empire shortly after his death. The apple didn’t fall far from the tree , it seemed to Billy , who had put the word out that from then on, any shit that went down with Jay, he wanted to know about. Billy had collected a lot of information over the last two years, and he wouldn’t be standing by to let that piece of scum anywhere near his sister.
How he hadn’t heard about his sister having a relationship with Jay was beyond him. He was seriously fucked off. Picking up his jacket as he stood up, he decided he was going to find Jay. Kate had no idea what she had got involved with, so it was up to Billy to sort it out for her. He knew he woul d have to play this one carefully or that little fucker would ruin Kate’s life for good.
7
Kate couldn’t believe it when she saw her phone flash up with Jay ’ s name, every time it had rung she had jumped on it and each time it hadn’t been him . She had been checking it all day thinking maybe it had rung and she hadn’t heard it, or maybe it was broken . S he had been driving herself nuts , and now finally he was ringing her.
“ Jay, where the hell have you been, I’ve been worried sick, and I’ve been calling you all day!” She looked at the clock , frowning now : it was almost four pm.
“I’m so sorry , babe, I had a real shit one last night, some fight kicked off at the club and it got really out of hand . ”
“ O h my G od ; are you okay , babe, you’re not hurt are you?”
Jay smiled ; he knew that he already had her onside again . God! This was just too easy .
“ Yeah , babe , I’m good, nothing I can’t handle. It was just a long one you know, so I went back to my mum ’ s and slept for England . I think I must have switched my phone off and then just zonked out .”
Kate felt guilty, she had started to worry that maybe he was elsewhere, she knew what that club was like, she saw the way the girls all looked at him, and some of them threw themselves at him. H e was a man, as much as she knew that she could trust him, sometimes when it’s all around you …. No, she pushed the thought from her mind . Jay wasn’t like most men, he was better.
“What’s happened, I’ve got like a thousand missed calls from you, are you okay?” Jay asked.
“Billy knows about us , Jay, he knows about us and the baby . ”
Jay already knew , from earlier at Emma’s . H e grinned , thinking about the day he ha d just had ; t hat girl was one dirty bitch, and she had all but worn him out. He had only meant to stay for a bit but they had been at it for most of that night and the best part of the day. He had never been with a girl who was hungrier for it than him, she had shown him positions in bed that he didn’t even think were possible, and that was saying something , as Jay had been around the block more than a few times! He seemed to have met his match in the bedroom department, who’d have thought ?
Deciding to play dumb , he used an exaggerated shocked voice . “Shit , you’re joking! What did he say?”
“He went mental , Jay, absolutely mental ; he said he was go ing to br eak your legs . Said I had to stop seeing you, I just don’t understand what his problem is , Jay ? I mean , if he really got to know you like I do , he would know what a nice guy you are . ”
While Kate started to cry softly , Jay was smiling . H e could imagine that Billy was doing his nut; he only wished he had seen his face when he had been told : i t must have been like a giant kick in the balls.
“What are we going to do , Jay, I can’t stop seeing you, you and this baby are my life .
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