The Kissing Booth Why Now?

57. WHY US *

Mathew's POV

We all were going crazy.  First, the kids have a stalker that turns out to be Mary.  I still can not believe that ass claimed Mary as his wife knowing she had a husband and children.  Then again given the fact he abused his wife and kept her from everyone she knew before him I am not completely stunned.  I will admit I would love to get my hands on the guy but I guess it is best.  The last thing the kids, my darling June and Mary need is myself and Max in jail.  Yep, even though Max has a better handle on his anger than I do I know he would have helped me beat that guy within an inch of his life.  Not to mention the Smith family claiming that their daughters were pregnant by my sons.  I knew there was no way they were telling the truth.  First off I had heard Lee on several occasions telling Elle that he was not ready for sex even though Rachel was.  I could not believe that girl had tried to grab my son when he told her they should wait.  Lee had admitted to me that he thought Rachel was up to something or at least that she didn't love him as she claimed.  That brings us to the youngest daughter whose name none of us really knows claiming Noah was the father of her baby.  I had my doubts at first but I remembered the talk I had with Noah when he started dating Elle and he admitted to the make-out sessions but that he only ever slept with one girl.  He admitted that he believed having sex with her would help him move on from Elle.  Little did he know he was not meant to let her go.

Then to add more to the fire we get a fucking pervert after our girl.  I don't think he realized that since Elle was the only girl in our families we were all very protective of her and don't get me started on Noah.  Once he realized that Elle loved him as much as he loved her and they started dating she became his whole world.  He was already aware of everything she did but once she was his girl there was nothing she did that did not pass his notice.  Don't even get me started on how much he hated the other guys hitting on her.  I knew that the reason our Elle never had any dates was that Noah sabotaged her and I didn't stop him because I did not want our girl to be hurt.  Besides I could tell she loved Noah as much as he loved her.  It was obvious when they would all fall asleep together.  Even though she would fall asleep in Lee's arms with her head on his chest she would eventually gravitate to Noah and cuddle up with him.  Unlike with Lee where she had her head on his chest and one arm around him while he had his arm under her head with Noah it was different.   With him, she would not only have her head on her chest but one hand splayed on his chest and the other one wrapped around him.  She would even have one leg bent and on top of his leg.  

As for Noah unlike Lee just having his arm under her Noah would wrap both arms around her.  I only know this because June and Mary took a picture of them because we all had a hard time believing them that they would end up together.  I always believed that their love was fleeting a childhood crush but it seems they found each other the day Elle was born.  I had talked several times with June, Mary, and Max about homeschooling the kids ever since that pedophile came into our lives but June and Mary reminded us that even though Mary could afford to send Elle where ever she wanted to go to school Elle would prefer to earn a scholarship.  Plus she would go crazy having to give up soccer.  So I had to endure when she was out of our sight.  I was glad she had her gang, Lee, my nephew Carl and Lee's girl Patrice to look after her.  

The week of the start of the trial I was on edge.  I really did not want to have to watch Elle go through what was ahead of her but I knew that it was best if she made sure Justin Blaine did not get the chance to go after another child that might not be as lucky as her.  Wednesday night Noah called since we were flying him in for the trial because June worked it out to let him go first during the questioning phase since he is a student in Boston.  He let us know that several teachers came down with food poisoning and all his classes for the rest of the week were canceled.  He asked if he could come in early to really surprise Elle.  Yeah, Noah had asked us to keep his arrival a secret so he could surprise her.  There was no way we were going to not let him have his way because it is little things like this that will make her feel special.  So, we called and had his ticket changed then sent him the new info.  I knew he hated having to fly commercial because he got used to Mary's private jet but she and Maxwell were using it and would be flying in for dinner because even though they were on their honeymoon there was no way they were not going to be here for their girl.