Once Written, Twice Shy (The Broken Men Chronicles) by Carey Decevito Read Free Book Online Page B

Jasper said and gave her a quick hug
and kiss on the cheek.  “Come on, Allie.”
    Julie allowed Alissa entry to her house seeing as
Jasper had pretty much pulled her through the threshold before anyone could
stop him.
    “Come see my room,” he said and kept dragging her
by the hand.
    “Jasp-” Julie said but her argument had fallen on
deaf ears.
    The hostility that rolled off of Julie was
palpable.  I followed the two and an irritated soon-to-be-hopefully-ex to Jasper’s
bedroom.  Unless Allie assured me that she’d be fine, there was no way I was
going to leave the two women in a room alone—with or without my son.
    “Okay, buddy,” I said.  “It’s time for Allie and
me to go.”
    “Mom, is it alright if Daddy reads me my story
tonight?”
    “Sure,” Julie said, a little too satisfied for my
liking.
    “Are you going to be okay?” I whispered in
Alissa’s ear.
    “Yeah, go ahead,” she said and gave me a reassuring
smile.
    “Night night, Allie,” Jasper said and he gave her
a quick hug after she’d gotten down to his height.  “Can we make blueberry
pancakes next time too?”
    “I won’t be here but I’ll make sure to teach Daddy
how to make them.  I’m sure he’d love your help.”  I caught her amused wink. 
“Goodnight, handsome.”
    She kissed the top of his head and walked out of
the room.  I heard Julie’s feet shuffle which told me that the vulture had
turned to follow Alissa.
    ***
    I came out of Jasper’s bedroom to find Julie
standing in Alissa’s face while the woman leaned on the sofa’s armrest.  I
stepped back and stayed unseen around the corner.
    “If you think that you can just swoop in and take
over, you have another thing coming, lady,” she said.  I wanted to put a stop
to all of it but something kept me rooted in my place.  “I suggest you stick to
wherever you came from because there’s no way I’ll allow you to be around
Jasper.  You might as well move on because I know Paxton, and he would never
sacrifice his son for a little whore like you.”
    “I’m not going anywhere,” Alissa said with
determination.  I was impressed with her backbone.
    “You’ll change your mind,” she said, “no one wants
a kid that isn’t theirs.  In time, Paxton will come to see that all you are is a
piece of ass to him.  When he gets bored of you, he’ll dump you for some other
floozy.  I just hope he learns a few tricks along the way but from a woman like
you, I’m sure you’re doing a bang up job at helping him out, huh?”
    I turned to peek around the corner and noticed that
there was nothing but calmness surrounding Alissa.  Hell, the woman hadn’t
budged.
    “Are you done?” Alissa voice had gone flat.
    A blank expression made an appearance on my ex’s
face.  “What-”
    “It’s my turn to talk,” Allie cut in.
    Julie’s face flared crimson.  “Listen here, you
little-” I could have sworn I heard a growl.  “There’s no way in hell that I’m
letting you have him.  He’s too good for you.”
    “So now he’s too good?  A minute ago, he wasn’t
good enough.  Which one is it, Julie?  Never mind.”  Alissa crossed her arms at
her chest.  “That’s your opinion but I can damn well tell you that based on how
you’ve treated him, you’re no better a candidate than I am,” she said and poked
the waking dragon in the upper arm.  “What are you so afraid of, Julie?”
    “ Afraid ?  You think I’m afraid ?  Let
me tell you what I see when I look at you,” Julie said.  “What I see, is a
woman who thinks she can show up and take over someone’s life because she
doesn’t know how to find one of her own.  I’ll tell you something, honey ,
the grass isn’t always greener.  Now, listen and listen well.  When you walk
out of here tonight, I best not ever see or hear of you again.  I don’t know
where you came from or what you do but there’s no way in hell that I’ll let
some new hot number in my husband’s life take