Beyond Us- Book Three

•••Chapter Eighteen•••

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<Chris Brady> "Miss Violet, nice seeing you." she smiled. I didn't detect any sign of bitchiness in her. "Chris, I'm not here to fight. I want to meet Aiden."

"We can schedule that after I check your sanity."

"I understand. I'll keep in touch, Chris." she put her sunglasses back on and walked away. She stopped in front of Dave. "Hi Dave." she said.

"What is she doing here? How did she get out?" Thora asked.

"Maybe she got better. They wouldn't let her out if she's not okay."

"She didn't look okay to me. Are the kids okay?" she panicked.

"Thora, they're fine. Let's leave." I drove her to my parents house and the kids were seated at the hall with lots of candies and lots of extra candies. "Mom!" I screamed out. Aiden had a bowl of ice cream behind him. "Give me that."

"No."

"I told you it's not good for you. Act like a boy. These are for girls."

"But Ava wanted it. She gave it to me." I looked back at them and Thora had picked Ava up.

"Ava did you give them to him?"

"Grandma did and he begged for it."

"Leave the kids alone Chris." My mom said from the kitchen. "Kids dinner is served."

"Can I get more ice cream?" Aiden requested.

"No!" We all said. Jared was stuck on the floor playing the video games with headphones on. Aiden took the headphones off his head and he looked at us.

"You're here. Is my mom here too?" Jared asked.

"No dummy. Let's eat." Ava ran to him and took the game pad away from him. "I'll take you to her when we finish eating."

"Okay!" They lined up and walked to the kitchen. Thora smiled at me and sat in the couch. My mom joined us and looked at us worriedly.

"What's wrong?"

"Lana is out."

"I know. You don't have to worry about her. She only needs your permission to see her son and I think she has the right to. She'll be moving away so do it fast."

"Dad knows?"

"Why not? She was his favorite secretary." she laughed. She sat next to Thora and held her hand. "If she ever tries to harm any of you again, I promise you, I'll lock her up in a place where there's no dim of light." she huffed and stood up. "Did he tell you what you did to him when you left after all that?"

"No,"

"Let me tell you what, Miss Violet," she smiled warmly at her. "I believe that will be the last time you make me clean up my son."

"Mom..."

"Clean him up?"

"I did. He didn't leave that room for months. It was all Jesse and I who took care of his son like grownups while he only slept in bed, cried like a broken girl and stopped talking to everyone..."

"Mom, I think she gets it."

"Do you?" she nodded. "Be good Thora. I know you love my son so stop running away."

"Okay." My mom left us at the hall and the kids were playing with their foods in the kitchen.

Thora stood up from the couch and stood in front of me. "I think you'll have to tie me to you so I won't run away again because I'm not sure I can stop messing up. I see cute guys and I just want to screw them at anywhere possible. It's up to you now to let me go or not. Being faithful, I cannot promise you that. I don't even trust myself." she laughed. "I'm sorry for whatever you went through." she blinked off tears. "I... I'm not that girl anymore Chris," another tear fell off and she wiped the remains away. "I turned into something I never wanted to be. It feels too good to stop and I feel too scared to get myself into another relationship especially if it's you."