Page 89 of Creed
“I’m aware.”
“Do you think it’s true?”
“No, I don’t, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t true.” I let out a breath and tried to fight back the tears. I was a mess. I’d been a mess since Brian threatened to take the kids, and it only got worse when I saw the news about Fury. “What am I going to do?”
“Have you talked to Jameson about this?”
“No.”
“Why not?”
"I don’t know. I guess I was waiting for him to come to me and explain what was going on.”
“Hmmm, I don’t think this is a wait around and find out kind of thing, sweetheart.” Her motherly concern was shining through as she said, “He’s a big part of your life right now. He’s in your home. Around your children. You have a right to ask what the hell is going on.”
“It’s not that simple.”
“And why not?”
“If I ask him about it, he might think I’m accusing him or that I think the stories are true.”
“That’s ridiculous.”
“But it’s true, and you know it. And the timing of all this couldn’t be worse.”
“What do you mean?”
“Brian found out that I was back with Jameson and threatened to sue for full custody if I didn’t break things off with him.”
“He can’t force you to do that.”
“But he can.” My stomach turned to knots as I told her, “He said that I was putting the kids in danger by having him around, and right now, there’s not a judge in the world who wouldn’t agree with him.”
“Oh, honey.”
“I don’t know what I’m going to do.”
I felt like the floor beneath me was crumbling apart, and I didn’t know how to stop it. Jameson had been so good. He made me feel like I was his everything.
I felt it when he touched me and when he talked to me, and the way he was always thinking of me.
The kisses.
The flowers.
The crazy snacks.
And the late-night texts.
I didn’t want to lose that. I didn’t want to lose him.
Mom seemed to sense my unease and said, “It’s going to be okay.”
“I don’t know. This is a lot. I wouldn’t even be surprised if Brian wasn’t behind this whole mess with Jameson and trafficking investigation.”
“You think?”
“It would be just like him to try something like that.”
