WILD RIDE (Rafe Cameron x OC) *COMPLETE*

Chapter Seventy-Five (Alana)

CHAPTER SEVENTY-FIVE

Alana

"Alright." Rafe says as he parks outside of a really nice... Really, really big house. "This is the address from Julia. Sure as shit looks like a rich ass dentist in Charleston lives here."

The house is almost the size of Tannyhill. Tons of bushes and cute fruit trees and flowers lining the fencing and walkway all the way up to the house where the front porch is trimmed perfectly with hanging flower pots.

Flowers are everywhere and they're a sick reminder of the name my father once gave me when I was a baby... We used to always have flower bushes at The Chateau. I wonder if Mom planted them there and that's why Dad called me flower.

Dad made it obvious he only saw me as another version of Julia, so if she loved flowers it makes sense that he'd call me flower for that reason. The closer I draw to the house I notice bird houses. Wind chimes with hand painted birds on them...

Bird and Flower...

"Are you alright to knock on the door?" Rafe whispers to me as he reaches for my hand. His fingers intertwining with me. "Do you want me to do the talking? I can do that for you-"

Before I can even knock or ring the doorbell the door opens. The woman from the photo opens the door and my heart falls to the floor. Her eyes fill with tears as she looks at me. Her eyes that remind me of John B's. Her smile is mine and her nose is mine too.

"Hi... I'm- I'm Julia." She says. "You've gotten so grown up.."

Rafe scoffs and turns his head away. "Yeah. Seventeen years does that."

I give his hand a tight squeeze. "I'm sorry.. My husband is weary."

"Rafe Cameron." She looks at him. "You remind me of your father... I read about what happened. I am so sorry for your loss."

His gaze falls onto her ever so slightly. "Thanks."

"Come... Come on inside, I'm sorry for the mess. It was all tidy this morning but Nicky got into everything all over again. I can hardly keep up with him these days."

I see a little boy who can't be older than five playing in the living room. He looks like John B but with blonde hair. "Is.. Is he yours?" I ask softly.

Julia nods. "Yes, he's mine and Nick's. Nick is at the office right now- my husband. He's a dentist and was fully booked this morning. He wishes he could be here to meet you."

We sit down in the living room and Nicky walks up to Rafe and hands him some sort of action figure. Rafe looks at it and hands it right back. "Sorry kid, I don't know what this is." Nicky sighs and rolls his eyes. "It's Captain America, dummy!"

"Nicky!" Julia hisses. "Mr. Cameron is a guest. Be nice to him... We talked about this. When people come to the house we have to be a good host. Right?"

"But he doesn't know Captain America!" Nicky argues. "Do you at least know Spider-Man?"

"I don't really like super heroes." Rafe admits. "Sorry kid."

Julia tells Nicky to go play upstairs in his room and he stomps up every single step until he gets to his room and closes it with a slam. Julia looks slightly embarrassed but I don't say a damn thing about it.

"I'm sure you have a million questions.. So... Feel free to start asking." Julia tries to smile about it. "You can start with the hard ones or the easy ones. Whichever you feel..."