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Book 2 Chapter 6
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2024-10-29 19:42:56I had spent the last several days avoiding Jonathan. I did my job and that was it. The regular conversations we had during lunch or when I brought him reports and files had all but stopped. I had solidified my decision to ask Emma to come back and work with her after the retreat. I would talk to her about it as soon as we returned. I loved working for this company and wanted to stay here as long as I was in New York, but there was no way that I could stay here working for Jonathan.
I couldn’t take the hiding and the pretending. At least if I worked with Emma, I wouldn’t see Jonathan every day. I didn’t sign up for being his assistant and I just couldn’t do it anymore. I also couldn’t be thinking about who Jonathan was doing what with. It wasn’t my business, but I could not help the way that I felt. It wasn’t just jealousy that I felt. It literally hurt my heart.
On Monday it had looked like he wanted to say something about what
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I woke up early to ensure that I could get in and out of the bathroom before Jonathan got up. I started the coffee maker and checked the fridge, pleasantly surprised to see that it was well stocked. I remembered how much Jonathan liked French toast. The cinnamon raisin bread in the pantry would be perfect for it.I took all the ingredients out and got cooking. I turned on some music and started making breakfast. I was moving to the music, singing along, just enjoying the morning. The sausage was cooking, and the French toast was nearly done. One of my favorite songs came on and I sang long, getting lost in the music. I turned off the stove and went to get two plates. I turned back to the stove, putting sausages and a few pieces of French toast on each plate. I pulled the warmed syrup out of the microwave and added it to the table. I was still singing along to the music when the sound of a chair moving pulled my attention.“Holy shit, you scared the crap out of me
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I took a deep breath and opened my bedroom door. Jonathan sat on the couch, a glass of whisky in his hand. I stepped out and closed the door, walking towards Jonathan. He didn’t look up as I approached. He appeared to be staring at the coffee table, his jaw clenching and unclenching.I took a seat in the chair across from Jonathan. I pulled my legs up close to my chest, wrapping my arms around my legs. I could feel my body shaking. The emotions coursing through me were just too much for me to sort out.“What the fuck, Tilly?” Jonathan seethed, his words coming out like fire. “No word from you for six years and you show up, hiding yourself as my assistant?”I flinched back at his cutting words. “It’s complicated.” I replied, realizing that the words were not going to help at all. He responded as I would have expected.“Complicated? Please enlighten me as to how it is complicated. It was so c
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JONATHAN’S POVI watched as Tilly went to bed. I had been waiting for this day for so long and now that it was here, I had absolutely no idea what to think. I believed everything that she told me, I really did. I didn’t doubt that something significant had caused her to leave like she did back in college. And as much as I wanted to go into her bedroom and be with her again, my head was all over the place and I didn’t know what to think.“She told me some messed up shit, Jake. I believe what she told me but, damn, she has gone through more shit than I ever would have imagined.” I sighed, leaning forward with my elbows on my knees, my hands on my head.Jake sat on the chair across from me, Amalia taking up the spot on his lap. “It must be some bad shit if she was disguising herself. No one would do that for the hell of it.” Jake stated, running one of his hands through his hair.I nodded my head, taking a deep breat
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It had been weird spending the day as Maddie. Not weird or strange because I did it, because I had been doing it on a fairly regular basis, but strange because I had never been Maddie around anyone who knew who I actually way. In many ways, I didn’t want to be Maddie anymore. It would be nice to just be Tilly again.As the last meeting of the day wrapped up, I contemplated if it was at all possible to be me but just not look like me. People at work might think that it was strange that I suddenly had a southern accent, and maybe I couldn’t lose that, but I couldn’t overlook the fact that it would be very enjoyable to otherwise be Tilly. I couldn’t get rid of my disguise, at least not until I was certain that the threat from my dad had passed. It did make me wonder if and when my dad was stopped, if the actual threat would stop. He implied that there was a hit out for my life, but I honestly wasn’t convinced that my dad just wasn’t trying to
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“Seriously, Carlo? I can’t even go to the bathroom without you following me?” It had been along week of Carlo following me around at work. I liked Carlo, I really did, but his level of security had escalated over the week. There was some new information obtained that Gregory, my father, or whatever was most appropriate to call him, might be in New York City. Over the week, Carlo went from just being around to not leaving my side. Today was the first day he had followed me to the bathroom.Carlo shrugged his shoulders and continued to follow me to the bathroom. “Let me check the bathroom first.” He stated. I stood to the side and waited for Carlo to check.After finishing up, I exited the bathroom. “What do you want for lunch today, Carlo?” I asked, walking back towards my office.“You don’t need to get my anything.” Carlo stated, turning towards the elevator as it opened.“And I told you th
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I stood in the living room, stunned. I should have been stunned because of what Jonathan told me about Gregory being in New York City and actively looking for me. But I wasn’t stunned about that. I was stunned because I wanted Jonathan to kiss me, I was certain that he was going to, and he walked away.I couldn’t figure anything out. Deep down, I had hoped that Jonathan and I could get back together. While Jonathan had tried to sleep with others to move on past me, I had not been with anyone since I had left. Most of the time I wasn’t even thinking about sexual gratification. My mind would move to that when I would think about Jonathan, but outside of seeking out my own release, I was too scared running to even think about having a one-night stand, let alone trying to start a relationship.Maybe I was stupid to think that Jonathan would even want to be with me again. I must have read things wrong, because when he walked away, I had a clear answer.
