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 I
snatched my pillow and threw it at him as he shot across to the doorway.
“Coffee is ready, Beautiful” he shouted as I heard him bound down the stairs.

Grumbling
under my breath when I saw it was only 6:10am, I crossed the landing to the
bathroom and after showering and dressing in my favourite short pale blue
summer dress I was joining him in the kitchen with a mighty scowl.

He
cocked his head and grinned, “Ooh dear!” he chuckled as he handed me a mug of
much needed hot coffee and I scowled even harder.

 “I.
Don’t. Like. Mornings” I told him severely.

“I
may have noticed that, Angel” He said grimly and then grinned again.

“Will
you stop bloody smiling?”

Taking
a sip of my coffee I saw his grin grow wider and he turned to look out of the
window to hide it. I looked at him over my eyelids, taking another sip of my
coffee “I take it you’re excited to meet Jay.”

Even
with his back to me I could still feel the intensity of his grin. “Yeah” he
said simply, trying to hide his excitement as well as his nervousness.

I
walked over to him and snuggled into him from behind resting my cheek on his
back, “Jay has waited 19 years for this too, Nate. I’m absolutely sure he’s
just as much excited, nervous, happy and scared as you are, babe. But Nate, he
is so much like you that I know you’re gonna get on brilliantly. Just take the
day as it comes and be yourself, okay?”

He
turned into me and embraced me. “Thank you” he said quietly and I smiled up to
him, “Come on, let’s get going and you can treat me to breakfast on the way up.”

I
went to the pantry and pulled out a box of food, laundry cleaners and a huge
pack of toilet rolls. Nate stared at me, “Liv, what are you doing?” he asked, his
face full of puzzlement.

I
shrugged, “Nate, can’t you remember being at uni? How you’re always bloody
skint. I always restock for him when I visit.”

His
eyes widened and he looked sheepish and I knew straight away he was feeling guilty.
“Don’t you dare” I said pointing at him and he looked away, “Nate, It’s not the
university experience if you’re not skint.”

He
smiled and nodded his head a little. “But Liv, I have more money that I know
what to do with and my bloody son is scrounging about for food. I mean, what
the hell?” he shrugged and his face said it all.

 “He
doesn’t want your bloody money, Nate. He wants his Dad.” I was annoyed now,
“Not everything is about money, Nate!” I shouted.

 He
looked at me and raised his eyebrows. “Okay, Okay, I’m a tad grumpy this
morning.” I was the one smiling sheepishly now.

Pulling
me into his arms and kissing my head, he chuckled “Really?”

I
swat his behind and chuckled with him but then I looked up at him seriously
“But Nate, please don’t offer him some money today, not today. Today is about
you two getting to know one another, not money.”

He
nodded and smiled “Come on Baby, let’s go meet my son.” He grinned again and
picked up the box “I hope Virgil’s arse is big enough for this lot.”

We
arrived at Jay’s half an hour earlier than planned in Nate’s eagerness to get
there, and as we pulled up Jay was kissing goodbye to a tall brunette on the
doorstep. He didn’t pull away from her, just carried on.

Nate
started laughing as we watched them before exiting the car, “I told you he was
just like his Dad” I grinned.

Climbing
from the car, I went to the boot to retrieve the necessities we had brought him
and still, he continued to kiss her.

I
stood at the side of them “Let me in Jay, these are heavy.”

He
pushed his ‘girlfriend’ to the wall to let me past but didn’t pull away from
her. “Will you put her down!” I exclaimed and smiled at her when she ended the
kiss. “Ah ha. You have a very pretty smile, now I can see it.”

She
grinned sheepishly as I handed the box to Jay and held her hand out “Lovely to
meet you Mrs Thomas, I’m Jessica, Jay’s… friend.”

I
raised my brows at her and took her hand, “Pleased to meet you too ‘Jessica,
Jay’s friend’, please call me Liv.” I gestured to Nate “and this is Nate, Jay’s
Dad.”

He
grinned at her and took her hand, “Hi” was all he said, but he gave her a once
over look and seemed proud that his son could pull a good-looking girl.

She
smiled at Nate then turned and kissed Jay on the cheek “See you later.” He pulled
her hand and gave her a big kiss on the lips, “See you tonight, baby.”

He
was so much like his Father. I rolled my eyes and looked at Nate and he raised
his eyebrows at me in a ‘What?’ expression but he knew exactly what I was
referring to.

We
walked in the house and into the kitchen, putting the kettle on I turned to Jay
“She seems nice” I smiled.

