Page 55 of Free-Falling
“I love you with all of my heart, Ainsy but I can’t trust you or anyone. I just can’t be here.” Her big gray eyes shut.
“What does that mean? Why can’t you trust me? What did I do?”
“She thinks we’re working with Gianni.” Guinevere turns, glaring at him too. He shrugs. “She just accused me of it. As if I’d work for a bum and a low-ranked thug like your dad.” Mikonos imitates spitting on the ground as a sign of disrespect to the dad.
Guinevere turns back to me with a guilty slight smile. I take both her hands in mine. “What did he do to you?”
“Not here. Ainsy. Not here, he’s found me and I need to be gone. I only came to get my last check and I’m leaving town.”
I nod. “You damn right you are, but you’re not running. I can protect you, Guiny, you’re my family. We protect family,” I assure her and turn to Jagger. “Right, babe?”
He has been observing without chiming in, but I can see the genuine concern in his eyes. He nods. “Hi, Guinevere, it’s nice to see you again.”
Guinevere’s wide-eyed expression would be funny if this wasn’t a serious situation. “Jagger? Jagger Hanlon?”
“In the flesh.” He answers.
Guinevere looks at me and whispers. “What are you doing with him? Babe? Are you two dating?” She asks.
I chuckle and signal to my men we’re leaving. “No, we’re not dating. We never had that chance.”
I let one of her hands go as we walked towards the exit. “So then why is he with you?”
“Because he’s my husband.”
“Husband?!” She shrieks.
I chuckle this time and ask my cousin to give Mikonos her address. We need to sit and talk. I need to call my father too and on top of everything else; I need to give my new sister, Karessa, a chance to get that stubborn Oran to sex her up. Fuck a prenup, that shit is for the birds.
I look at Jagger who is walking close by, “why didn’t we ever get a prenup, Jags?” I ask.
Jagger pierces me with such a glare that if I were a flower, I’d shrivel up and die from that alone. “Because.” Is his answer.
“Because what?”
“Because, kiss my ass is why. The only prenup you’ve got now is my dick.” He answers.
He’s irritated. I can’t help but laugh cause this vacation is bringing out the man I wanted to thump over the head. I missed that side of him too.
“See this, I remember.” Guinevere says as we get to the cars.
Chapter 18
Jagger
Iwatch as my wife takes control of everything with her cousin, still dressed in that outfit of hers. Mikonos sits down across from me at Guinevere’s small kitchen table.
“Congratulations. Just know that I’m the godfather, don’t give a fuck who the godmother is and never will.” Mikonos says to me.
I snorted. “What the hell, dude? First, thanks and second, am I not supposed to discuss this with my wife then tell you? Or you don’t think I wanted my best friend to be the godfather of this child?”
Mikonos scoffs. “Doesn’t matter. Let’s hope you’re a stallion or whatever people say when they’re implying that you have twins. Then you can separate each kid. Either way, I’m the godfather.”
I roll my eyes. “You’re unbelievable.” I laugh.
“Believe it.” He shrugs. “If it’s a boy, name him, Orion.”
“Who the fuck is Orion?” I ask.
