Filed To Story: The Lingering Kiss of Farewell Novel
they both answered.
“Correct.”
She nodded.
“I can’t afford to just go and buy another new house all over again. I get he’s your father, but you really don’t know him, and I understand you want to meet him as well. But couldn’t you just wait to see him as we discussed when the restraining order is over? Couldn’t you wait to see if he was genuine and would stick to the contract and be punished by the law, as he should be, for what he did to me.”
They were just staring at her, didn’t really know what to say she thought other than likely what they’d already stated ‘He’s our dad.’
“I’m a concerned parent and I don’t know him, only what he’s done to me. You don’t know him and what if he’s just like he was in Houston after that restraining order finishes? How will I protect you now? The first place he will look is here and then there in Montana. We now have nowhere to go. If a time arises that we need somewhere to go. Do you understand that, that was all that house was meant to be, and you knew that.”
she sighed.
Callum held that phone out to her.
“We’ll give it back to you,”
he stated.
“Why?”
she asked without taking it.
“What is the point? You’re already talking to him, and I don’t want him to have a reason to be angry with me again, or think I’m so mean or cruel that I will take that away in your permanently. I did tell his lawyer, Wil, I had confiscated the phone and would do so for a week, for your lying and taking it away with you, so Calvin would know this.
“Keep talking to him, however I will not be.”
She stated and stood up to leave.
“He’s your father, but nothing to me. We got divorced. Point of fact, his lawyer told me it was Calvin that asked for the divorce, so I have no need to talk to him.
“I don’t recall why he divorced me. I don’t really even want to know at this point.”
She muttered, and it was the only part of her memory that she didn’t have, and she already understood why too. It was because it was likely as simple as she didn’t want to know. Deep down inside, so it just stayed buried was all.
Some sort of custody agreement will be worked out, I imagine, and you’ll get to go and stay with hom, likely one weekend a month and half of all the school holidays. It’s something he will push for, and I let you go there, if that is what you want.”
She told them.
“Won’t you be coming? Vincent asked her, looking right up at her.
“No”
she shook her head.
“He asked for the divorce, so I dare say he doesn’t need nor want me around. He just wants the two of you from all I can tell. He’s also already asked to discuss seeing the two of you for Christmas, just like I know you want to see him for that day. I likely allow it,”
she told them,
“If he can continue to abide by the rules that were originally laid out.”
They were both just staring at her now, and they seemed to be very confused to her. She sat down once more.
“What were you expecting boys?”
she asked, wanting to know exactly what they thought was going to happen.
“Did you think we’d all move in with him and be a happy family?”
she asked after yet another long silence and then just saw them nod slowly
“Why?”
she asked night back.
“I did tell you, I was his ex??ife from the very start
“But Callum frowned at her ow
“Boy’s he was never looking for me to get me back, as far as I know He thought his ex??ife died in a plane crash, a plane he pull her on, but her body was never found He just wanted to know if I was or wasn’t her.
That is all and nothing more
“He’s never once said anything to even make me think what you’re thinking. That he would want us all under the same moon Ya Bws however, he will want access to and the courts will likely grant it. So I won’t deny you or him in that regard. But that happy family thing you want, I doubt you’ll get that.”
She stood up to leave.
Vincent granted her hand. We’ll gue the phone Buck, mum,”
he stated.
“Just keep it, sherwise the right think I’m denying you the night to talk to him on purpose. I don’t need nor want that anger directed at me,”
Manlyn statet simply
“Mum Callum got up and walked over to her.
“It was dad that told us to apologise to you, that we broke the nafiers and lived to you
She looked down all hum.
“So what my telling you all of that this afternoon meant nothing to you at all. Only when Calum taid you it was wrong, did you listen and understand.”
She sighed softly to herself.
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