Total pages in book: 46
Estimated words: 46840 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 234(@200wpm)___ 187(@250wpm)___ 156(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 46840 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 234(@200wpm)___ 187(@250wpm)___ 156(@300wpm)
“You’re nothing but a poor whelp from the wrong side of the tracks, if you think I would let my daughter sully herself with the likes of you you’ve got another think coming.” Daddy
reached out to grab me but Jake was faster. He pushed me behind his back and blocked my dad’s view. I was never so scared in my life. It was happening all over again. When will it end? I
wanted so badly to believe Jake when he said everything was going to be okay but I know daddy. He’s mean and spiteful and he can hold a grudge, I should know I’ve been at the receiving
end of one for three years.
“Jacqueline I said get your ass over here now.”
“Jake...” I cried out when he reached for daddy, holding him by his neck.
“You talk to her like that again it’ll be the last time you do it with a full head of teeth. Now just so you know old man the only reason I haven’t laid your ass out already is out of
respect for her but you keep disrespecting her and all bets are off.”
“You don’t scare me, I’ve got friends… ”
“Yes I remember all about your friends but this time I’m not alone. This time I’ve got the law on my side.”
“The law, what law? I own the law around here boy.” Jake pulled that thing from beneath his shirt again and I saw that it was some sort of shield. It looked like a cop’s but there was
something else written on it that I couldn’t make out. I saw the fire in daddy’s eyes, I know him so well he was livid. He wanted to pummel Jake if the closed fists and clenched teeth
were any indication but at least he had the good sense not to try.
“I don’t care about your badge she’s my daughter and she’s coming home with me.”
“She’s old enough to make her own decisions, only this one I’ve already made for her.”
“You’ve lost your mind, I’ll bury you if you don’t stay out of my way.”
“Go ahead old man I’d like to see you try.”
“This is still my town, all I have to do is tell the sheriff what you’ve done here… ”
“Oh yeah and what’s that?”
“You’ve kidnapped her of course, holding her against her will.” Daddy started to smile after making that vile threat. That sickening smile he always wore right before he pounced, and I
felt bile rise in the pit of my gut. Why was I always so weak? Why couldn’t I stand up to him?
“You’d have a hard time proving that one since she can always tell them she’s here of her own free will.”
“She’ll tell them what I say won’t you little girl?” He tried looking around Jake at me but Jake shifted his body shielding me from the venom in daddy’s eyes. “I’ll disown her
otherwise.”
“Go ahead, disown her, she doesn’t need you or your money.” He grinned at Jake like the cat that ate the canary.
“You think she’d walk away from millions for you? A nobody with a dead end job? How much do you make a year? Thirty, forty thousand? With what she stands to inherit she could buy and
sell you ten times over. Or is that what you’ve been after all along? Fancy living up on the hill? You see Jacqueline he’s just been using you.”
“Hey asshole you address me, you have nothing more to say to her.” I guess Jake felt my fear in the death grip I suddenly had on the back of his jeans.
“She’s my daughter… ”
“Yeah? Well she’s my wife.” I peaked around Jake long enough to see daddy take a step back. His face had gone completely red and he was sweating. Never a good sign, he was about to blow.
My knees started to shake and I moaned out loud. This was my biggest fear come true.
“Is this true?” Daddy tried addressing me again but once more Jake stopped him.
“Are you fucking death? I said don’t fucking talk to her. You’ve said all the fuck you have to say to her now you can leave or I’ll help your ass leave.” Daddy was mad for sure, his eyes
were about to pop and so was that vein in his neck, the one that always jumped right before he attacked. I wanted to close my eyes against what was coming next but something
extraordinary happened just then. Daddy didn’t move quite fast enough to suit Jake and so he stepped forward crowding him. And daddy shook; he actually looked around as if seeking
escape. I felt the first kernel of hope unfurl at the sight. To see daddy all but cowering before someone else, the tyrant who had ruled over everyone and everything in my life with an
iron fist was actually afraid. Jake leaned in and whispered something in his ear that had him looking pretty close to what Deputy Culver had looked like earlier.