White Mustang - Rafe Cameron

The Town Council

"Nothing yet?"

"God, just be patient Rafe, almost there" I said rolling my eyes.

Then my phone alarm buzzed, indicating that the time needed had passed.

And suddenly the bathroom felt warmer and smaller.

"Time's up" Rafe said as he reached over and took the test in his hands, then turned it over.

"Negative" he turned to look at me with disappointment in his eyes.

"Oh, let me see" I furrowed my eyebrows as I moved closer to him and leaned my head on his arm.

The pregnancy test had only one line on it.

"That's weird, I'm three days late".

"And you're never late"

"We can keep trying though" I said with sadness in my voice.

"Were we even trying?" Rafe asked tossing the test in the trash can.

"Not really, but-"

"But it doesn't sound bad to try" he gave me a tender smile.

"Exactly" Rafe grabbed me by the waist and pulled me to him, I placed my hands on his chest

"Stop taking the pills for good."

I nodded "I can go to the OB/GYN and she can tell me what prenatal vitamins I can take and what other cares I might need."

"Sounds good to me" He took a strand of my loose hair and tucked it behind my ear before giving me a short kiss "I guess we could start with the process of trying, right?"

"Oh you think so?" I said grinning

"Yeah" he said with a playful grin before he hoisted me over his shoulder and carried me into our bedroom, making me laugh out loud.

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Earlier that day I had gone out to pick up the food Rafe and I had ordered with the Carrera's, when I came back I walked in to a surprise.

"What are you guys doing here?" my question made John B turn his head towards me.

"Your hubby offered to help us with the zoning thing" he replied dryly.

We could do that?

"Oh, I didn't know he offered."

"Well, it looks like he finally put his brain to good use."

Before I could answer him, Sarah came out of the house, clearly pissed off.

We just looked at each other and as she walked towards the twinkie, I started walking towards the house.

As I walked in I called out to Rafe

"On the terrace," his voice was cracking.

"What happened? Why didn't you tell me you were helping them?"

Rafe turned to look at me from the couch, his cheeks were flushed and his eyes were glassy, he had cried.

"I offered my help as bait to get Sarah to come. I needed to talk to her about something."

"What was it?" I asked as I sat down next to him.

Rafe gave a sigh before leaning back on the couch "When was the last time you talked to Wheez?"

"About a month ago, she hasn't answered my texts."

"Exactly. I talked to Rose a few days ago, well, sort of" he started to run his hands over his legs in a stressed manner "Our share of the gold? She won't give it to us, plus she forbade us to talk to Wheezie."

"It can't be. But everything was fine!"

"Well she's crazy, what can I tell you. Anyway, I asked Sarah to work together to get the money from her, she didn't accept."

"Oh..."

"Yeah, oh"

I moved closer to him and put a hand on his leg "I'm sure it will get figured out, just give it time".

Rafe just nodded

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"I can't believe we missed the town council meeting" I said as I finished getting dressed after my shower.

"Hey, it's not my fault you wanted to try different positions to 'ensure results'." Rafe replied to me from the bed.

I then grabbed my wet towel and threw it in his face.

"Hey!" I heard him laugh.

"Do you think that will turn out well?" I asked sitting on the foot of the bed.

"I don't know, honestly. Topper is playing dirty along with his whole family and well, they are Pogues. That doesn't help."

"Damn, I feel really bad for them."

"Relax, they'll work it out, they always do" he told me as he stood up from the bed.

I sighed a little "You're going to meet with Groff?"

"Yes, he was very insistent on me going to see him"

"Are you going to take him up on the offer?"

"You want me to accept the offer?" he moved a little closer to me.

"I don't know."

"Hey" he took my face in his hands "I'll do what you think will help the business best, you are the lady of the manor after all"

"I think... maybe it's a good opportunity"

"But?"

"It's just, I feel like part of my hesitation is because of Hollis, but if you go with Groff and he convinces you, go ahead, I trust your judgment."

"We'll be fucking rich, baby, you'll see" he went to kiss my forehead.

That night was chaos.

Apparently they played the Pogues very dirty and everything went to hell.

JJ went to the downtown area and practically destroyed it.

I don't blame him.

The police sirens went off all night, everyone was looking for JJ.

I was just hoping he didn't get caught.

That same night Rafe sent me a text

It's done, I signed it.

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And we're back once again

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