Page 81 of Love Unforgettable
Chapter 25
Lexie
“I should have you arrested for kidnapping!” Trevor yells.
“You want to take it down a notch, Trevor?” Cole says.
“You want to not tell me what to do, asshole?” Trevor retorts taking a step toward him.
“Hey, the language is not necessary, and I’ve got your daughter sleeping on my shoulder, cool it,” Cole grits outs.
“Give me my daughter,” Trevor says.
Cole moves to gently transfer Paisley without waking her up. Trevor snatches her from him, not caring whether she stays asleep or not.
“You stole my daughter from my car!” Trevor says. “I’m gonna have you charged with breaking and entering AND kidnapping. Not to mention the damage to the car from when you vandalized the electrical system.”
“Are you even listening to yourself right now?” I ask Trevor. “And how completely crazy you sound.”
“How crazy I sound?” he says.
“Trevor, come on,” I say. “You don’t have an audience now, your wife isn’t here, just stop the theatrics.”
“You’d like that, wouldn’t you? No charges pressed, you can get away scot free doing whatever you please.”
“We didn’t kidnap Paisley and you know it,” I say. “You left her in a locked car, by herself. You want to talk about being arrested, I’m pretty sure that’s child endangerment.” The nurses have started to gather behind the nurse’s station and are obviously enjoying the show. I don’t know how Trevor manages it, but he gets an audience when he wants one. He turns and lays Paisley down on the pair of chairs recently vacated by me and Cole.
“There was an emergency,” Trevor says. “My PREGNANT wife was bleeding. I lost my head for a minute. Forgot she was in the car. But that’s where I was just now. I went back to get Paisley as soon as I remembered.”
“What if something would have happened to her, Trevor?” I ask. “What if someone else had come along, someone dangerous?”
Trevor looks around the room for a minute. “You make a habit of letting dangerous people at your winery, Lex?” he asks, looking pointedly at Cole.
“Trevor, come on, drop the act,” I say.
“You drop the act,” Trevor says.
“Lame comeback,” I mumble.
“Look, Lexie.” Trevor lowers his voice. “This is what you and I wanted. A family. I can give you what you want.”
“Trev, you’re married,” I remind him. “There is no you and I.”
“Things aren’t going to last with Elise. She’s nuts. We get rid of her and it’s you, me, and the kids.”
I have no words.
“You getridof the woman currently in labor with your baby?” Cole clarifies.
“Look, this is between Lexie and me. Would you just stay out of it?” Trevor balls his hands at his side, his face reddening.
“No, I don’t think I will,” Cole says. He steps closer to me and puts his arm around my waist. A move that makes me feel emboldened and protected at the same time. I don’t know where Cole Mason has been all my life, but I am certainly grateful that I have him here now, because Ireallydon’t even know who this other guy is standing before me. How is it possible that not twenty-four hours ago I thought Trevor was the love of my life?
Trevor scowls at Cole, which almost makes me laugh. How he thinks that’s an effective counter move to what Cole just said is comical. And pathetic.
“Let’s do this,” Cole says. “Why don’t we just all agree, here and now, that none of this will be spoken of again. Nothin’ about affairs or running away together, and definitely no talk about kidnapping, or vandalizing cars. I mean, it’s in your best interest, Trevor, to stop talking about this whole thing before more people than me start putting it together. You know, that your story doesn’t line up. Cause it don’t.
“Consider yourself lucky that your wife is on your side for now. Quit stepping out on her, start being a husband that is deservin’ of such a great family. You’re gonna have another baby, man. A little boy from what Paisley tells us. And she’s a great kid. She’s excited about teaching him to color and she’s going to be a great big sister. Let that happen, man. Let it all happen. For whatever reason, the stars above have chosen to shine down on you. Take that and run with it. Life’s too short, and all that jazz. You’re gonna have a good business with a lot of great clients if tonight was any indication. Don’t mess that up, man. You find yourself in a hole, just stop diggin’.”
