Guarded Heart by C.A Harms Read Free Book Online

smile still on his face.
    We had all finished eating and were just sitting around
the table laughing. I asked him about his daughter and he pulled out a picture,
“She is beautiful she looks a lot like you. I mean I don’t know what her mommy
looks like but I can definitely see you when I look at her. What’s her name?”
You could see the pride in him as he placed his wallet back into his pocket,
“MaKayla, she’s four and her mom has blond hair but they have the same noes.” I
couldn’t take my eyes from his. I was startled when I heard a familiar voice
that only made chills run up my arms. Tony was standing next to us looking back
and forth between Wes and me, “Samantha do you think I could talk to you for
just a minute?” What the hell did he want, “No Tony I really don’t have
anything to say to you.” I turned in my chair to face Allison who looked as if
any moment now she would explode with anger. Tony reached out and brushed my
hair away from the side of my face and I jerked away quickly, “Don’t ever touch
me again. Ever!” Tony started to say something when Wes stood up and faced him.
They were about the same height and both were built and muscular but seeing
them so close together I noticed Wes was definitely broader and thicker. “I
believe she said she didn’t want to talk to you…I suggest you take your little
girlfriend over there and leave before I put your head through the fucking
wall.” Tony and Wes now stood chest to chest glaring at each other. I stood up
and put my hand onto Tony’s chest pushing him away from Wes. The last thing I
wanted is for them to fight.
    After Tony and Heather left I grabbed my purse and
started for the door. Allison came up behind me, “Why are you leaving?” I turned
to her and told her I needed to get out of here that this whole thing was a
mistake and she never should have called Wes and Mitch to join us. I rushed out
and didn’t even say goodbye. I locked myself in my house for the rest of the
day and night refusing to answer my phone.

Thirteen
     
    “What the hell Samantha, you are really beginning to piss
me off. Don’t you dare keep fucking avoiding me did you forget I have a god
damn key…and I will use it. Stop letting that sorry piece of shit run your
life. He is banging your cousin while you hide away. Do you think Tony is
moping around his place thinking of you…HELL NO! He has fucked who knows how
many women…three that we know of WHILE ENGAGED TO YOU! Do you remember that?
Jesus Christ Sam! Fucking wake the hell up.”
    That is the message that Allison left on my machine this
morning. “AHH!!!” I screamed to myself after listening to it. I hit delete and
stormed out of my house. I refused to call her back she was being such a bitch.
After my morning Therapy sessions I stepped out to get some fresh air and to
check my phone. Of course there where a few from Allison telling me how I
should be living my life and one from my mother telling me that Tony still
loved me and that we could make it through this…WHAT! I couldn’t believe her
sometimes what was I supposed to do forgive him for cheating and then help him
raise Heather’s baby? My mother really was something else. There was a message
from Tony asking if we could have dinner and talk…nope not going to happen. I
threw my phone back into my bag and went back in to work.
    The rest of the day went by pretty quickly and I picked
up a movie on the way home. As I turned the corner and my house came in to view
I knew I was about to get into an argument. Allison stood next to her car with
her arms crossed waiting. The thing about my best friend was she never backed
down from me. She was very vocal and opinionated. We have been friends since
the diaper days and we were as close to sisters as you could get without
sharing parents. I loved her to death and I knew I was about to get an ear
full. I pulled in next to her car and grabbed my things. I just walked toward
my door and didn’t