MARCUS
I knew my wife didn’t want Nick back; I knew that good heart of hers was what made her want to defend Nick. But I hated how naïve she could be sometimes. I wished she could just wake up and see Nick for what he was. A people killing monster with a heart as cold as ice.
Something must have happened between him and Lupita. Something that got to Luke acting all angry and defensive, that was why he had turned into a bid bad wolf in seconds. Threatening to devour Lupita and tear her to shreds if she dared mess with his daughter.
If Lupita knew what was good for her, she would listen to Luke and do as he asked. I heard it in his voice, that threat was real. It got me scared, I never wanted us to go back to the Sandra and Jeniffer saga.
Getting through that was hard enough and it almost broke my family apart, I never want something like that to happen again.
I didn’t want the past repeating itself and that was why I wanted Lupita gone. I was planning to give her the old house we just moved from. The further way she and Nick were from us, the easier I would breathe.
“You f*e the same way I do, don’t you?” I turned, my father-in-law stood there, calm expression on his face but I knew better, the man was far from calm, there was a storm brewing and if I wanted to stop it from hitting us.
I needed to get rid of the problem. “I don’t know how you feel, Luke, I am not a mind reader.” He chuckled; he knew that was just me being defensive. “Whatever you say Marcus, now tell me your plan.”
Did he always have to know everything, couldn’t a man just plan something on his own and execute it without him being involved? Who was I kidding? Luke was the best man to execute my plan.
If I didn’t want to get into trouble with my wife, then I had to use her father. “I want to give Lupita the old house. I want her to move in there as soon as possible. Between the four of us, I am sure can manage with the kids.”
He furrowed his eyebrows. “Four of us?” he questioned.
“Yes, Ethan lives here now as you can see, what Nick did traumatized him so much that he can’t sleep in his house.” Luke shook his head.
“Not so long ago, that man disrespected you and now you count him in the people who live in this house, are you okay with that?”
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