The Reconstruction of Cyprian by Michelle Love

Author:Michelle Love [Love, Michelle]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2016-12-05T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 27

JENNA

Two months have passed since the ordeal Rod put me through and thankfully we’ve heard nothing about him. I talked Reed into calling his mother, a thing he fought me on. She told him that Rod had left with his gang a week ago and she had no idea where he was again.

With his whereabouts unknown, Reed hired a bodyguard for me so I can lead a somewhat normal life and don’t have to cling to him all the time. Also, our therapist said it was very unhealthy for me to become so dependent on Reed. And it was she who came up with the bodyguard idea.

I like Sam, my bodyguard. He’s quiet and unobtrusive. And very huge!

I believe those are good qualities in someone you want to keep you safe.

He’s sitting in the hallway like he does every day I do student teaching at a small private school in Bel-Air. I’m working under a teacher who’s been doing this for fifteen years, Lila Peterson.

The kindergarteners are out to lunch, leaving us alone for a bit. We clean up the messes while we wait for them to come back and mess it all up again.

“So I saw your wedding announcement in the paper, Jenna. You sure do stay tight-lipped, young lady,” she says as she picks up all the Barbie dolls which are strewn all over the classroom.

I roll the large, toy, dump truck back to its place with the other trucks and say, “I have my reasons for being so quiet about my personal life, Lila. I assure you. I wasn’t happy that it made it to the paper. That was Reed’s mother’s doing.”

“Reed Manning is a well-known real estate billionaire. So why are you still planning on being a teacher? I mean you don’t have to.” She kicks a small soccer ball back to the ball bin.

“I want to, though. I want my own thing. Have my own interests. I’m not looking to become a spoiled housewife.” A wad of pink chewed up gum I spot underneath a desk and shake my head. “How do the little imps manage to get gum past us?”

Lila hands me the butter knife she keeps in the desk drawer for just such an occasion. “Here, use this to get it off. And what I would give to be a spoiled housewife. My husband works at one of the oil refineries and has since we married seventeen years ago. Our three kids are all in their teens now and wreaking havoc most likely as we speak. They all remind me of my rowdy brother, Spike.”

The thought of our kids having any of Rod’s ways makes me shake. “That can happen? Kids can come out like your sibling?”

“God knows my husband, and I never acted the way they do. My brother was always doing what the hell he wanted to no matter the consequences. And all three of mine do the same damn thing. I just hope none of them go as far as he has and joins a motorcycle gang.

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