Big Dick didn’t want her to heal.
“You mean fall out of love with me, don’t you?”
“You broke her heart.Now, you can either let her heal and falloutof love with you, or you can fix this yourself.”Jonah stepped back inside the house.“That decision is yours and only yours to make.”
Big Dick hated this.This was not what he wanted.
Turning away from the house, he made his way down the garden and moved to straddle his bike.He took one last look up at the house, and he hoped to see a curtain twitch.There wasn’t any.No sign of Larissa looking down to see if he was still there.Nothing.
He turned the ignition over on his bike, pumped the gas, and then rode out of the street, only he didn’t go back to the clubhouse.Instead, he arrived at his parents’ doorstep.
The doorway was dark.It didn’t look like anyone was home.He wasn’t just going to let himself in, although he did have a spare key.His parents had given all of their kids a spare key to let themselves in at any time of day or night.He’d never gone back home late at night.
Knocking on the door, he would wait for them to answer, and if they didn’t, he’d go back to the clubhouse.Just as he was about to step away from the door, it opened, and his dad called his name.
“George, what’s wrong?”
He turned to his father and felt tears in his eyes.“I’m going to be a dad,” he said.He let out a laugh, but it wasn’t even entertained.“I’m going to be a dad, and my ...she hates me.”
He couldn’t even call Larissa his woman.
“Oh, son.”
“She hates me, Dad.”
His father grabbed him, pulled him into his arms, and Big Dick sobbed like he was a baby, rather than a full-grown man.He had made one giant mistake and now he was paying the price.His father pulled him into the house, and his mother was already there in the kitchen.
Drew put him in a seat, and Big Dick wiped a hand down his face.Crying never solved any of his problems.He was usually the fixer of problems.Most of the time, he just needed to use his fists to get what he wanted.This was not going to work.Using his fists wouldn’t win back Larissa.
“Tell us what happened,” Drew said.
He told his parents everything, not leaving anything out, including his trip to Jonah and the options he had.
His mother had handed him the hot chocolate, and she had also gotten out the ice cream.
“And that’s everything,” Big Dick said, taking a large scoop of chocolate ice cream and shoving it into his mouth.His teeth were sensitive, but it didn’t stop him from taking a nice, large scoop.The pain was what he needed.
“I guess you’ve got to know what you want to do next,” his dad said.
“What do you mean?”he asked, feeling incredibly dumb.
His mother tsked.“It’s on you.You can either let Larissa get over you.Allow her to fall out of love with you, or you make the decision to fight for her.”
“I hurt her.”
“Yes, we get that.But tell us, George, does it matter?”
He frowned, looking between his parents.“Huh?”
“If you love her, then it matters, because there will not be another woman like her.There is only one Larissa Adams.We all know it.If you don’t love her, then there are other women that will appeal to you.You don’t have to fall for her.”
He couldn’t believe his parents were even suggesting this.It seemed crazy.
“You’re saying leave her?”
“Not your child.You’ll always have a connection with this woman because she is now pregnant with your son or daughter.But, do you want to lose her?”his mother asked.
“Son, can you stand the thought of someone else with her?Larissa is a beautiful woman.She’s kind.She has spirit and soul.There are going to be men out there who will not care if she is a single mother.They will be happy to be a stepfather.If you don’t care about her being with another man being the one to make her happy, holding her, putting that smile on her face, then walk away.If you’re not all in, and you’re only doing it for the child, walk away.Be a father, but don’t put her through that.If you want Larissa for her, and if knowing she will find someone else tears you apart so much you can’t think straight, knowing someone else will touch her, love her, and be everything with her, then don’t walk away.”
