and retrieve the brownie off the floor that she threw at me moments ago.
“There are plenty more you know.” Ash laughs.
“Screw you. This one has the best chocolate chip ratio.”
“You can’t even see the inside!” Ash laughs.
“It’s like a sixth sense, I know.” She taps the side of her head before sitting back down on the couch and eating the contaminated dessert.
My brothers make their way into the room. Zander heads for Savvy and Josh expertly grabs Mia from my lap before he joins Ash on the love seat. Ass bag, I wasn’t done with her yet.
“How the fuck can I be her favorite uncle if you only let me hold her for three minutes at a time. I need to bond with her, let her know that I’m her cool uncle.”
“Don’t pout Jay, you don’t have a chance up against me.” Zander laughs as he rubs his wife’s swollen belly.
We’re all together at Savvy’s dads house for the Super Bowl. Their team made it all the way to the end this year. I’d never admit it to Savvy or her dad Jack, but I’m secretly rooting for them. Tom Brady kicks ass. But I’ll never tell them that, none of us will. We like to ruffle their feathers. They’re so hardcore it’s not hard to do.
I’m about to say something about how shitty their team is when the front door opens and Georgie walks through.
“I know, I know. Sorry I’m late guys. My alarm didn’t go off and I woke up super late.” She’s wearing oversized sunglasses, a hoody and some skinny jeans. Casual has never looked so sexy. That and the fact that she turned me down over a month ago makes her my unicorn. And now I have a boner.
Ashlyn looks at her thoughtfully. “Slept in? It’s seven at night.”
“I got home late.” Georgie mumbles before heading to the kitchen.
Jumping to my feet, I follow her. When I walk through the entrance I pass Jack and he shoots me a knowing look. I shrug my shoulders and mumble that I need another beer.
I see her bent over the countertop with her head in her hands. Her ass is facing me and it’s fucking perfect. The way she’s acting gives me pause and keeps me from fully enjoying the view.
I clear my throat. “Hey.”
She jumps up and faces me. Her eyes are blood shot and she looks exhausted. “Is everything okay?” I make my way towards her.
“Oh, hey Jayden. Everything’s fine.”
“Why don’t you call me Jay like everyone else?” I question. She always uses my full name.
“I like your name.” She whispers.
Shaking her head, she walks over towards the fridge and opens the door grabbing a soda. As the door shuts I can’t help myself. I place myself right up against her back. Damn she smells good. A mix of vanilla and something fruity. Its intoxicating. I hear her sharp intake of breath as I lean in, placing my nose along the column of her throat and fully take in her scent.
“Wha… what are you doing?” She asks nervously.
I place my hands on her hips and push my erection into her. Her little moan that’s barely above a whisper almost goes unnoticed. Almost.
“Do you have any idea how hard it is to resist you? Do you know how easy it would be to pull these sexy as fuck pants down and slide my cock into your wet and eager pussy? To push you right up against this fridge and fuck you from behind as I squeeze these tits that keep calling out for my hands. All while wondering if someone will catch us. Just the thought makes me so fucking hard. Would you like that Georgie? Does the thought of someone walking in right now excite you?” I grind my cock against her ass for good measure. Her sharp intake of air makes me smile.
“Jayden, you have to stop.”
And I do, so I back up and walk to the other side of the counter before facing her. She’s still looking towards the fridge, her breathing erratic like my own. Why couldn’t I keep my distance? Knowing her, I just freaked her the fuck out. Which is the complete opposite of what I’m going for.
“Mark my words Sunshine, this is going to happen after you work through whatever shit you have going on.”
She turns around slowly, staring back at me. “I don’t know what you’re talking about.”
“I’m more observant than most people think. But don’t worry, I’ll back off for now.”
“Don’t you have a warm hole to sink into?” She crosses her arms across her chest and looks at me defiantly.
“I’m trying to help you. Do you want me to be with another woman or something? Because if you haven’t noticed there’s only one girl I’m pursuing right now.”
“Pursuing.” She laughs. “Jayden Cage doesn’t pursue women, let alone get involved in a relationship.”
“Who said anything about a relationship sweetheart? You’re right about that. I don’t do relationships, I do casual.”
