“Okay, we’ve been through this already.”
“I knew you’d fuckin’ flip the script when you was in the hospital.”
“I haven’t flipped, Christopher. I am keeping an open mind.”
“Close that motherfucker. Diesel a motherfucker then and he a motherfucker now. If he could get away with, he’d fuck hernow. The way that fuckhead look at her, defend her, hang on her every fuckin’ word when he don’t think nofuckinbody lookin’ tellme all the fuck I need to know, Megan. It’s why he fuckin’ texted me to come get her out of Kaia’s room.”
“Did you?”
“Fuck yeah!”
Rolling her eyes, Meggie snorted. “You know I gave her permission to hang out with him and Kayce?”
“I know. I ain’t sure why you want our baby to spend more than two minutes alone with two motherfuckers.”
“Because I want her to enjoy a threesome.”
Christopher choked, too angry to hear her sarcasm.
She twirled her finger on his chest, hoping to calm him. “Diesel knows he can’t get away with anything inappropriate or illegal with Rebel, so he won’t have sex with her. As for Kaia, he cares about Rebel.”
“Hedo. His cock cares about fuckin’,” Christopher growled.
Something else she agreed with, but if she admitted that, it wouldn’t end well. Christopher wanted to protect Rebel and force her to his will. Even if Rebel hadn’t lost faith in her daddy, she’d bow to no one, including him. Unfortunately, her shattered trust created a powder keg that threatened to explode. Meggie needed to get Christopher to see why their daughter was so angry with him.
“Let’s talk about Torie.”
“Do we gotta? I’m so fuckin’ sick of her. Every time you and me talk about her, shit go south between us.”
“I’ve laid that time to rest,” Meggie said truthfully. “Rebel has just pushed it aside on my behalf. It’s always there, just beneath the surface, Christopher. You hurt her deeply.”
“She ain’t had fuck all to be hurt about,” Christopher barked.
“Yes, I know–”
“I don’t mean because I was fuckin’ innocentanyfuckinway. I meant cuz it ain’t her fuckin’ business.”
“Yes, it was. What happens between you and I affects her, too. She’s trying to forgive you, but you have to meet her halfway. She deserves the same leeway as you give the boys.”
“Then she’ll fuckin’ think she can act like the fuckin’ boys.”
“She already does. Something you admired until the day she told you about how she felt about Diesel. Your relationship has never been the same.”
“Yeah, cuz she turned into a fuckin’ spoiled lil’ bitch who hated me cuz I ain’t wanted her thinkin’ she had a future with that motherfucker.”
“She was a little over the top but she apologized.”
“She still wasn’t that fuckin’ nice to me.”
“I know,” Meggie soothed. “Then Torie happened and it crushed her.”
“She must’ve thought I was just a fuckin’ piece a shit in the first fuckin’ place if she let something Iain’tfuckin’ do turn her against me.”
“She doesn’t. She loves you, Christopher. Part of the problem, though, is how she’s treating you has affected how you see her.”
“Like a spoiled, naive kid who think she my fuckin’ equal?”
Meggie wouldn’t comment on Christopher’s revelation. Neither father nor daughter saw each other in the best light.“ You’ve got to let her spread her wings.”
