Loving a Man Who Forgot Me Novel Chapter 15
“But I’m glad you’re home.” Aiden threw the pillow at my face, but I batted it away. “I gotta get to school, but I have a game tonight.
You’ll come right? You’re not leaving before then?” I raked a hand through my hair. “Yeah, I’ll be there.”
He grinned like he didn’t care about the kind of trouble I was in, or that I was a fucking mess, but was just glad to have his big brother home to watch him play football. I didn’t deserve the kind of hero worship my brother had always shown me.
My insides twisted up, leaving a sour taste in my mouth. Fuck, I had to do better for him. “Awesome.”
He strode toward the door and then shot a smirk over his shoulder. “I’ll tell Ms. Cross you said hi.” “Abbi’s your teacher?” I asked, scrubbing a hand over my face.
“Yeah, she is. Don’t worry, it’s not awkward at all.” He chuckled, and I couldn’t tell if he was being sarcastic or not. “Bit of advice, I wouldn’t mention my name right now unless you want her to flunk you.”
His brow wrinkled. “I thought you two were cool. Or does she think you’re stupid for marrying a chick we’ve never met too?”
“Just trust me, I’m not her favorite person right now.” “Whatever.” He shrugged and then left. I slumped back into the bed.
Absentmindedly, I looked for my phone and then remembered I didn’t have one. It was somewhat of a relief to avoid the backlash from yesterday a little longer. I dozed off again and didn’t wake until it was nearing afternoon.
Quiet greeted me when I finally ventured out of my room, and I made it to the kitchen unaccosted. It wasn’t until I had a cup of coffee in my hand that I went looking for Mom and Dad. Mom wasn’t hard to find.
I spotted her through the big glass windows sitting out by the pool reading. Probably enjoying the last minutes of summer before fall swept into town.
The sun was too bright when I stepped outside. The heavy French doors smacked closed behind me and Mom looked up from her book. I shielded my eyes with my hand and strolled over, dropping onto the lounger beside hers.
Mom’s watchful gaze was a little too heavy and I looked away. “I’m sorry you guys had to pick me up from jail last night.”
“Abel, I don’t care about that, but I’m concerned. What’s going on with you lately? Last time you were home, you said you were going to be making some big changes. You seemed more excited than I’d seen you in a while, and then . . .”
Yeah, and then . . . “And then you got married, didn’t even tell your family about it, and now, you’re getting into fights with your wife at a club and getting arrested? That’s not you. That’s not my son, so what’s going on?”
Yeah, it sounded pretty bad when she put it like that. I hung my head and stared at the pool deck between my feet.
How did I tell her? I was no angel. My mother more than anyone knew that, but I still couldn’t stand disappointing her. It was bad enough that I’d blindsided my family with the marriage. I wasn’t sure what she was going to say when I told her what was really going on.