Loving Dean by Roxanne Greening

Author:Roxanne Greening
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Published: 2018-11-09T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 18

Charlotte

Present Day.

I slept, but it wasn’t peaceful. It was another night of terror and sadness. I was surprised it wasn’t haunted by the man I watched die last night. Nope, it was my father again. Nothing from yesterday disturbed my dreams.

Was it sad I both wished that the events from yesterday would keep me up and I was also relieved it didn’t?

“I know you’re awake,” Dean’s voice penetrated the quiet room.

“I’m not ready to face you,” I tell him. My cheeks heated at the embarrassing slip of my tongue.

“You need to come out, eventually. You missed breakfast,” Dean said.

I sagged slightly, relieved he didn’t bring up my admission.

“What time is it?” I asked.

I left my purse and my phone somewhere after everything that happened. I wasn’t sure I even left the restaurant with them.

“Three o’clock,” he replied.

“Oh no! I need to get ready for work,” I shouted.

That was if I still had a job after watching my boss kill a man. Last night I wasn’t sure I was welcome back.

“You won’t be working anymore,” he tells me harshly.

My eyes grow big, and I debated the need to argue about this. I couldn’t quit, I needed the money to pay off dads’ expenses.

Just thinking about him had tears filling my eyes. I missed him so much. After everything, after all the fights, and the name-calling, I still missed the man.

“I can’t quit, I need to pay my dad’s bills,” I tell him firmly.

Somethings were important, and this was one of them. I may not fight Dean on the marriage and the kids because let’s face it, he saved my life last night. I also knew he also risked his.

“I’m not budging on this, Charlotte,” he tells me firmly.

“Neither am I,” if I let him win this, I will never win anything again.

“I’ll pay those bills,” he tells me in a gentle voice.

He was trying to soothe me into compliance.

“I’m still going to work at the coffee shop,” I tell him. Okay, I was giving up two jobs. I hated them anyway.

“No, no job,” he replied, his tone cold.

“Too damn bad,” I snapped.

This shit wasn’t happening. He wasn’t controlling my whole life.

I watched as the doorknob turned, and I swallow hard. I wasn’t ready to face the man. Right now, we disagreed on something, and if I had to argue in front of him, I wasn’t sure if I could do it. I mean the man was a killer.

I watched in frustration as the door swung open and Dean walked in.

“Listen, Charlotte…” he started, but I cut him off.

“NO! You listen here, I won’t budge on this,” I tell him firmly trying not to shake in both anger and fear.

I watched as anger darkened his eyes.

“We are having dinner with my parents tonight,” he changed the subject, and I relaxed for a brief moment. I won another small victory. That victorious feeling was quickly swallowed by the fear of dinner with his folks.

Shit, this was going to be a long night.

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