“Noted. I don’t do casual so back off and leave me alone.”
With that she walks out and heads into the living room as everyone starts cheering. Fuck, why do I even try with her? I can’t figure out why I care. But I do. At first, I thought I needed to get her under me so I could move on. That still might be the case, but in the past few weeks I’ve come to realize she might be my game changer. No matter what she says she’s fragile right now. I can’t force her to do anything, all I can do is stand in the background and wait for her to be ready. To get over whatever shits going on in her life right now.
But will I be ready when she is? I know I said she might be my game changer, but I wasn’t lying when I said I don’t do relationships and I don’t know if I’ll be able to commit to her in the way she needs. Fuck, the thought of being in a relationship makes me twitchy. How the hell do you go from being with a different woman every night to committing to one?
Fuck if I know.
I make my way back to the living room as the best catch I have ever seen in the game of football is made. Julian Edelman is the man! Damn that was awesome. I laugh when Savvy rises from the couch and does some awkward as hell dance in the middle of the living room while she rubs her swollen belly.
“Sit down before the baby falls out Savv.” I yell to her.
“Fuck off Jay, did you see that catch?” Jack yells at me. “Let the girl celebrate.”
“I’ve seen better.” The red shade of their faces makes it worth it. It’s so easy to work them up when it comes to the Patriots.
“Better? You’ve seen better? That’s it, I’m gonna fuck you up.” Savvy tries to waddle over to me shaking her fist in the air. Zander of course redirects her before she gets to me.
I laugh and make my way back to the spot on the floor I occupied before. On my way I scoop up my niece again and sit down crisscross apple sauce. Shut up, I teach third graders.
“Alright Mia, we’re rooting for the Pats to lose. Oh snap they just scored. Boo!”
“Jay do not corrupt that little girl.” Jack yells at me.
“Yeah stop or I’ll…” I cut Savvy off.
“Fuck me up, I know. We’ve been over this.”
“Baby, we know you’re a badass. I’ve seen you arm wrestle.” Zander tries to calm Savvy down.
“That was bullshit and you know it bro! She cheated!”
Everyone laughs as we sit there together. The Pats make the best comeback in the history of any Super Bowl, it was a fantastic fucking game. When it’s over Georgie excuses herself making up a bullshit reason on why she has to leave.
Somethings up with her and I’m going to figure it out. I just hope I’m not too late when I put the puzzle pieces together.
***
Georgie
As I rush from the house the nerves in my stomach start to consume me. How could the Patriots win? I thought the other team was a sure thing. Victor must be freaking the hell out right now.
Victor is my life long best friend. We both survived some crazy things from our childhoods. He surprised me and decided he would try to find his place in life just like I’ve been doing a few weeks ago when he showed up on my doorstep. Having someone familiar, safe even, is the stability I need. Until all of this started happening.
I get into my car and drive towards my house. My fingers tap on the steering wheel. Being able to drive a car still makes me giddy. I got my permit the first week I arrived in Massachusetts. Ashlyn told me I needed it for the independence kick I’m on. She’d been an okay teacher at best. So, Josh took over and taught me. He has way more patience than Ash and I didn’t feel bad at all telling her our lessons were finished. She looked just as relieved as I did.
When I park the car, I look up towards the house. Sure enough, Vic is pacing in front of the window. I let out a deep sigh and make my way to the front door. I don’t even have the door closed before the panic ensues.
“What the hell are we going to do Georgie?”
“We’ll figure it out Vic.” I’m hoping my voice is more reassuring than I feel.
“Figure it out? I’m pretty sure your bartending job and mine over at the gym isn’t going to cover it this time. Why didn’t we stop? We’re in way over our heads, you need to call your sister.”
“No freaking way am I dragging Ash into this! They’d go after her, and with her comes Josh and Mia. I can’t put them in danger after they’ve done so much for me. No way, non-negotiable.”
“Just ask her for the mon-”
“No! I told you, this is our mess and we’ll handle it.”
Victor rubs his hand down his face and sighs. “Okay.”
“I have a plan anyways. Marco told me to come to a party this weekend, I’m sure I can persuade Skid to let it slide.”
