Page 56 of Like Fathers, Like Son
“We have tests here, I’m sure. My dads were always trying to get mum up the duff, well… until she put her foot down when she had the twins. They both had to get the snip then, or she said she’d leave them and take us kids with her.” I’d say smart woman, but too little too fucking late. She should have stopped before Blaze even happened.
“If I tell you that you’re a load your mother should have swallowed, you’re just going to get angry with me, but it’s true, Blaze.” His eyes widened, and for a moment he just stared in shock, and then he started to laugh.It wasn’t supposed to be funny, you psycho.
“Sorry, babe. It’s just sometimes you shock me, because you look so sweet and innocent, and then you say shit like that.”
“Go fuck yourself.” Apparently I was done with trying to get out of this by appealing to him nicely.
“Nah, maybe later. So, what do you want to do after we finish dinner?”What, like this is a fucking date?
“Go out. Somewhere, anywhere.” Blaze smirked at my response, because he could probably read exactly what I was thinking.
“Like where?”
“Even just for a walk. I haven’t had any fresh air for days and I’m an outdoorsy person, you know this if you’ve really been stalking me or whatever.”
He nodded like I hadn’t just insulted him.
“Yeah, why don’t we go for a drive up to the lake?” I didn’t care what lake, but I nodded vigorously because yes, anywhere away from these impervious windows and doors would be perfect.
“Okay, and after that we’ll come back and make love again. We’ll get you full of babies, Anneka.” Ugh.
One way or another, that was NOT going to happen.
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ClearlyshethoughtIwas born yesterday, but I was also craving some fresh air, so we wrapped up in some coats we had in the cloakroom, and went out to the car. I kept a tight grip on her wrist, and guided her into the car with a stern warning to stay put, while I went around to the driver’s side.
That breathy response, which she clearly thought I was dumb enough to fall for, didn’t make me let my guard down, but the whole time I was driving us to the lake, I just felt like I was making a big mistake.
Something in me wanted to try and please her though, to offer her something to make up for some of the cruelty I’d shown her. I couldn’t promise I wouldn’t get like that again, because it was a big part of me, but I could try to be nice at other times.
The lake was pretty, and there were no other people out walking there, since it was so remote, but only about twenty minutes on foot from the house. That was the only reason I even knew it was there.
“Wow, it’s so quiet here,” Anneka muttered, walking closer to the water’s edge as I followed like her fucking pet. I wished the moonlight would shine brighter, so I could watch her hair glow in its ethereal light.
“Yeah, I guess. I mean, nobody would hear you scream, right?” She tensed, edging away from me a little.
“Do you have to do that? We came out here to enjoy this place, not have you scaring me again.”
Was that a pang of guilt?Fuck that shit. I didn’t have to feel guilty for the things I’d done. Mistakes were just a fucking human gift, a way of explaining away all our wrongs. I’m human, and I made a mistake. Get over it.
“Don’t see why we can’t do both. I enjoy both.”
She groaned and stepped closer to me, as she hugged that coat tighter around her.
“Cold?”
Anneka nodded, tensing as I looped my arm around her.
“Easy, just let me keep you warm.”
I was pretty much waiting for something, a trick or some kind of escape attempt, so it was doubly humiliating that I still went head first into that lake, when she suddenly spun and shoved me.
The water was agonisingly icy cold, and I got a mouthful of disgusting lake water, as well as a lungful, before I managed to push my way back up to the surface. The fact that she was already gone was a sign of just how much she’d planned. Did she really think she could run for safety from here?
I scrambled out of the water, struggling out of that heavy wet coat, and tossing it on the ground. Jesus fuck, when I caught up with her, I’d really fucking make her pay for-