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“It was Jimmy Hanover.” Carlo stated from next to me. I was standing in the health and beauty section at the store, trying to find the hair color remover. After Jonathan and I had kissed in the kitchen, Carlo indicated that if I wanted to go to the store, he wanted me to go immediately. Steve was coming over this afternoon to discuss changing up the security detail. Carlo wanted all errands to be run this morning because, as he stated, I was going on “lockdown” later today.I was still pissed at Carlo. Nearly as soon as Jonathan’s lips touched mine, Carlo was coming out from his bedroom informing us of some new developments, mainly that Gregory had shared Maddie’s picture with some pretty vile people. It was now or never if I wanted to go to the store.“Jimmy always told me he kept everything confidential.” I stated as I picked up two boxes of color remover. I placed them in my basket. I ran through everything that I had
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I think I liked it better when I just thought that my dad was trying to kill me. Because all of this information about my mom’s family and the mafia was entirely too much for me to process. It made absolutely no sense. It confused me even more than trying to understand why I had been running over the last six years. It was as if I was stuck in a bad 80’s mafia movie.I had been in my room thinking for an hour and I was finally getting around to my hair. I got lost while trying to read the instructions and ended up just sitting for an hour. The first round of color remover was processing on my head. I had purchased a dark blonde hair color in case the color remover didn’t remove as much as I wanted it to, and it was splotchy. Because of how often I was touching up my hair color, I had switched to using a demi-permanent hair color quite a while ago, mostly because it could be easier to change the color faster if I needed to. I wasn’t confident that my ha
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TillyThe sound of beeping pulled me from a deep sleep. I had no idea what was going on or where I was. The last thing I remembered was the sharp stinging pain that I felt in my side that followed several loud gunshot blasts. The sounds around me were muffled, which was not a surprise consider both the blast and the gunshots that occurred so close to me. I tried to open my eyes but I was so tired and weak that I was not able to do so. The pain in my side reminded me that something did happen to me. The gun that had been jammed in my side led me to believe that I had been shot and the beeping sound meant that I was in a hospital room.I attempted to move my hand to my face, but something stopped my hand from moving.“Baby, just take it easy.” A voice whispered to me. I smiled when I realized that Jonathan was sitting with me, slowing stroking my hand. “I love seeing you smile. I was scared for a minute there.” His word
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I was annoyed. I didn’t want to sit here and listen to Gregory’s long-winded story. I wanted to know the truth and I wanted it now.I stood up, causing the asshole I had bitten to stand up. I rolled my eyes at him and turned my attention back to Gregory.“Look, I already know that you aren’t my father.” His eyes widened slightly at my statement. His response surprised me, and I wasn’t sure if I had revealed my knowledge of that tidbit of information too quickly. I held my breath, waiting for him to respond.He took a beer from the fridge and then turned back towards me as he opened it. “Well, one less thing I have to tell you, I guess.” He shrugged and walked back towards me. It seemed like it was way too early to be drinking beer, but I doubted that he cared.“Why did you and mom say you were my father when you weren’t? Why have my birth certificate changed?” I aske
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“Can we please talk about something else?” I groaned as Jake went on to another story about me. “I think that the last story about me running naked through the high school is enough.” I stated, going to grab myself another beer from the fridge. “Isn’t this what families do? Tell embarrassing stories about each other in front of their significant others?” Jake laughed, taking the beer I handed him. “You should have heard the stories Amalia’s parents told me. Skinny dipping in the neighbor’s pool was one of my favorites!” “Ugh. That was so embarrassing. Ok, I am with Jonathan. Enough with the stories!” Amalia chimed in. I liked that she was on my side. I liked how she grounded Jake. He had let my dad control him for so long, that it was good to see that Jake was able to get to this place. I was glad that this was my chance with Tilly to do the same. I smiled over at her. She was talking with Emma and William, who had just come back from putting Cassie down for
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JONATHAN’S POVI had been awake for some time, just laying in bed with Tilly. I could not believe that she was with me in my bed – the idea of it was still so surreal that I could barely wrap my head around it. The last week had been a struggle for me. While I should have felt overjoyed to have her back in my life, there were so many unknowns that it made it difficult to fully process what had happened, both with Tilly coming back and to Tilly. I had struggled with knowing what I should do. I knew that it should have been easy to figure out, but I had this nagging fear that Tilly would run, and I could not open my heart back up to her running away again.When I talked with Jake earlier in the week, he asked me what was holding me back from being with Tilly again. I didn’t have a good answer for his question when he asked me that, because when I was honest with myself, I knew that I wanted to be with her. But sometimes, we get in our own way and can hu
