Owen & Nathan 02 - The Marrying Kind by Jay Northcote

Author:Jay Northcote [Northcote, Jay]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 2015-04-04T13:42:48.911755+00:00

At nine o’clock in the evening on the night before Owen’s last day at work, he got a phone call from a hysterical Megan. She was obviously crying and was talking so fast, he could hardly make out what she was saying.

“Hey, calm down, Meg. Breathe.” Owen gestured to Nathan, who turned the TV off, frowning with concern as he saw the obvious worry on Owen’s face. “What’s going on?”

“Fuck, Owen. Mam knows. She knows about me and Ali. She walked in on us without knocking. We were only kissing, but she freaked out, and Ali left before I could talk to her, and now I don’t know what to do!”

Shit. Owen took a deep breath. “Okay, Meg. This isn’t the end of the world. I’ve been through this already with Mam. She’s going to be fine. It was probably just a shock for her if she wasn’t expecting it.”

“But Ali’s shitting herself now that Mam’s gonna tell her dad about it, and her dad’s a right bigoted bastard. He hits her sometimes anyway. He’ll do his fucking nut if he finds out she’s a lesbian.”

“Where are you, and where’s Mam?” Owen said.

“I’m in my room, and she’s downstairs. I tried to go down and talk to her about it, but she’s still really angry, and she wouldn’t listen to me.”

“Look. I’m gonna hang up on you now, and I’ll call Mam. It’s gonna be fine, Meg, honestly. You know what she’s like. She’s got a temper, but she loves you. I’ll make sure she knows about the situation with Ali and her dad. I’ll phone you back later, okay? Bye for now.”

Owen ended the call and was already pulling up his mam’s number in his favourites ready to hit Call, when Nathan put his hand on Owen’s knee.

“Is Megan all right? I mean, I got the gist. But….”

“She’s upset, but she’ll live. I need to speak to Mam, though, get her to calm down a bit.”

“Okay.”

She picked up on the first ring. “Owen?” She sounded harassed. “I tried to call you a minute ago, but it was engaged.”

“Yeah, Mam, listen. I just spoke to Megan. She told me you found out about her and Ali—”

“Did you know about this?”

“She told me a few months ago.”

“I’ve been worried sick about her, with her being so secretive. You could have said something, Owen. You know I would have supported her. Here I was worrying she was on drugs or doing God knows what. I don’t care that she’s got a bloody girlfriend, but I do care about her sneaking around behind my back.”

“Mam,” Owen said sharply, cutting her off, “come on. She told me in confidence because she trusted me. It wasn’t anything to worry about, so of course I wasn’t going to tell you. She wasn’t ready for you to know, and she was protecting Ali too. Now listen, that’s why I’m calling. Megan’s freaking out because she’s afraid you’re going to say something to Ali’s dad, and you mustn’t. I don’t know the details, but he sounds like a nasty piece of work.

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