Losing his Daddy by A.W. Scott

Author:A.W. Scott [Scott, A.W.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2024-05-25T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seventeen

Weston

“Clancy Coleman owned the Coleman Ranch. He took me in when I didn’t have another solid option for employment. I later found out that was kind of his thing. He looked for those that the world had tried to run over and brought them on to help him keep his family’s ranch afloat.

“Over time, I proved myself to be really good at the work. I wanted to show him he hadn’t made a bad decision in hiring me. That, and I kind of had a bit of a crush on him. It didn’t matter that he was much older than me or that he was my boss. My brain couldn’t get over how good being around him made me feel.”

Gerald took another sip of water before continuing. As much as I wanted the story, I had a feeling I wasn’t going to like hearing about his infatuation with someone else.

Not that he was mine to be possessive of.

He picked back up telling his story while I pushed away my jealousy. “The relationship just kind of… happened. I don’t want to get into it too much because—anyway, he and I were together. But no one knew the boss was into men, so we kept it quiet. Over time, it morphed into more. There were things that required more trust and patience. Through it all, we were a secret.

“It killed a part of me that he didn’t want the others to know. Still, I went along with it because I loved him so much. Then, one day out of the blue, he collapsed. I rushed him to the hospital, only to be told I couldn’t get any updates because I wasn’t family or important enough to be let inside.”

His eyes were burning brighter. Anger shone through his hurt, and I knew then that I’d give the world for this man. Gerald would never be just an employee again. He had my heart, whether he wanted it or not.

“When Clancy finally woke up, he told them all that I could be allowed in on the information. I stayed by his side every single day up until he took his last breath. And not once in all that time did he ever tell anyone else how much we loved one another. It was only after his death that they all confronted me about it. Ironically enough, they’d all known. The rest of the ranch hands didn’t feel it their place to mention it though.”

H gave a dark sort of laugh as he closed his eyes. When he opened them again, some of the fire had dimmed. In its place was apprehension.

“I lost so much of myself trying to be what he needed. After his death, I didn’t know who to be or what to do. I drank to numb the pain. Only, there never seemed to be enough.”

“Which is why you wound up at the facility,” I finished for him. The pieces of his story clicked into place, illuminating the entire dark picture of his heartbreak.

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