He
shrugged “She’s just a friend I get together with now and again.”

Shaking
my head at him, I opened the fridge “Mmmm. Where’s the milk?” I scowled at him
and he gave me a blank look. “For God’s sake Jay, you knew we were coming!” I
moaned.

 “I’ve
been busy, Mum” he stated with a playful grin.

“It
looks like it” I scoffed, giving him an ‘unbelievable’ look and he grinned
again.

He
turned to Nate. “Hey,” he greeted him with a soft smile and a deep breath, “finally”
and walked to take Nate’s hand. Nate stood silent regarding Jay and then put
his hand out to shake but changed his mind and pulled him into an embrace.

It
was a moment I had been waiting to see for 19 very long years. I turned back to
the kettle, tears glistening on my eyelashes and continued to make the black
coffees.

We
spent the next few hours chatting and catching up. Nate had taken a sneaky look
around Jay’s shared house, excusing himself to use the bathroom but I knew
exactly what he thought of his son living in a tired, run down terraced house.

It
was heart-warming to see how easily and comfortably they had got on, both with
the same sense of humour, interest in all things business and technology and of
course, females.

I
started to clean the kitchen and put the things we had brought in the cupboards
when it came to the subject of what Jay looks for in a woman, secretly pleased
he now had his Dad to talk to about them.

Nate
and I were preparing to leave and I hugged Jay and slipped him £50, which Nate
caught and gave me a glare. “I’m allowed” I whispered and winked as Jay pulled
his Dad into a man hug.

Pulling
away Jay walked over to the kitchen side and retrieved an envelope and handed
it to Nate, “Read it in private” he smiled gently, a slight mist in his eyes.

Nate
nodded and embraced him again as we said our goodbye’s on the doorstep.

Approaching
the car Jay grabbed my hand and pulled me back, leaning into my ear to place a
kiss on my cheek. “Thank you, Mum” he whispered hoarsely and I saw the unshed
tears in his eyes.

I
nodded and cupped his cheek. “No, thank you Jay” I whispered as a tear fell
from my eye, he wiped it away with his thumb and winked. “See you soon. Love
you, Mum” he said and then turned to Nate, “You too, Dad.” The simplicity and
easiness it was said with took my breath away.

Nate
inhaled deeply and gave him a gentle nod and smile from his place beside Virgil,
“And you, Jay.”

 As
we pulled away down the street Nate grabbed my hand and we drove home, Nate
still gripping my hand tightly all the way.

We
pulled up outside my house behind a bright red mini convertible and I looked
around a bit curious. With everything that had been happening I was dubious
about strange cars.

Nate
climbed out with a grin on his face and came round to open my door, as he
usually did. 

As
I passed the car I gave it a quick glance and noticed some writing over the
rear wheel arch and I stopped dead in my tracks. The silver embossed lettering
was in a beautiful scroll style,
‘Betty II’.

 I
spun round on the spot to stare at Nate. He was grinning widely and he gave me
a wink “Is this what I think it is?” I frowned at him and I saw his grin slip a
little when he took in my expression.

“Uhh,
I’m not sure now looking at your face” he grimaced.

 “Nate?”

He
shrugged and pinched my chin, “You need a new car and I wanted to buy you one,
simple.”

 My
mouth dropped open and my eyes were huge “Simple? Nate nothing’s ever simple with
you. You didn’t need to buy me a car; the insurance would have covered it.”

He
walked up the path towards the front door and unlocked it, picking up an
envelope off the doormat and opening it he tipped the keys out and gave them to
me, “Baby, you would have been lucky to get fifty quid for it.”

I
shook my head at him “But however much I would have got, it’s not your
responsibility to buy me a car, especially a brand new one!”

I
couldn’t understand him sometimes, I thought he’d understood that I was an
independent person and I wanted to stay that way, whether we were in a
relationship or not. It just felt wrong taking gifts from him constantly,
especially one that cost more than £30,000.

“Please
just accept it, Liv. I want to buy it you; I want to buy you the world and
everything beyond. It makes me happy.”

Sighing,
I held out my hand and grinning, he placed the keys in my hand.

My
stomach flipped a little with excitement when I took a look at her; she really
was quite beautiful, painted in a bright red with two black bonnet stripes and
black trim, the interior was even more impressive and It had every available
accessory. “Wow Nate, I don’t know what to say, she’s beautiful. Thank you.”

