Page 13 of A Twist of Fate

“I’m beginning to see the picture here. The shine wore off before you were patched in.”

“Yeah, exactly.”

“So, you’ve never used any of them?”

I saw a hint of a blush creep up his cheeks with my question. “Once,” he admitted. “Big mistake too because she hounded me afterward. Thought I would make her my old lady right then and there because everyone knew I didn’t mess around with them.”

“Oh! That’s presumptuous of her.”

“Yeah,” he managed to get out. She’s a pain in the ass,” he admitted.

“Wait, still? How long ago was this?”

“A few months before I met you. It was just the once, but whenever I’m there and she is, she locks on like a heat seeking missile.”

“I’m not sure how I feel about that.”

“Babe, you don’t have to feel any kind of way about it because she doesn’t matter to me. She gets in my face once in a while and I tell her to fuck off or get kicked out.” He shrugged his shoulders like it was that simple.

“Maybe you need to stop threatening to do it and just get it done,” I suggested.

“Yeah, well, if it were that easy, I would have done so a long while back. She’s a favorite in the clubhouse. I’d need more than her just constantly asking me to fuck her to get her kicked out.”

We pulled into the movie theater parking lot, found a spot, and then once I had the car turned off, I spun to the side to face Toby. “You would tell me if it ever went any further, right?”

“As long as you are my girl, nothing will ever go further to begin with. I would break things off with you before I ever messed with another woman. Swear to fuck, baby! I’m not now and never will be that man who would cheat on a woman he’s with. My mom and dad had a rough road, but one thing he always was to her was faithful. It’s the reason we became a family again.”

“But Ever,” I reminded him. I wasn’t aware of the full story behind how Ever came to be if their dad had been so faithful. I knew enough to know that Lucy was only Ever’s stepmother.

“When they were separated, my sister’s mom took advantage of my dad in a drunken state in order to get knocked up. Her husband had gotten himself fixed without telling her. She found out, wanted a baby, and decided fucking my father over was the way to achieve her goals. My dad didn’t cheat. Even if he had knowingly slept with her, my mom had been gone, moved to Florida for quite some time by then.”

“That sucks for them. For all of you.”

He shrugged his shoulders once more. “I can’t say that. Sure, we missed out on him being there when I was younger, which sucks for my parents. I don’t remember that time in my life. I can’t regret what brought my sister into our lives though. She’s a special person. One day, we’re going to fix our shit, and get our relationship back.”

We got out of the car then and started walking toward the theater when I spotted a green Jetta idling nearby. “Wasn’t that car just at the clubhouse? Did someone follow us?” I asked, suddenly feeling a bit paranoid. Toby turned in time to see the car taking off toward the other side of the parking lot.

“Motherfucker,” he hissed.

“Was that her?” I asked, thinking about the whore he said wouldn’t leave him alone. He nodded his head indicating that it was.

“I’ll take care of that. She’s crossing a line now.”

“Maybe, it’s just a coincidence and she was headed here too?” I questioned, even though I didn’t believe it.

“There’s no such thing as coincidence.” He got out of the car, walked around, opened my door and offered his hand to help me out. “Let’s go enjoy our afternoon together. We’re not letting anyone ruin it.”

That was what I loved about Toby. He wasn’t having any bullshit come between us while we were on this path of getting to know one another. Instead, he was carving his name deeper into my heart with each of his actions and all of his words.

Unfortunately, the Jetta and the whore were both there again when we left the movie theater after another date two nights later. This time, she didn’t bother to leave. No, the bitch was leaning against Toby’s motorcycle waiting for us to arrive.

“He’s mine!” She stated clearly, while also trying to pull off an air of nonchalance. Toby’s hand clamped down harder where he was holding tight to my own. “Listen, I don’t mind sharing and all, but it’s my turn now sweetie, so you’re going to have to get lost!”

I have no clue what she thought was going to happen, but the woman had clearly lost her damn mind somewhere along the way. It would have been one thing to attempt this type of tactic while I was alone, but Toby was there to refute her claims, and refute them he did.

“So help me fucking God, you’re going to get your nasty ass off my bike and get the fuck out of here, and if I see you approach my woman again, you will regret every second you’re still able to suck breath into your disgusting body.” His words were snarled out and filled with venom that hit their mark. I watched as the woman recoiled momentarily.

“Oh, I get it. She doesn’t know about our arrangement, right?”

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