Come Home

Chapter 5

She sighed and started pacing around the room trying to find the right words. "Well, you already know that Oma's parents started this ranch as a way to help troubled boys." They nodded and she ran her fingers through her hair. "You also that Om and Papa raised me because of my asshole father choosing money over family and my bitch of a mother choosing drugs and men over her daughter."

"Language," both said in unison, and she sighed.

"Sorry," She mumbled, "I'll try and stop."

"We understand that you're upset and going through a lot also," Jackson said calmly.

"Keep talking," Jasper nodded. "How did we get our girl?"

She paced around some more then groaned as she clutched the side of her shirt, "When I was thirteen, my grandparents told me that there was going to be two groups of boys coming to the farm and asked me to get the guesthouse ready for fourteen boys. The next day they showed up and boy they were trouble. They had charges like breaking and entering and computer hacking and stealing and all sorts of stuff. I wanted nothing to do with them, they were rude, loud, obnoxious, always yelling at my grandparents, just trouble. Over time, they formed one group as I saw them working with the horses, they started to change, calm down, not act out so much."

"You fell for them," Jackson stated and she nodded.

"I did," She admitted, "instead of being rude to me, they were nice. They helped me with my chores, started calling me nicknames," she scoffed, "punched a few other boys that would try to grab my as...butt and just be protective over me."

"They started seeing you as a woman instead of a girl," Jasper said.

"Yeah," she nodded. "They treated me like a princess and did for years." She wiped a couple of tears, "right after I turned 16, they started calling me their girl and said I would be theirs forever. I believed them too."

"What happened?" Jackson asked.

"What caused you to leave, Love?" Jasper asked.

"When I was seventeen, I left the ranch to go to college since I graduated from high school early," she said looking out the window sadly.

"We know that Sugar," Jackson said softly. "You told us you went to college."

"I hated the men at college," she said sadly. "They were all about parties and sex and just immature."

"You always were more mature than your age," Jackson spoke softly. "You wanted want your grandparents had and thought you had it with them, didn't you?"

"They seemed proud that I was going to college and even bragged about having a smart girl in the family. They promised they would call and write and visit when they could..." she trailed off.

"And they stopped?" Jasper asked.

She sniffled and shook her head, "No, everything was going well I thought. One day I finished my finals early and decided to come home to surprise everyone. My grandparents were gone looking at new horses but assured me the boys were there. I didn't see them on the fields, so I figured they were at their house. Imagine my surprise when I opened the door, and they were fucking one of the girls that were helping clean the ranch house since my grandparents were going to be gone for the day."

"Fucking assholes," they growled.

"They tried saying it didn't mean anything since we couldn't have a full relationship since I was a minor..." she trailed off again. She cleared her throat and wiped her face, "Anyway, I hopped back in my car and headed back to school. Once I got back to my dorm, I called my grandparents and told them what happened. I told them I couldn't come back while they were still here. It hurt too much and I couldn't ask them to fire them. I mean I wanted to, I really wanted to but—"

"You wouldn't make your grandparents get rid of their help," Jackson interrupted.

"You're too pure, Love," Jasper nodded, "you would never put them in that situation."

"So, I stayed at school and eventually healed, thanks to you two." She turned and smiled at them sadly. "And now here you are rescuing me yet again."

"Not rescuing," Jackson shook his head. "You don't need to be rescued this time."

"Just need your family through this hard time, that's all," Jasper said softly. "Thank you for telling us."

"Thank you for understanding," she walked over to them. "I'm going to slip a lot, aren't I?"

"If you do, we will help you through it," Jasper whispered softly.

"It's only for six months," Jackson nodded. "Then we can go back to our home and our life."