The Secrets Behind Cries *Book 6 of the Köhler Series*

𝕿𝖜𝖊𝖓𝖙𝖞-𝕱𝖎𝖛𝖊| 25 𝑇𝑖𝑚𝑒𝑠 𝑈𝑝

"Paige, two weeks, then he can come back home," Reece says into the phone. Reece had been arguing with her crazy ass about letting him bring his son to Scotland for the last week. Not only that, his grandparents were pissed because they had to find out from an upset Nicole that he had a child. They all wanted to meet Michael and Paige his crazy-ass baby mother wanted to act fucking crazy as usual.

"If he is coming, I'm coming that that is finally!"

"THE FUCK YOU IS! HELL NO! I don't want you anywhere near my fiancé or my grandparents. I will come to get Michael and return him in two weeks."

"Then my final answer is... No!"

"DAMNIT IT, PAIGE! WHY ARE YOU SO MUCH OF A FUCKING... AHHH! Just let me get my damn son for fucking once without you tagging along. That is all I ask. We are not together and never were, but you wanted to make women think that. I play your fucking game to be in his life. It is over. Nicole and I are about to go worldwide with our engagement, and I don't need baby mama drama."

"That's the bitch nam...."

"Don't call my fiancee out of her name. I don't disrespect your lovers or whatever that fuck you call them, and you will not disrespect my future wife."

"Fair, but Michael still isn't coming to Scotland without me. I don't know those people, so my son will only come with me."

"You talking like you don't trust me with my child, Paige."

"I don't."

"Fuck this! Look, I will be in New York within a hour. Nicole, Greg, Lance, and I are on the way there now. Just have my son ready. I am done with your fucking games."

"What are you going to do, Reece? Kill me?"

"Don't fucking tempt me," Reece said, hanging up the phone shaking his fucking head. That woman made him want to wrap his hands around her fucking neck and choke the life out of her. Reece couldn't because she was the mother of his son.

"You good, Baby?"

"Yeah, Bòidheach. That woman just gets the best of me sometimes. She was a mistake...."

"Don't say that because, without her, you would have that handsome boy that you call your son," Nicole said with a smile, making Reece smile as he nodded his head.

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"REECE, I TOLD YOUR FUCKING ASS YOU WERE NOT GETTING HIM WITHOUT ME!" Paige yelled, looking out to the window at an unfamiliar man. Quickly she turned on her heels, running to her son's room where he was sitting on the floor playing with his cars. Michael smiled as Paige walked, making her smile back.

"Hey... hey, you remember the hide and seek game that you and your dad play?" Paige asked him. Michael nodded his little head with a smile. He was quiet for a two-year-old but smart. His father made sure of that.

"I need for you to play it with me. Go to your hiding spot, and don't come out, baby boy. No matter what you hear, if you don't hear my voice or Daddy's, not come out and don't cry. Okay? Michael, okay?"

"Okay, Mama. I go hide," He said, kissing Paige's cheek. She wanted to cry but needed to be strong for her son. Quickly he rushed off to his hiding spot as Paige tried to call Reece. She knew whoever was at the door wasn't any of his men. Yes, she knew Reece was mafia. It was the reason Paige got pregnant by him to protect herself from the Italian Mafia here in New York, which backfired when Reece told her he didn't want her. The only protection Paige got was for her son, and she knew without him, she had none.