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BLAIR’S POV With Jane around and my father still in love with her and holding her in such high admiration, my only option was to continue lying to my father. “Ronald’s house caught on fire and he lost pretty much everything,” I said.“I was going to tell you, but I waited until you got back from the hospital, since I didn’t want to bother you much over the phone,” I said. My father clearly showed his displeasure in his eyes, but he and I were still trying to get along, after years of being maltreated in his care. He was still trying to make up for the years he joined Jane to treat me like less of a person, so he did not bother questioning my decisions. After we perfectly sold the lie of Ronald’s catching fire and him only needing to be here for a few days, my father took a deep breath and broke the silence first. “I’m sure you can extend hospitality for the next couple of days,” he said. “Thank you so much, father,” I hugged him tightly. Jane was quiet and definitely did not
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BLAIR’S POV My father did not shut down the idea, like I hoped he would, and that left Ronald and I having to share a room for the night. We both laid in bed, staring at the ceiling for hours. My eyes were wide open and could not get any sleep.Between Ronald and I, there was no denying that there was a very strong attraction between us. At this point, I found it difficult to tell whether it was the vulnerable state of both of us, or if there was really something here for both of us. However, it felt so wrong to even think of an attraction to Jennifer’s boyfriend, barely over a week after her demise, especially since I knew that her involvement with me was what got her killed.Ronald and I were selling the relationship idea really well, and all Jane could do was suspect otherwise. The way he looked at me and the obvious connection we had was more convincing by the minute. Another thing that worked in our favor, was the private nature of both Jennifer and Ronald. Neither party we
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BLAIR’S POV For the next three days, Ronald and I lived the happy couple life to the best of our abilities. We shared a room, sat side by side each other at every meal, which was now customary to be as a family at the dining table.Ronald would hold my hand at the slightest chance he got, and he would give me pecks and I would do the same, every time Jane was watching. My father was also getting really fond of Ronald’s presence too. They watch television shows and sports together, talk about business and laugh over dad jokes and the bond they shared was greatly pissing Jane off. Ashley was the only one who was clueless, in all of this, and I was living for the joy of seeing Jane want to run mad over the family I was building. Ronald was a very intelligent man, so it didn’t take long for my father to adapt to him. My father was willing to love Ronald, as long as he made me happy, and since I had been doing a great job in being happy, putting behind all the hurt and pain behind me
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BLAIR’S POV “Ronald?” I called softly, as I walked into our shared bedroom. He was seated on the floor, with his back leaning on the bed.I simplified my dilemma by running after Ronald, since Brian had chosen to be here on Jane’s invitation. I was so convinced that he had connived with Jane, for the sole purpose of making my plan with Ronald fall apart. Even though Ronald and I very much understood that this was all pretense, he ran from me and I was also quite interested in making him feel better. “You are pregnant?” Ronald queried, as I sat beside him, right there on the floor. I took a deep breath and then gave an affirmative nod. “Why didn’t you tell me?” came his next question. “I didn’t think it was necessary,” I whispered. He nodded. I could see just how hurt he was, but my hands felt behind my back and I wasn’t sure what there was to do, to make this situation better. “It’s all pretend, yea?” he said, with a broken voice, barely above a whisper. “How I feel is irre
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BLAIR’S POV After dropping the bomb on Brian, I ran to the room, and cried bitterly.Now I was sure that I had lost Brian, and not even a miracle could save the situation. I wished I could explain to Brian, but just as I was about to, I found Jane staring at me, from the attic window. I knew that this entire lie and pretend thing was going very far, farther than I hoped, but if Jane was willing to live a lie for all the two decades of my life, then I was equally willing to do anything, to bring it all to an end. I had not lost sight of my goal and I knew just what I had to do, living one day at a time.My rushing in had woken Ronald up and when he saw me crying, he pulled me in and just hugged me tightly. Brian did not show up at the dinner table later that night and neither did Ronald. The house had become quite intense and now I realized that telling lies alone was not going to fix Jane, I had to take a step forward and I knew just the thing. Meanwhile, Brian sent me text mes
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BLAIR’S POV Brian could not sleep all night and was taking a walk in the early hours of the morning, after sending me a hundred texts and getting no reply, when he ran into Ronald sneaking out of the house. They both had a conversation and Ronald had explained the entire relationship scenario to Brian, confirming Brian’s already existing suspicion. While Brian promised Ronald that he was going to take care of me and do everything within his power to bring Jane to book and give me the peace I was strongly fighting for, Ronald assured that if we ever we needed him for anything. If ever there came a point on our quest where we needed him, we should not hesitate to call, as he was going to be there for us the very minute we needed him. Brian apologized to me, and assured me that he was here now and everything was going to be okay. “Do you actually love him?” Brian had to query again, after my outburst.I shook my head and responded negatively. Ronald was definitely a good guy, but h
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BLAIR’S POVMy father was struck with disbelief and could not take his eyes off Sebastine, at least for the few minutes we were together before we drove off. With Ronald gone, it was back to Sebastine and I. Sebastine had finally learnt to stand up to his father, which was something Brian and I were proud about. We left the premises with no destination in mind, but just figured that some air would do us all good. Although Sebastine did not hesitate to come make the air uncomfortable for Jane, it was quite obvious that he was uncomfortable himself. It was a rollercoaster of emotions for him, finally finding his biological mother and she was…Well… Jane. “I think I should return to Primm.” Sebastine said, after a few hours of just driving around and evaluating our next move, following Jane’s reaction to this one. Sebastine, who had been awfully quiet, broke the silence with a request to return to his vacation with his father. “Of course,” Brian said, turning the vehicle around,
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BLAIR’S POVI woke up with a broad smile on my face.The curtains were closed and Brian had a swell dinner by the side of my bed. We had had a beautiful time, ending in bed after weeks of having to deal with so much. “Does this mean we are in a relationship?” I queried rhetorically, wanting to see his reaction.Brian’s eyes glowed immediately and I couldn’t hide the smile, from seeing him trying to bottle in so much joy. “Uhm, relationship,” he was stammering. “If I am going to be in a marriage, I would like to be asked properly,” I said, “Every step, duly followed,” I added. Brian had a broad smile on his face. I had come to terms with the fact that I did not have to run away anymore. Running had not gotten me anywhere. No matter how hard I tried, I ended up in Brian’s arms anyway, so it was time to quit trying. While a lot of people say that we choose who we love, we don’t always get to choose. Brian was at first a choice I made, but even when I tried to go back on my choi
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