The Enlightened by Cassandra Robbins

Author:Cassandra Robbins [Robbins, Cassandra]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Cassandra Robbins
Published: 2018-11-29T16:00:00+00:00

REED

I take a long drag off my cigarette, walk into a guest bathroom, and flush it down a toilet. My body still high off the sex with Tess, I take a moment and process what just happened. I don’t regret it, although I know Tess will. It was only a matter of time. Both of us are like ticking time bombs ready to explode. Our minds might say we should stay away, but our bodies seem to need each other to function, maybe even to live.

I turn on the gold faucet and splash some cold water on my face. As I look up at myself in the mirror, water drips down my neck. My dark hair, still wet from the shower, curls slightly at the ends. Leaning in closer, I notice the lines around my eyes seem less pronounced and shake my head at how my whole body feels energized. I reach for a snowy-white hand towel and wipe my face. Vanilla and lavender cling to it.

I make my way toward the study, hoping that I can at least catch the end of the reading. Jax and my father are the only ones who remain. I pull out one of the old wooden chairs and look around this room. Much like all the others, it’s filled with antiques that keep getting passed down. I lean back. The air of sadness is thick in the room. The will reading must have taken a lot out of everyone.

“You’re kidding me, right?” Jax looks at my face.

Ignoring him, I can’t help but stop from grinning. I reach for a copy of the will and look absently out the window.

“Anyone seen my kids?”

My dad stares and clears his voice as Jax snorts and gets up to refill his glass of bourbon.

“Son, you missed the will reading. So did Tess. She needs to know what was left to Luke and Lilly.”

“She can read.” I tap the wooden table. Empty crystal tumblers remain in several spots along with numerous plastic water bottles.

“How did it go? Everything you excepted?”

Jax shakes his head lifting his glass. “Anyone else want a shot?”

“Sure.” I accept, not because I want one but because I’m sick of Jax’s knowing looks.

“Reed?” I turn toward my father. His green eyes are slightly bloodshot. “Your grandfather has made you very rich.”

“Yeah?”

He sighs. “He left both Luke and Lilly two hundred and fifty million dollars each.”

“What?” My voice rises, and my head swims. They’re not yet three and they have five hundred million dollars between the two of them. I gaze at Jax and at the large grandfather clock. All I can think about is how Tess is going to react to this.

Dad shuffles through some papers and shoves them at me. “He left you in charge of it until they turn eighteen.” He takes a deep breath and I glance at Jax who is staring out at the cold day lost in thought.

“The surprising part was that he stopped Tess’s child support. He wrote in his own hand that you both need to work it out together.

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