Rough Around The Edges by Jen Talty

Author:Jen Talty [Talty, Jen]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Twisted Page Press, LLC
Published: 2018-10-22T16:00:00+00:00

If you don’t record another record and go out on tour, I will tell Piper, and the world, who her real father is.

Jaden re-read the statement three times, making sure his eyes weren’t playing tricks on him. He glanced down at the email address.

[email protected]

Jaden stood. “That motherfucker. I will kill him myself.” Cal had always known Piper might not have been his biologically, but his name had been on the birth certificate, and he’d raised and loved her because he was her father in every sense of the word.

“What are you talking about?” Piper rose about as gracefully as any confused woman could, resting her hand on his shoulder. “What does that folder say?”

Jaden slammed it shut.

Robert Gula, Cal’s original business partner, could very well be her biological father. Cal had told him that Robert wanted nothing to do with the child if it were true, and Cal was happy to take on the role of father. He even gave his wife a second chance, trying to make them a family.

That had turned out to be a disaster on many levels, but in the end, Piper ended up where she belonged: with a father who loved her no matter what.

“Can we have a moment alone?” Jaden asked.

Hank nodded. He and Shamus disappeared out into the hallway.

Jaden leaned against the desk, clutching the folder between his fingers. He didn’t want her to read the words. If she didn’t already know the ugly truth, then she’d hear them from his lips.

“You’re freaking me out,” she said, biting down on her fingernail like she used to do when she’d sit back on the corner of the sofa while he and her dad read her latest song.

“I need you to sit down for this.”

“Like hell. I’m standing up, and you better fucking spill whatever it is in that folder.” She waved her hand wildly in the air.

Where the fuck to begin? “Our IT girl, Trisha, found an email that came from an account I know belongs to Derek. He’s used it to contact me on occasion.”

“What did the email say?” She planted her hands on her hips and glared much like a mother would do when scolding her children. “And is it an email he would have used to contact me?”

“It’s a gmail account. DG8879.”

“Never heard of it. How do you know it belongs to Derek?”

“It’s the account he used asking me if I wanted to sell my portion of CC Music the day after Cal died.”

“He suggested I ask you. I can’t believe he suggested you sell to him so quickly.”

Jaden arched a brow. “You didn’t know he wants my share?”

“He didn’t specifically say he wanted it, just told me I should ask you.”

“How shocked was he that Cal left me any?”

“Maybe a little.”

“A little, my ass.” Jaden scratched the back of his head. “He never liked me much. Always thought I was out for a free ride.” Jaden lowered his gaze to his feet, so he could gather his thoughts before looking her in her brash eyes.

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