My Future Stepbrother

Chapter 126

I lay with Jayce until I fell asleep, hours must have passed because when I opened my eyes again the sun was high in the sky and I woke up in the bed, alone.


I could see Dad asleep in the chair next to me and tried not to wake him as I lent over for some water but he stirred when he sensed movement.


"How are you feeling poppet?" He asked in a much calmer tone than the last time I heard him speak.


"Tired. Where's Jayce?" I could sense the change in his demeanour at the mention of his name, his hands clenching and I could actually see the vein pulsating in his neck.


"He's outside. Apparently me telling him to get the fuck out of this place was too complicated for his thick skull." My Dad hardly ever swore, he was always cool, calm and collected unless it was to do with me being hurt. I just couldn't understand why he was so angry at him but not at me, we did this together.


"Dad, about me and Jayce-"


"I don't want to hear it. I didn't want to hear it from him, I didn't want to hear it from Tara and I don't want to hear it from you. I know his type Aleah, whatever he told you, whatever he did to trick you into this situation I can promise you it was a lie. He doesn’t have 'feelings' for you poppet, I can assure you of that."


He really didn't understand what was happening here did he.


"Dad, this wasn't a one night thing... we've been together for months. We’re not right now but it hasn’t changed the fact that I love him."


He scoffed. "No you don't. It's infatuation nothing more. The boy did nothing but make your life a misery, I watched you cry because of the way him and his idiot playmates would hound you. I knew something like this would happen, Tara promised me things wouldn't be like that but he just moved on from torturing you one way to another. I won't let him keep doing it Aleah. This is over."


Why wasn't he listening? Jayce loved me, truly. I didn't expect him to be okay with all this right away considering the whole step-sibling thing but that didn't seem to be his worry here. It was personal.


"Dad-"


"No Aleah! No Dad let me explain or anything else. This is done, you and Jayce, me and Tara, all of it. Done."


Wait. What? Him and Tara? No. That wasn’t happening.


"Dad you can't do that. You can't make those kind of decisions without including me. You love Tara, I know you do. You can't do this to her."


He stands and starts pacing the room, his hands repeatedly running through his hair until it looked slick with grease.


"This isn't what I wanted Aleah! Tara begged him to stay away from you but of course that boy couldn't care about anything or anyone but himself. I've spoke to Carl from work, he's looking to rent out his mother's old apartment for a few months so we can go there until we make new arrangements for Granny and Brie. Then we'll just get everything back to the way it was and forget all this ever happened."


Forget? I don't want to forget. I don't want to move. I don't want any of this. Me and Jayce aren't even together anymore and I'll shove everything I have inside me to the very pit of my soul if that's what it takes for this all to stop. I won't be responsible for anymore heartbreak.


"Have you told Tara?" I manage to push out with my shaky voice.


"Not yet, I didn't want to do it here. She's still outside with him and Brie."


Brie's here?


"Dad I need you to go get Brie and give me some time before you tell Tara any of this. Just ten minutes, please."


Brie sensing her name or hearing I was awake chooses this moment to come through the door. Her eyes lock on mine and she cant hold back the water dripping over her face as she sees me laying here.


"Oh Al." Her body is around me before I have time to move and even Dad starts to cry again. This was too much for him to put on me right now. I shove it out for a moment and let myself completely dissolve into Brie’s hold. I'm not sure what the look was that she gave Dad behind my back but just as he was about to start talking again he stopped himself and left.


"He's wrong Al, I heard everything he just said to you, he can't do this to you. You and Jayce is something for the two of you to sort out, not for him to force apart. This isn’t okay babe... You really didn’t know? About the baby?"


I shake my head as it lays back down on her chest. "He's never going to be okay with this is he?"


Brie holds me closer, her arms so tight I can feel the marks they're going to leave but we just lay there, crying until we can't anymore only to discover there was a back up reserve. I know what needs to happen.


"I need you to ask Granny a favour for me. A big one."

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