Inheritance by Sean Michael

Author:Sean Michael [Michael, Sean]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

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The nap during cartoons gave Brad a second wind for baths and bedtime routine for four kids under the age of six.

Ben, as always, was a big help. Val and Jackie had done really well with him -- he was the greatest kid.

It was weird not having Belle there, too. It made him a bit twitchy, but he was trying to ignore it. Getting out of the house, doing something “normal” was good for her.

Probably for him and Cash, too.

Cash was looking a little haggard, really, and it didn’t surprise him to find the man on the porch outside the office, smoking a cigarette and drinking a beer. He held his hand out for the brew, taking a long swig before passing it back and settling on the swinging chair.

“Hey, man.” Cash blew the smoke out of his nose in a rush.

“Hey. You look tired.”

“Yeah, no shit. I’m okay, just used to a different kind of day. I bet you get that.”

“Fuck yes. It’s not unusual for me to work a twelve, fourteen hour day, but at a desk, at the computer. This is a whole different ball game.”

“I spend a lot of time on my own, outside.”

“Cattle and kids not the same thing?” He gave Cash a grin, a wink.

“God, no. I can drive the cattle out to pasture.”

He threw his head back and laughed at that.

Cash chuckled, the toe of one boot nudging him. “You got a fine laugh.”

“Thank you, Cowboy.” He stretched back out, eyes half closed as he took Cash in. It was a great view.

“So, ‘fess up, buddy. What’s up with your momma?”

“She’s an uptight bitch.” He looked out into the yard.

They’d left the ball out there. He’d have to remember to go pick it up. “She doesn’t think two gay men should be bringing up her grandchildren. Of course, she doesn’t want to bring them up herself, either.”

“She can’t believe you’d hurt ‘em, man. It’s obvious as hell you love those babies.”

“No, no, she doesn’t think that. She just doesn’t think it’s right. It looks bad. What will her society friends say?

It isn’t right.” He looked over at Cash apologetically. “I might have mentioned we were thinking of moving them to Texas.”

“Ah. Well...” Cash shrugged, smiled. “I know it’d be hard, but we could put all six through college on the sale of the house and leave them their trust fund money.”

“Yeah, well that’s all just details right now. I’m more concerned by what she said when I told her. She threatened to fight us for custody if we tried to take the kids out of the house, let alone the state.”

Cash’s eyebrows rose, lips twisting. “I don’t fucking think so.”

“That’s what I told her. She said she didn’t want to do it, but she’d use the fact that we’re gay to take them away.”

He shook his head. “I don’t know why she thinks that’s going to help her case. Not here. And we’re both out. I think she’s just trying to scare us into staying put.

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