“You see her?” I asked Canyon, trying to keep my voice calm, despite the feeling of panicked rage building from my core.
“Maybe she’s in Benny’s or the pro shop?” He shrugged.
At least the kid was thinking. I tried to calm my mind and remind myself of all the reasons I could not punch that asswhipe’s face in.
We made our way through the lobby to the entrance of Benny’s and the pro-shop.
“You wanna check Benny’s? Ask Paige if she’s seen her?” I asked Canyon.
He gave a tough nod and ran ahead of me.
I quickly scanned the pro-shop with no success and Canyon came out of Benny’s shaking his head.
“Maybe she’s picking up the car?” He asked quietly with eyes darting back and forth. I could tell Canyon was getting nervous and that was my fault. I didn’t want him to realize I was nervous about his father being an ass to his mother. The shitty thing about it was that he probably had already seen that happen.
“I’m sure she is, I don’t know why I was freaking,” I said, forcing out a chuckle.
He chuckled nervously too then and looked up at me, “yeah.”
But the worry I was feeling was reflected in his eyes as well.
I started out of the rink, pretty much speed walking. Canyon had to run beside me to keep up with my long strides, but he didn’t complain.
I felt like grabbing him up along with his bag I was already carrying so I could break into a run.
I couldn't see them yet, but I was already hearing them arguing from across the parking lot where Jules’ car was.
As soon as they came into view, I wasn’t sure if I’d made the right decision in finding them. Because I wasn’t sure I could contain my anger.
Kevin had Jule’s arm in a vise-like grip.
“Why the FUCK is he with my son?” He yelled, the veins in his neck were bulging and his face was a dark red as he gestured toward us with a wild arm.
“He’s done with this team,” he spit. “Be on the lookout for custody papers,” he said with a nasty snarl, looking down at a dumbstruck Jules.
Chapter Forty: Jules- present
I figured he wouldn’t recognize Grey... maybe he’d seen his name somewhere and had put two and two together. But still… he left me, not the other way around. I played wife for him. He decided he wanted Tammy full time and not both of us as side pieces. And I thanked God for that…He had to split half of everything with me. It was the only good outcome of us really since my grandparents pretty much gifted him all of my inheritance through the business. It hadn’t been a surprise that he didn’t even battle me for custody of Canyon, but he made sure I knew he could whenever he wanted… But I did not expect this level of anger from him over Grey.
Everything had been going so well… too well. I knew I shouldn’t have gotten so comfortable loving Grey. It was too good to be true. If it was between staying with Grey or having Canyon, I’d choose Canyon in a second… and it looked like I was going to have to make that decision.
Kevin had a crazy possessive look in his eye, and I didn’t want Canyon to see it. I wished like hell that the two of them would just walk away and give us a minute.
I gave a split-second pleading look to Grey to try to communicate this, but he was staring at Kevin with murder in his eyes.
This needed to stop before it escalated out of control.
I angled to stand in front of Grey and Canyon and moved towards Kevin, reaching out to him in a placating way.
“Can we just talk about-“
Before I could finish, Kevin forcefully shoved my arms away, so hard that I stumbled to keep from falling on the cement.
“Mom!” I heard Canyon call out. I hated that he’d just seen his dad act so aggressively toward a woman… but I was only fooling myself if I thought it was the first time.
“Touch her again and you’ll be sorry,” Grey said in a low voice. His voice itself was threatening. I’d never heard that tone out of him before.
I heard Kevin respond with a snide laugh, “and why would I be sorry?”
