Page 117 of Driftwood Daffodil

“And if it doesn’t work,” Romeo added. “We’ll just kill them both.”

Personally I preferred that outcome, but my father had something against killing mothers. If Veda Ford didn’t have a kid or was a man he wouldn’t hesitate to pull the trigger. This at least gave him another option.

“Are you sure you want to do this?” My dad asked. “The girl is a Ford.”

Did he think I forgot that?

“I can do it.”

Can, not want. Being tied to Novalee Ford wasn’t exactly something I was looking forward to, but it wasn’t as if I had to be faithful. Atlee’s dad fucked who he wanted. So did mine and Darry’s, it was kind of expected.

“Think hard about this son. Once it’s in place, it’s done.”

I nodded, “I know.”

“You’ll have to fuck her,” he pointed out. “There’s no point in having a wife if you don’t put an heir in her.”

“And a baby would give us extra leverage over her sister,” Romeo added.

Fuck, I didn’t think about that. I wouldn’t deny the fact that Nova–for some fucked up reason–got my dick hard, but I promised myself I wouldn’t betray Atlas like that. Then again maybe it wouldn’t be betraying Atlas.

I couldn’t imagine Kato Ford would be too happy about someone like me defiling his baby sister. And I had some pretty fucked up desires. I could send him pictures and little notes he could stew over in his cell. It didn’t get much more helpless than that.

“Yeah,” I said, “I can fuck her.”

Hard, rough and in every depraved way I could think of. I’d turn her into my own personal fuck toy, hungry for my cock and just as twisted as me. I would destroy Novalee Ford and in turn, her brother.

“Okay,” my father sat up. “And how exactly do you propose to get the girl to agree to this?”

That was easy. “She’ll trade herself for her brother.”

NOVALEE

Not only did Gio get me suspended, but he got me extra shifts at work. Maw Maw said if I wasn’t going to learn then I was going to work.

So I got to spend the first half of my Saturday at the dinner, despite my arguments that it wasn’t a regular school day, so therefore work didn’t need to replace learning. And yes technically I was the one who hit him, but he dragged it out until we got caught. Meaning the suspension was all his fault.

Thankfully I managed to get out of Maw Maw’s home lockdown for a school function. After all, extracurricular activities were important. Did it matter that said activity involved alcohol and dumb decisions? Probably, but Maw Maw didn’t need to know that part. As far as she was concerned, I washeading off to support the football team. I even gave her a ‘go Holy Rollers,’ before I walked out.

After the week I had, I deserved a little fun. Especially if that fun was Gio Mancini free. Games were the only thing the asshole trio bothered to show up to. Personally that would be the one thing I avoided.

I was not a sports girl. Memphis was the only reason I was going to the basketball game tomorrow. He somehow talked me into it. The things a girl would do for a decent chocolate bar.

I pulled up in front of Memphis’s white two story and dug my elbow into the steering wheel. His neighbors visibly grimaced at the mangled screech that echoed through the air, which I thought was rude. It took a lot of strength to get my horn to work. My elbow hurt a little. If anything, they should be thanking me. This neighborhood needed a little spice, it was way too suburban.

A few seconds later Memphis skipped out the front door and hopped in the passenger seat.

I grinned at his tight dark jeans and white shirt, “Don’t you look dashing.”

“I was going more for dapper but dashing works.” He turned to give me a once over. “I assume you were going for sex kitten, or is your new look for Gio Mancini?”

My eyes rolled as I groaned and kicked the brake to lift the pedal. “I told you that was nothing.”

“If it was nothing then why didn’t you tell me about it?”

“Because it was nothing.” Hence, not worth mentioning.

My foot pressed down on the gas, as I steered my truck away from the curb and down the street. The quicker we got to this bonfire, the better.

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