Big Daddy: The Complete Daddy Series by B. B. Hamel

Author:B. B. Hamel [Hamel, B. B.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-05-03T18:30:00+00:00

17

Carson

When I pull up to the house, I force myself to put all of my negative thoughts out of my mind. I’m still angry, fucking fuming about my brother, but I can’t take that out on Kylie.

I climb out of the truck and spot one of the security guys. I give him a nod and he waves back. I smile a little bit and feel bad that they scared Kylie, but at least she’s safe and protected when I’m not around. I head back inside and stomp the snow off my shoes as I open the garage door.

“Kylie?” I call out.

“In here!”

I follow the sound of her voice and find her wrapped up in a blanket on the couch. She looks up at me, an annoyed smile on her face.

“Hey,” I say, and sit down next to her.

She puts her head on my shoulder. “You should have told me about the guards.”

“I’m sorry,” I say, laughing.

“I thought I was going to have a heart attack.”

“Did they say anything?”

“The lead guy came to the door,” she says. “His name is Nick. Seems nice.”

“They’re good. You’ll be safe with them around.”

“Probably. I just don’t know how safe I am with you.”

For a second, I don’t realize that she’s joking around, but when I see the smile on her face I relax. “I have an idea,” I say suddenly. “Let’s get out of this house. Take a little drive. What do you think”?”

“Sure,” she says. “I’m sick of sitting around in this place anyway.”

“What, is my house not good enough for you?”

She laughs and stands. “Nope, not at all.” She heads back down the hallway and I hear her door shut.

I smile to myself and stretch my legs out. About ten minutes later she emerges wearing an appropriately warm outfit. We head back outside and get into the truck before pulling out onto a back road that leads further up the mountain.

“Did you grow up around here?” she asks me.

“When I was young, I did,” I say. “We lived that way.” I point to the east, down closer to the city.

“Did you come up here often?”

“Sometimes,” I say. “Though my father used to say that the mountains are for the workers and the poor, and we’ll be neither of those.”

She laughs a little. “Your dad sounds like a character.”

“Imagine the most stereotypical rich guy you can. Now make him even more stuck up and conservative, and that’s my father.”

She laughs, looking out the window. “I’m sorry you had to deal with that.”

“It’s okay,” I say. “He sent us to boarding school so we didn’t see him much.”

“You and your brother?”

I nod. “We were close back then. For a while at least.”

“What happened?” she asks softly.

“I don’t know,” I admit. “Something changed in him. Father always gave me more attention, more training, mostly because he assumed that I’d take over one day. I think Elliot resented that.”

“I can see how he might,” she says, cocking her head at me. “But it wasn’t your fault.”

“No,” I say.

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