Page 50 of Cream Pie

Marshall’s lips curl menacingly, his eyes narrowing. “Jesus Christ, Javier! She’s only—”

“Oh do not mention her age, mister!” Kendall suddenly barks out. Marshall freezes and glances back at her.

“Baby—”

“No,” she spits back. “Don’t even go there.”

He growls, but his fist lowers as he turns to level his fierce gaze at me.

“She’s my daughter, Javier,” he hisses. “My fucking daughter!”

I hold his gaze like a man, never blinking.

“I never meant for you to find out like this.”

“Oh yeah?” he sneers. “Well how the fuck did you imagine it going, buddy? Or where you ever going to tell me.”

“Okay, first of all, I’m an adult, dad,” Amy hisses. She pushes past him, planting herself between us. “And yes, we would have told you, eventually.”

“We,” Marshall growls, eyeing me past her.

“Of course, I’d have told you, man,” I spit. “This isn’t some fucking fling, Marshall. I’m…”

I shake my head.

“Marshall I’m fucking crazy about your daughter.”

Amy slowly turns to look at me, and our eyes lock. Marshall swears and whirls away.

“C’mon, man!” I yell after him. “I wasn’t looking for it, I wasn’t pursuing it, and I swear to you on anything I hold dear, this is recent.”

“The word ‘grooming’ comes to mind,” he snaps.

“Marshall!” Kendall hisses.

“Dad!” Amy shoots back. “We’ve never even met until the wedding!”

Marshall growls, and suddenly, another voice pipes up. Fucking Jackie.

“Well, I personally think this is absolutely disgusting, Marshall. Him going after your own daughter like that? Um, so fucking predatory—”

“Get the fuck out of here, Jackie,” Marshall hisses darkly.

Her mouth falls open, and her brows arch in shock.

“Um, excuse me? I’m the reason you even know about this… this… treachery—”

“Get. Out!” Amy roars, making Jackie shriek as she jumps about a foot off the ground and cowers back. She gathers her wits and glares at Amy.

“Listen, you little bitch—”

“Watch it!” Marshall and I both say almost at the exact same time, glaring at Jackie.

Her eyes dart to mine, and my rage begins to billow like storm clouds.

“You have three seconds to be out that door before I throw you out and call the police. One.”

“Javier, this is silly—”

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