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it in the air until I snatch it from her hand. “The boys send their regards but want nothing to do with you or it. Kieran says to go ahead and get rid of it,” she sniffs, putting her nose in the air again. “Something about Van being the real daddy?” she asks, raising a haughty brow. A victorious smile spreads across her face, and she nods. “That’s probably right. They caught you red-handed slutting around, didn’t they?”
“They wanted to ensure you didn’t follow them out there and ruin their lives again. So, here are your restraining orders forbidding you from ever contacting them again. No calls. No texts. No social media messages. The moment you do, they’ll report you to the authorities. They will be famous, and they don’t need the trash of their past slipping through the cracks. It also notes that you’re not allowed to mention them on any form of social media and slander their name. Your hands are officially tied, Miss West.”
“They did what they did. That's fine. They can live their dreams in California without me, regardless if they took a paycheck over a human being or two.”
“They promised they'd take me with them. They promised… they loved me.” A slight hiccup escapes from my trembling lips, but I look away, refusing to let them see me break. I've cried enough, and today, that stops. “They promised me everything, and I believed every lie they told.” I swallow hard, vigorously wiping away the tears falling down my cheeks. “They left me, and they left her,”
“Whispered Words promised me the world, and then they turned their back on me.”
The next day, as soon as the money was within my grasp, I did what I always wanted to do. I paid off Booker's mortgage, the loan on the bar, and the record store. The man who took so many chances on me now lives a debt-free life and can focus on the greater things.
“Why is Daddy leaving another hotel with another lady?”
“Mommy. Why? This is…” She scrunches her brows, looking down at her fingers as she counts down the number of women, he’s been spotted within the past two weeks. “The fourth one. Daddy is a ho.”
“Ly, where the hell did you hear the word ho? You know what? Never mind. Yeah, your daddy is a ho, but that’s okay. That’s the lifestyle he wanted, right?”
Sometimes my heart hurts when she laughs just like Rad or uses her brain just like Callum. The looks she gives me when she’s upset were plucked straight from Asher’s mean-ass scowl. And her attitude? Straight from the man who helped create her.
The love I’ve never felt slams into me every time I look into her little eyes. She’s mine. Always and forever.
“They’re failing right now, Riv. They’re going to implode within five months.” He swallows hard when I narrow my assessing eyes. “They need you, the fixer of West Records.” “Or they’re going to fucking dive off a cliff and never work in this industry ever again. It’s either you fix them, or they’re done,”
“Riv, they’ll have to meet her at some point. You can’t hide her forever. One look at her and him,” Zepp says, gesturing to Kieran as he leans back in the chair, stretching his arms over his head. “They’ll know.”
Now, I’m faced with the four assholes who served me with multiple restraining orders in Illinois and told me they wanted nothing to do with our child. Thankfully, my beautifully brilliant sister-in-law investigated it a year ago and confirmed it expired within the first year.
“Hello, boys, my name is River West, and I’m your new band manager. Congratulations,”
