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Mermaid Thighs Chapter 78: Watching
Things come apart so easily when they have been held together with lies. – Dorothy AllisonHank had a cousin rent a room in the hotel across the street from the hospital. The same hotel that Jolene’s family had been staying at for nearly two weeks. He’d had to sneak in without being seen once he was released from jail.That bitch was going to pay.Her whole fucking family would pay.And that new boyfriend of Helen’s and his whole fucking family.Who the hell would want a fat pig like that?The more he watched the hospital, the angrier he got. Thinking of the fact that his dad had to go bail his mom out of jail pissed him off.Private securityHow the hell were they affording that?And now even Bob was being refused entrance to the hospital. The hospital administrator himself had kicked Bob out and warned him that if he came back on the property, it would be considered trespassing.Hank drank down the last of his whiskey and dropped the empty bottles with the others in the overflowing
Mermaid Thighs Chapter 79: Douggie
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Mermaid Thighs Chapter 80: Watched
I’m a fighter. I believe in the eye-for-an-eye business. I’m no cheek turner. You kill my dog; you better hide your cat. – Mohamad AliReese received a message from Steve requesting a meeting. In private. Grinning, Reese sent back a message stating that he was about to leave the gym and would be home in twenty minutes. At twenty-one minutes, as he pulled into the driveway, he received a new message from the private investigator.You’re lateHe parked next to the nondescript sedan and got out of the Impala. “You’re impatient.”“And?” The younger man asked stepping out of his own car.Reese laughed as he walked over and unlocked the door to his house. Steve followed him and went straight to the office. Automatically, he searched for bugs before turning on the white noise machine that Reese kept on the shelf behind his desk. Reese entered and handed a bottle of water over to Steve before sitting behind his desk.“Fargo has a girlfriend.”Reese took a deep breath before responding. “Why d
Mermaid Thighs Chapter 81: Doctor
Sometimes the littlest things take up the most room in your heart. – Winnie the PoohThe first thing Monday morning after she and Reese first had sex, Helen called her OB/GYN and asked for the first available appointment. That was not until December twenty-third. She had told him that she had an appointment and he asked if she wanted him there.Blushing everywhere that he could see, and he could see a lot of her, she shook her head no. Now, as she walked into Jolene’s room, she wished he had gone. Helen smiled at the two guards that were at the door of her daughter’s room.“Is everything okay?” Helen asked as they both stood up.Nichols smiled at her. “Yes, ma’am, Miss Helen. The family is in there and we were just giving some privacy.”“Oh, thank you.” She said placing her hand on the handle.“Miss Helen,” Nichols said nervously. “I want to apologize.”Turning towards him, she looked at him, confused. “For what?” She was already emotional and was afraid that she would start crying.“
Mermaid Thighs Chapter 82: Christmas
You don’t choose your family. They are God’s gift to you, as you are to them. – Desmond TutuThe ornate grandfather clock from England chimed the midnight hour in the formal living room. Or as Dean called it, the special guest living room. Other than a few special occasions, she couldn’t think of a time that they had used that room. Unlike Reese’s house, this one was two levels. The top floor was the more formal part of the house. It had formal dining and living rooms, chef’s kitchen, billiards and game room, a mother-in-law suite and a media room. All precisely decorated and rarely used. From the front, it looked like a single-story house with the second story being built inside the hill. The lower level was where they lived. Except for the large deck that extended the length and about half the width of the lower level. Whenever they had a princess party, it was typically on the deck. The perpetually decorated deck was large, mostly covered and looked over the pool. The heated poo
Mermaid Thighs Chapter 83: Keys
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Mermaid Thighs Chapter 84: Hospital Christmas
Do what you feel in your heart to be right – for you’ll be criticize anyway. – Eleanor RooseveltIt quickly became obvious that the hospital president did not know Reese as well as the administrator did. Jon, the president, told him it was a logistical nightmare. Robert, the administrator, asked for an apple pie.It was an all-volunteer staff from his three restaurants and two of his clubs that prepared the meals. Between them, they made enough food for every hospital staff member to receive a full Christmas dinner. And an apple pie just for Robert. Reese made sure that all his princesses knew that Helen and her family wanted some time to themselves. Early in the morning, he went to wake up Dean and she wasn’t in her bed. He found the two teens snuggled up together in JD’s bed.Before Reese, Cheryl and Dean went to join them at the hospital, nis niece crawled into his lap and again he was reminded that she was still a child. “How are you doing, princess?” he asked as they sat on his
Mermaid Thighs Chapter 85: Morning
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