Page 128 of Family Bonds: Alana & Brennan
But there had to be a limit to how long she’d let her feet grow tired. Been there and done that before.
For once in her life, she was putting herself first, even if it hurt in the end.
“Do you need to answer your phone?” Kelsey asked. “It’s doing a lot of buzzing and you’re not someone to get texts like that.”
She debated telling Kelsey. “It’s Jonathan.”
“What does that prick want? Talk about a man not to stand by!”
“Yep.” She picked her phone up to see the texts. “He asked if I could call him in the first text. When I didn’t reply, he sent question marks.”
“Are you going to?” Kelsey asked.
“No. There is nothing to say to him and no reason to.” She deleted the texts. In her mind they were just spam anyway. That was what she considered her ex.
Spam asshole that needed to be erased from her life.
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BEEN SPOT ON
“That ferry ride sucked,” Alana said on Friday morning.
“You didn’t have to come with me.”
“I wasn’t letting you go alone. Even if it’s just moral support.”
Brennan was lucky enough to get an appointment with his attorney quickly. Then he was going to have a chat with Rene. He’d sent her a list of questions three days ago when she’d called. Or he sent them that night.
He had expected no response and was doubly shocked when a response arrived yesterday morning.
Calling her to talk when he’d told her he couldn’t at work would just let her think she got her way.
It was better to catch her unaware.
She’d made a comment about being off on Friday, so he was going to pay her a visit after he’d talked to his attorney.
With Alana next to him now, he threaded their fingers together in his car and then drove off the ferry.
“I appreciate it. I told Becca Grandma was picking her up at pre-K today and that she was spending the night. The weather is going to be dicey later and I’m not pushing my luck on the ferry or even the roads.”
“Becca will be fine with your mother. You know that. And we can stay at my parents’ house easily.”
That was their backup plan rather than trying to find a hotel last minute if Rene couldn’t meet until later.
“I appreciate that,” he said. “We can still get a hotel.”
“Brennan. My parents’ house is immense. Their primary is on the first floor, my old room on the second. They live outside the city. It’s not a problem and we aren’t in anyone’s way. They’d love to see you again.”
When she put it that way, it wouldn’t hurt.
“Maybe we can plan on going tonight to visit. If I’m not rushing around, I won’t feel so anxious. It’s not as if there are a lot of ferry slots to get back.”
“That’s right. There is no reason to stress and rush to get there and maybe miss it. Just plan on staying so it’s one less thing on your mind.”
There would always be a million things on his mind and this pile of shit Rene had dropped was stinking it all up.
Becca always had to come first, but now there was this worry that Alana wouldn’t want to deal with his drama.
