for the love of English by Hargrove A.M

Author:Hargrove, A.M.
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Up All Night Romance
Published: 2016-09-14T16:00:00+00:00

Four

The flight home is miserable, and John waits for us at the house. It doesn’t make sense—none of it. How could she have found out about it so quickly? And to resign my position, in my mind, only admits guilt. But according to John, it defrays the situation, sends them the message that if—and he says this as a huge if—the court sees it as behaving inappropriately, we rectified the situation immediately. We were in love and quickly married because we knew we couldn’t live without each other. John maintains it’s that simple. I say bullshit. Anyone with a brain will see through it and call us out. But it falls on deaf ears. He looks at me through condescending eyes and snaps, yes, snaps, that I am unaware of legalities and don’t know what I’m talking about.

The argument continues to escalate, and I stammer with rage. “I know one thing. If I were sitting on a jury and heard all of this, I wouldn’t believe it for a minute.”

John, who is about done with me by this time, offers me a withering stare. My first instinct is to shrink from him. He is the authoritative one, but I load my spine with steel and stand firm. In a mocking tone, he responds, “Well, you won’t be on the jury, will you?”

Beck finally pulls out of his trance and says, “John, that’s enough. Sheridan has a valid point.”

“No, she—”

Beck’s hand flies out as he says, “Hear me out. If she resigns, she’s right. She’s admitting guilt, which is not what we need. We did absolutely nothing wrong. We barely kissed before we got married. The fact is, there is no reason for her to resign.”

“Can you prove it?”

The tiny muscle in Beck’s jaw ticks. “Your job as my attorney is to find that woman incompetent as a mother. I thought you had hired a PI to figure out what was going on in her life. What’s going on with that? Why do I feel like you’re putting Sheridan on trial here? And me?”

John rubs the back of his neck and says, “Yeah, I need to find out about that, but if we go to trial, you will be up there, being asked these questions. And I don’t have to tell you how the courts usually find in favor of the woman.”

“I can’t even believe this is happening. What about the legal document she signed saying she gave up all custodial rights to me? Doesn’t that count for anything?”

“Beck, you know we’ve been through this already. She claims she was under mental stress when she signed that, so that means it would become void if the court decides in her favor. And we can’t go back and attest to her mental stability or sanity now.”

“Fuck. So, Sheridan, you really think you shouldn’t resign?” Beck asks.

“I do. I think it sends the wrong message.” The pain in Beck’s face worries me. “But I’ll do anything you want me to.” I emphasize the you so he knows I trust him, not his lawyer.

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