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13. Jealous

When Mr. James came back it was like the teacher had entered the classroom again and we all had to behave. Stephen disappeared into his world personal pleasure and entertainment while I had to see Mr. James bring in a colleague.

She was very pretty and almost reminded me of the barbies on my side of the fence.

Mr. James introduced us, "This is Stella Lanotte. My son's booking from the agency."

It was a very uncomfortable description of me, but it was true. However, I was shocked that Mr. James would go out and say it like that.

"This is Mrs. Fair." She did not offer to shake my hand, so I did not either. "We have important things to discuss. I will catch up with you later."

Just like that, Mr. James dismissed me. I felt disappointed. I had expected more... Emotion.

I was always by his side in this house and now that a woman was here he wanted me out of his legs?

I headed to the only person in the house that tolerated my presence even though he would not understand my devastation over Mr. James' behaviour.

I was about to knock when I heard moans from his room. It was becoming a routine. I turned to leave, when Stephen yelled from inside the room, "I heard you, mother of my child. Do not back away now. Come in. It is just p.orn. I will turn it off for you out of respect."

His words made me chuckle. I felt relieved when I entered his room, and the coldness that I had gotten from Mr. James was slowly fading.

"Has Mr. James not returned yet?" he asked, mocking me.

"He just came in with a woman and he sent me away." I did not hide my sadness. "Ever since I came here I have always been near him while he worked."

"I told you my father was a b.tch."

In order to distract me from his father, Stephen let me watch a real movie with him. I had never watched a movie before. We never had any money for movies or movie players. Stephen enjoyed watching me get excited about the new experience.

The credits had just began to roll and Stephen put his dvds back into order.

"That was amazing, Stephen!" I exclaimed. "I want more. Please?"

"You are a needy girl." He chuckled. "I have plenty of movies. We can watch them all if you want to."

Abruptly, his father entered his room. Mr. James had that stern look on his face.

"I see you are enjoying yourselves," he said flatly.

I did not let Stephen talk, I immediately said, "You dismissed me. I had to find an occupation. Stephen has been more than nice to me."

"In fact Stephen has impregnated her," Stephen said in third person. Normally, I would not have liked him stating that, but when I saw Mr. James' reaction, I was more than okay with it.

"How?" He was shocked.

"Let's see. It happened here in my bed. Naked. I f.ucked her. What else do you want to know?" Stephen uttered.

Mr. James swallowed hard. "I am glad this is done then."

"Stephen, do you remember what I said?" I asked him. I meant the entire 'be nicer to your father, he will be nicer in return' thing. Of course, he understood.

"Yes, mother of my child. I remember every single detail." He turned to his father. "Stella wants us to get along better. Do not make me regret this. I will try to tolerate more you in the future."

I knew there was something good in Stephen. I badly wanted to say 'I told you so', but Mr. James had already taken many hits in one night. He looked as jealous as I felt when I saw him with that woman earlier.

"Really? I promise you I will not." Mr. James said in a suspicious tone.