Back in the Game by Caz Finlay

Author:Caz Finlay
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Published: 2020-04-17T17:00:00+00:00

Chapter 49

Jake knocked on the door of Paul’s flat and waited for him to answer. When he did, he was dressed in just a pair of jeans and Jake had to remind himself that he was there to give him some disturbing news. News that would no doubt change the nature of their relationship once more.

‘You’re two fucking hours late, lad,’ Paul snapped. ‘It must have been some family drama.’

‘It was,’ Jake sighed as he followed Paul inside and into his living room.

‘Well?’ Paul asked as he handed Jake a bottle of Bud.

‘Haven’t you spoken to your dad?’

‘No. Why?’ Paul frowned.

Jake sat on the leather sofa and took a deep breath. ‘So apparently Belle is your dad’s kid.’

‘What?’ Paul almost spat out the lager he’d just taken into his mouth.

‘It’s true. Your dad just found out tonight.’

‘Fuck me! But I thought she was Ben’s, or even your dad’s?’

‘I did too. My mum had us all fooled. She and your dad had a thing before she moved to Harewood.’

‘Fuck! My dad must be fucking fuming.’

‘Oh, he is.’

‘What was your mum thinking?’

Jake shrugged. ‘Who knows why she did it, Paul? She says she thought it was for the best and she didn’t want to cause problems between your dad and Hannah.’

‘I think that ship sailed when they …’ Paul trailed off and Jake was thankful he hadn’t finished the sentence. He’d spent the past two hours with his mum, mostly arguing about why she’d done what she did, and why she’d kept it from him. Jake didn’t agree with her decision and he never would, but she was his mum, and he supposed he understood she had her reasons. What he was less happy about was the fact that he’d been screwing his baby sister’s half-brother.

‘You do realise we now have a sister in common?’ Jake said.

Paul’s mouth was still open in shock. ‘What the fuck does that make us then?’

‘I don’t know. Step-brothers or something?’

‘Nah. Your mum and my dad would have to be married for that.’

‘Whatever it is, it feels fucking weird.’

Paul shuddered as he took another swig of his lager. ‘I feel violated,’ he said, and laughed. Jake knew he was only half joking.

‘I wish she’d have fucking told me,’ Jake snapped.

‘So do I, mate.’

‘I suppose this means … It just feels too weird now, doesn’t it?’

‘It certainly doesn’t make things any less problematic, like.’

Jake swigged the rest of his lager. He could kill his mum for keeping this little secret from him. He would never have got involved with Paul if he’d known. Then he wouldn’t be eaten up by shame and guilt every time he looked in the mirror, and so he wouldn’t be sitting having this awkward conversation. Why did everything in his life have to be so fucking complicated?

‘Hey, at least we know now and not in ten years when we’re married with four adopted kids,’ said Paul, winking at him.

Jake smiled, but he felt a tightening in his chest that took him by surprise. He had never contemplated for one second the thought of a future with Paul.

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