Ransom beat the wrap...so to speak. He's out of prison after almost four years to find himself close to broke and with no family, except for the daughter of his nanny who loved and raised him. It's definitely a new world. When a previously undiscove...
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"You ready for this?"
I snap out of my daze and look at Sy. "Huh?"
"Come on, boy," Sy chuckles at me. "wake up. You nervous now?"
"I don't wanna mess up."
"Look, all you gotta do—"
"Everything."
"Oh," Sy thinks for a second. "Okay, the rules of a happy marriages, a review from last night: Never go to bed angry. Laugh and snuggle everyday. Listen to and talk with each other honestly. Be a teddy bear—"
"What?"
"Just be a comfort to her when she's down, you don't have to solve all her problems," Sy goes on. "If she don't like it, don't do it. And if she asks about it, she knows about it, so don't lie about it. Oh, and have sex often."
I laugh at that one. The first two and last two were what I remembered. They were the easiest.
"Breaks tension of all kinds, trust me." He rolls his eyes and sighs, giving a small laugh.
"Thanks," I breathe a sigh of relief. "Thanks for everything."
"That remedy work?" he asks me.
"Worked great, " I nod. "Pedialyte, broth, headache pill, quick run and a nap."
"In that order!" we both laugh.
"So, did she stay in your apartment?" I feel on edge. "I haven't seen her in almost two days."
"She was at my place. The ladies started at my apartment last night, and then went someplace," he shrugs. "Remember, they gave us the basement."
"I never felt good about that. It was like they knew where we were and we didn't know anything."
"Smart man," he chuckles again. "but I do know there was a strip club on the agenda."
"What?!"
"Amaira was looking at HunkMania and MaleEncounter," he shakes his head. "I saw it in the history folder." He claps my back. "Good clean fun, I'm sure. Besides, that gives the ladies ideas sometimes, can't hurt."
I raise an eyebrow at him. Sy was my height but bulked muscle. Amaira was married to one if he knew how to shake his ass. I'm no exotic dancer, but I seem to remember how to seduce a woman. And tonight will be the greatest seduction I have ever pulled. Tonight, I have to make sure she wants no one else, even though she wears my ring.
The music in the place changed, and Sy claps my back gain. "This is it. Ready?"
"Got the ring?"
He pulls both out of his breast pocket. "Let's rock and roll."
I step out and am shocked to see my family there-Mom, Dad, Aunt Joni, Uncle Walt, Aunt Donna and Cousin Meg. I am not surprised to see Jacob and Marta not there for obvious reasons, Jacob being a Neo-Nazi and Marta being...well, anti-me. The rest are old friends who were nice enough to come, but I suddenly didn't want to see again. I also see some of Lady's friends, and they look well-wishing for the most part.