He
grinned and stroked my cheek with the back of fingers “You are very welcome, baby.
Let’s grab a quick coffee and then we’ll take her out.”

I
beamed excitedly. “Oh, one more thing” he said taking the keys from me and
walked to the rear and opened the boot, crooking his finger and I walked over
to follow him.

In
the boot was a Christian Louboutin shoe box. My mouth fell open and I turned to
stare at him “Oh my God, Nate!”

He
gave me a lazy grin and took the lid off and inside was an exact replica of my
poor incinerated red and black ones. “You were lucky because this design is
still in their production line otherwise it would have been an entirely
different pair.”

I
squealed and jumped on him, wrapping my legs round his waist and giving him the
best ‘Thank you’ kiss I could.

His
mouth came round to my ear, “I want you to wear these for me when I fuck the living
daylights out of you” he growled and my mouth found his again, kissing him in a
passion. “You are on” I winked. He walked into the house with me still wrapped
around his waist.

***

An
hour later I was zipping through some countryside in my new Betty. She was a
dream to drive and I think Betty would have approved of her replacement. “Nate,
she’s wonderful” I beamed, shifting gear and increasing her speed a little.

We
were on a secluded lane somewhere in the middle of nowhere, “Turn left here” he
barked at me, frowning I rotated the steering wheel sharply to the left. I had
no idea where we were but Nate seemed to, “Next right” he ordered again.

We
seemed to be going further into nowhere. “Nate, are you sure? We’re in the
middle of nowhere and I’m a bit worried about getting lost, babe. My sat nav
blew up in Betty” I grimaced and gave him a quick glance.

 “Trust
me” he grinned and I narrowed my eyes on him, “Where are we going?”

It
was getting dark and I was getting a bit nervous. “Left” he instructed and
directed us into a lane bordered by trees and I was growing even more anxious.

 “Right
here” he directed and it turned into a gravelled area with a boundary of trees
and undergrowth.

Unclipping
my seatbelt I raised my brows at him and cocked my head. “What worries me the
most is how you knew this was here” I said with hesitation.

He
frowned at me “Problem, baby?” I shrugged and looked out of the window. “Liv?”
he asked gently and stroked my cheek.

Turning
to him I gave him a questioning look, “Nate, I take it you have brought me here
for a bit of
fun
?”

He
grinned at these words to confirm that was the exact reason we were here. “The
thing is… if you already knew it was here then you’ve been here before” I
shrugged again and wouldn’t look at him, not wanting him to see the insecurity
I was feeling.

 “Baby,
I’m not sure I understand what you’re getting at.”

I
bit my bottom lip and turned to him, “What I’m trying to say is… is… well I’m
not… I don’t want to have sex with you here, Nate.”

 He
frowned at me again and took my hand “Liv, what’s the problem with a bit of
outdoor fun?”

 I
shook my head, “It’s not the outdoor fun Nate, it’s the fact that you’ve
already had sex with somebody here, in this exact spot and I don’t like the
image it’s putting in my head.”

 I
was embarrassed to be feeling like this and blushed furiously. I didn’t want
him to think I was clingy and jealous.

 “I’m
sorry, Liv. I didn’t think of it like that. We were just driving and I spotted
something familiar and I knew where we were. I just thought it might have been
fun but I’m sorry, baby.” He squeezed my hand and gave me a shamefaced look
“Yes, I’ll admit I’ve had sex here but the thing is I don’t have sex with you
Liv, we make love and our love making is really, really mind-blowing. It’s like
nothing I have ever felt before, only 20 years ago that is, but you make me fucking
hard all the time Baby, and when I come it’s so fucking powerful, it’s
incredible.”

I
was breathing heavy now because I knew exactly what he was saying because it
was exactly how I felt.

I
climbed out of the car and walked round to his door, opened it and taking hold
of his hand; I pulled him out and pushed him up against the car.

He
sucked in a breath and his eyes fired as I cupped his groin, making him hard in
a second. I leaned up and covered his mouth with mine, kissing him with a fury,
sucking his tongue, showing him my intense arousal and roughly kneading his now
solid erection through his jeans.

Grinning
I took his hand and led him over to a grassy area littered with trees and
backed him up against one as I carried on kissing him. When his back hit the
tree I dropped to my knees in front of him, unzipped him and freed his hard
length, gasping as I took in its remarkable rigidity; he was absolutely
rock-hard.

I
kissed the tip and he hissed as I lapped the beads of semen already collected
there.

Leaning
against the tree he watched every single stroke as I licked from his sac right
up to the tip and flicked at his bar with my tongue.