“Are you fucking kidding me Georgie? No way can I let you go by yourself. You shouldn’t be going period. So, what? You think he’ll let you work in his club and everything will be forgotten? It doesn’t work that way.” He’s shaking his head back and forth.
“It’s not your choice. I already told him I’d be there. I met with him last week and he gave me an out, and if you haven’t noticed, we need an out after tonight.” I look towards the floor feeling uncomfortable.
“What did you do?” He asks in a panic.
“You ever notice how attracted Skid is to me? His little remarks about my body?” I’m hoping that’s enough of a hint.
“Nope, no way. You are not offering up your virginity to him!” He yells.
I walk away towards my bedroom. I’ve already decided what I was going to do after we lost big last weekend. The Super Bowl was a last-ditch effort that was silly on our part to even take part in.
I strip out of my clothes and head for the shower. Once I get the temperature just right I step in. I’m not one of those people that needs a shower to be scorching hot. I don’t need my skin melting off. As I bow my head under the shower head, I think back on my time since the compound got raided. That was the best day of my life, my new beginning.
My mind slowly wanders to earlier, in the kitchen with Jayden. The way he pressed up against me, being able to feel everything, has me reaching my hand between my legs. I can still feel his massive erection pushing up against the small of my back, hard like steel. My fingers move feverishly and before I know it I’m gasping out his name.
I’m breathing heavy when there’s a knock on the door. I peak my head out of the shower as Victor opens the door and comes inside, sitting on the closed toilet seat.
“Girl, you have it bad for him.” He laughs.
My face turns red, not that he can see it behind the shower curtain. “I don’t know what you’re talking about.”
“That’s fair, we’ll pretend you didn’t just shout out his name in a fit of ecstasy. I’ll give you that. But you can only lie to yourself for so long.”
Out of nowhere tears form in my eyes. Back at the compound it was customary for a woman to remain a virgin until marriage. Her parents choose her husband which still makes me cringe. I remember the decision my parents made for me. Clay, the 48-year-old cook wanted me as his fourth wife. That’s why I ran away in the first place before that evil bitch Gwen dragged me back to the depths of hell.
If life had gone differently I could actually envision being with Jayden. Him being my first, in everything. I’ve never had a boyfriend, never been kissed and clearly never had sex with anyone. Who am I kidding, I don’t know why I even let my mind go there. He doesn’t do relationships and he stated it point blank. Casual will never be my thing so that’s all it will ever be, a dream. A freaking fantastic fantasy.
I sniffle loudly and I hear Victor get up off the toilet. “I’m fine.”
“Liar. You’ve never been a good liar. You know, you’re my best friend. Talk to me, I won’t judge you.”
I shut off the water and place my hand outside the shower. He puts a towel in my hand and I wrap myself in it before stepping out. He takes one look at my face and pulls me into an overwhelming hug.
“You don’t have to do this. We’ve let so much dictate our lives. Our parents, the adults in our community, Mr. Caldwell. Don’t give someone that doesn’t deserve it a piece of yourself that you’ll never get back.”
“It’s the only way.” I wipe my face and take a step back. “It’ll be okay, I’ll be fine. Anyone ever tell you that you worry too much?” I laugh.
Victor rolls his eyes. “You, all the time.”
I let out a loud and dramatic yawn. “Alright Vicky, time for me to get to bed. I have to open the bar tomorrow.”
He nods his head and starts walking out of the bathroom.
“Hey!” I yell getting his attention. When he turns towards me once again I smile. “I love you.”
A smile lights up his face. “Love you too.”
As I crawl into bed, I know this weekend won’t be easy, it’ll probably be the hardest thing I’ll ever have to do. But I need to do it to keep me and Vic safe.
I can do it for him if not for myself.
When we left the compound, I vowed he would never feel in danger or like he had to hide who he was ever again. He went through some stuff that he hasn’t told me yet, bad stuff from the little tidbits of information I squeezed out of him. He hasn’t confirmed it, but I’m convinced someone in the cult knew about his sexual orientation and used it against him.
For all the crap he’s gone through, I’m going to make this right.
I’m going to keep that promise, no matter the cost.