Those Blue Eyes

Chap. 12: Take It From Another Man

(Picture of Brenton Russell Above *click to see full picture*)

          It's been 17 hours since Evan left my apartment angry as hell. He hasn't called or texted me. I'm scared of what I don't know. I called Renee and Lucy and begged them to meet me at the coffee shop. Renee brought Brenton with her and it only makes me and Lucy jealous. The couple tease each other consistently!
            "I'm really scared." I say in a small voice.
              "He had no right to say that shot to you." Renee says annoyed, "I hope Evan shoves his foot so far up his ass that he needs it to be surgically removed."
               Brenton gives Renee a worried look before taking a sip of his coffee. He goes back to holding her close to him. It makes me miss Evan even more.
              "So what exactly happened? Between you and Boss man?" Brenton kisses Renee's head. "Cause from what my Queen over here has been tellin' me, some shit has been going down a lot lately."
                "His dad verbally insulted my body and how ugly I look and that I'm a slut and that all of Evan's ex's were better to gawk at." I sigh, "Then he proceeded to tell me that he would get me a job somewhere else if I, AND I QUOTE, break his heart and just leave."
              "Ah, shit." Brenton says, "Did you tell Evan?"
                "Not every detail but the summery, yeah." I push my glasses up again, "And I feel like Mr. Taylor was behind the rumors about me "apparently" cheating on Evan."
                 "How did he react?" Lucy sips on her drink, "You know, when you told him."
                  I shiver at the thought of Evan being so far from pissed. He was ready to hurt somebody. And I could feel it.
                  "He got .... scary." My voice is uneven, "Evan yelled at me, which he never does. And he had this killer look in his eyes when I blurted most of what went down between me and his dad. I just started crying and I thought he was gonna just leave me."
                    "Did he?" Lucy says in wonder.
                      "No, he hugged me and commanded me to go to bed." I recall the event, "Then he left."
                      "Evan's WAYYYYYY overprotective." Renee scoffs, "He shouldn't have just barged in on you and started accusing you of cheating."
                "Nah, I don't blame the dude." We All glare in Brenton's direction.
                  "Ugh, men." Renee rolls her eyes at her boyfriend.
                  "Hey, take it from another man. Alright?" Brenton smiles at Renee, biting his lip. "You chicks see Evan as an overprotective ass, right? Always on Brooke here's case and always tying to be Mr.-Tough-Guy, right?"
                  "Right, I guess?" Renee answers.
                 "The reason why Evan reacted the way he did, and probably most of the other times, is cause he feels threatened." We all exchange a look, that makes no sense at all. "See, it doesn't matter how close you are to any of your guy friends or family. They pose a threat."
                "But Mr. Taylor wasn't hitting on me." I say confused, "He was insulting me and trying to bribe me to leave."
                  "But he was trying to get rid of you, right? He's been trying to pull you away from Evan in every way possible." Brenton says, "You chicks say he's being too overprotective, but Evan is just taking care of business per say. Something tells me he wouldn't have reacted that way unless he truly felt threatened."
                  "He wasn't completely soft when I started crying either." I comment, "In fact, he got angrier."
                "It sounds to me like Evan needs to get into Anger Management." Renee chuckles, Brenton rolls his eyes and smiles at her. "He needs to give you space to be able to handle shit on your own for once instead of doing EVERYTHING for you."
               "As men, we have our bad egos. We do. It's no lie. But if a man sees his girl cry, if he truly loves her, he's gonna go to any length to make sure he never has to see her cry like that again. No real man wants to see the woman he loves unhappy." Brenton kisses Renee, "I better never catch you with a bruise on that face or tears from some son of a bitch. The Angels in heaven couldn't hold me back from murdering that son of a bitch."
                 "Do you think Evan will ever forgive me? I ignored all his calls yesterday and he was so upset last night." I say worriedly.
                  Brenton smirks at me. "If Evan really loves you, and it sounds to me like he does, he was never truly angry with you in the first place. Just scared."