Page 14 of The Ranger
I’m sure both of us would feel better.Especially me as I pound into her, watching her pretty little head slam into the headboard.Butoh no, apparently I’ve decided that being loyal to my unborn child means I’m celibate.
God knows she’s the only woman I imagine while jerking off, so I’m living this kind of frustrated hell right now.
Nothing compares to the day I phoned my father.
“About time you called your dad,” he grouched.
“I have news,” I announced, ignoring him.
“You finally met a girl you wanted to settle down with?It’s a big decision, son.You will spend forever with her.”
Well, is that true?
He didn’t.
So where does he get off giving me a lecture?
“I think we both know the men in the Zimbardo family are pretty shit at that.”
“Cole,” he sighed.“I couldn’t stay with your mother—”
“Please.You made your choice back then; I don’t need excuses.I’m also not going to make the same mistakes,” I replied, then launched into my news, which he deserved to hear.“I’m going to be a father.”
Silence.
“Dad.”
“Yeah, sorry, that just surprised me.I’m going to be a grandpa.”He sounded breathless.“When?”
“Two months.”I’d taken longer to tell my father than I did my mother.
“You’ve known for seven months and only just telling me.”
I rolled my eyes.“You were cheating on Mom for two years, so let’s call it even.”
“When are you going to get over this, Cole?It’s in the past.”
“No, it’s not.It’s called my childhood.You left when I was thirteen.”I ground my molars.
“I didn’t leave you.I moved twenty minutes away.”
Shaking my head, I reminded myself this selfish prick was never going to apologize or acknowledge the pain he caused the rest of us.
“Well, I guess she wasn’t worth it,” I said to get under his skin, as Betty had left him a year later.“And to save you time, yes, I’m ashamed that I haven’t done any better.”
“Watch your mouth,” he said in that firm parental tone only a father can manage.
I let out a dry laugh because I didn’t respect the man.
Then again, I didn’t respect myself.
This was why I was in this constant push and pull with Scarlett.The lust between us was palpable.As far as I was concerned, she was my family.So why shouldn’t we be together officially?
Because she’d kick me in the balls if I brought it up.
So every day I put aside my childhood triggers and told myself, one day I’d meet the woman of my dreams, and there were tons of blended families in the world.
That it didn’t make me my father.
