Page 85 of Family Bonds: Coy & Angel

“But we’ve talked and you could have hinted or something and not let me be blindsided like this.”

Angel stood up and marched over to get in her brother’s face. “Cut the crap,” she said pointing at him. “I’m not a child. I’m an adult. He’s good enough to be your best friend but not good enough for your sister? Do you know how stupid that sounds? I bet you’d feel this way about any man I dated so I’d think you’d be happy I was with someone that you respect and trust.”

Spencer looked stunned by the anger behind Angel’s words. Coy might admit he was a bit terrified to know she had that in her.

He looked over and saw Barb smirking though.

“Your sister is right,” Todd said. “I’m not sure why you are bothered by this. We’ve loved Coy like a son for years.”

“That’s right,” Spencer said. “And he betrayed that.”

Angel whacked her brother’s arm and then shook her hand off. Spencer hadn’t even flinched. “Cut it out. I mean it. There is no reason for this reaction. We love each other. We didn’t tell anyone for a solid month we were dating because, though I’vebeen half in love with Coy for most of my life, he had a lot of catching up to do. For a smart guy, he was as clueless as you.”

He snorted. “You had no idea?” Spencer asked him.

“No,” he said. “And trust me when I tell you the guilt was hard to get past. Maybe my feelings started to change, but I kept them in. It didn’t feel right. She’s your baby sister.”

Angel turned and marched toward him, but before she could get in his face over his comment, he pulled her next to him and under his arm. They had more important news to get to before everyone could calm down.

“That’s right,” Spencer said. “You should know better.”

“I don’t know what you want from me,” Coy said. “I love your sister. You know me. You know the type of person I am. I wouldn’t do wrong by any of you and yet I felt as if I had no way to control your reaction. Should I have told you sooner? Sure. But Angel wanted to wait and I was letting her make that decision.”

“Why did you want to wait?” Spencer asked his sister.

“Because for once in my life, I wanted something to be mine,” she said. “I didn’t want eyes on me and watching everything. We just told his employees this week too. Coy’s family has known for a few weeks.”

“But I have to be the last to know?” Spencer asked. “You used to tell me everything, Coy.”

“And if you weren’t flying to the West Coast every other weekend and not working seventy hours a week, then maybe I would have,” he said.

“I didn’t want him to,” Angel said. “He honored that. If you’re going to be mad at anyone, then you should be mad at me.”

“I know where the blame lies,” Spencer said. He pointed at Coy. “Right at you.”

“Spencer Michael Jansen,” Barb said. “I swear to God you’re acting like a child. I’m not sure what the hell your problem is.Angel is a grown assed woman who can decide who she wants to date.”

“That’s right, Mom.”

“The heart wants what it wants,” Coy said. He knew it sounded stupid to him, but it did cause Spencer to snort and then almost smirk.

“You always said shit like that. Something about this island,” Spencer said.

“There you go,” Coy said. “Blame it on the island and my ancestors. I don’t know. I don’t care. I don’t want a wall between us. I love your sister. I’m humbled by what she said, but it’s the truth. You know me better than my own brothers. Wouldn’t you want that for your only sister?”

He had to calm this situation down before they hit them with the rest of this news.

Spencer took a deep breath. “Yeah,” Spencer said, shaking his arms out. “I just need to process this. I’ll be fine. I guess. I think. It all makes sense, but you know how I feel about her.”

“I do,” Coy said. “I feel just as protective of her as you. You should know that.”

“I asked you to keep an eye on her,” Spencer said.

“He did,” Angel said, laughing. “A close eye.”

“Very cute,” Spencer said. “It wasn’t what I had in mind.” Coy knew his best friend was coming around. It sucked to hit him with the next statement though, but it had to be done.

“Are we all good now?” Angel asked. “Wouldn’t you want the best for me?”

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