He
groaned low and grabbed my hair as I sheathed him with my whole mouth and
sucked him hard. “
Jesus baby”
he growled and wrapped his wrist around my
hair as I took him down to the root. “
Fuck Liv, Stop!”
 But I continued to
drive him fast and furiously until I felt him swell and he pulled my head
further onto him, nearly deep throating me, as he jerked and pumped his hot
salty semen straight to the back of my throat and yelled my name.

I
slowed down, draining every last drop as he jolted his final release. “Fuck
Baby” he panted as I smacked my lips together, winked at him and walked back to
the car, swinging my hips as I shouted “Thanks for the car.”

 I
laughed as he shouted back “What if I buy you a boat?”

***

I
pulled up on the driveway and Nate shot out of the car, lifted me into his arms
and carried me through the front door, sucking on my neck noisily as he went
straight up the stairs, kicked open my bedroom door and flung me on the bed.

I
bounced twice and he fell on top of me. “Ouch” I exclaimed as something stuck
in my back and I reached behind me to grab whatever it was.

I
gasped as it pricked my finger and pushed Nate off me as I jumped off the bed.
“What the Fuck?!” he raged.

Sat
on the middle of my bed was a single black rose, thorns included.

My
chest heaved as I struggled to breathe but not with fear, this time it was rage
that controlled me, pure white blinding rage. “The Bastard has done it again,”
I fumed “How the hell does he keep getting in?”

Nate
was pacing the floor, fighting his own rage. “Liv” he turned to me his face
white, “Liv, will you now please come and stay at mine. He’s never gonna stop,
baby and I don’t want you here when he keeps doing this.”

I
was chewing on my lip, staring at the rose of death. It was a million miles
from the beautiful roses Nate had sent me and the fact that James had tarred Nate’s
beautiful sentiment with his own sick and twisted games hurt me to the core. From
this moment on, every time I saw a rose I would think of this vile and hateful
moment in time.

I
turned to Nate, slid my thumb across his bottom lip and kissed him tenderly on
the cheek “Yes, I will. I need to enjoy our time together not be constantly
looking over my shoulder to see if he’s there. I’ll pack a bag now, okay?”

He
nodded and exhaled but his face and lips were still pulled taut, his fists were
clenched hard and his eyes were cold, the coldest blue I’d ever seen them. He
looked utterly powerful but in the end would he be powerful enough?

***

Nate
was in his home office as I was getting ready for work Wednesday morning,
putting the finishing touches to my make-up I went to tell him I was leaving
for work.

I
knocked gently but he didn’t answer so I knocked again and was still greeted
with silence, frowning I opened the office door slowly not wanting to disturb
him if he was on the phone.

He
was sat in the large leather chair with his back to me staring out of the
window. “Nate?” I said softly but he didn’t hear me, “Nate?” I tried, a little
louder and he spun his chair round to look at me.

 “Sorry,
baby, I was miles away” he had an intense expression and his eyes were
bloodshot. “You Okay?” I asked ominously as I saw a letter in his hand.

His
eyes found mine and he nodded. “Jay’s letter” he stated and bit his lip.

I
walked over to him and cupped his face as I leaned down and gave him a tender
kiss “I’m sorry for disturbing you. I’m just on my way to work and came in to
say goodbye.” I smiled softly, knowing whatever Jay’s letter had said had reached
inside Nate and pulled at him.

He
handed me the letter, “Read it, Liv.”

I
shook my head “No Nate, it’s yours and Jay’s letter not mine, Jay never showed
me the letters he wrote you, they were his private thing to you.”

 He
shook his head at me, “I think you ought to read this one, Liv” he argued
quietly, locking eyes with me. Hesitantly I took the letter from his hand and
sat down.

Dear
Dad,

Well,
here it is… the final letter. I have waited 19 long years to write this one and
my hands are shaking but there is a huge smile on my face, lightness in my
chest and a feeling of contentment so considerable that it all seems surreal.

This
will be the last letter to you, as now we can start building our own memories,
life and relationship together, as a family. Please don’t blame Mum for what
she did all those years ago; I don’t resent her for it, in fact I’m damn proud
of what she did, she is the most selfless person I will ever know. She always
made sure you were a constant in my life even though you weren’t there in
person; always telling me about you, how much you loved me and how much you
loved her. She made sure I knew exactly who my Father was and what he was.

What
she did, she did for you Dad, and all the love she had for you was the reason
she chose not to tell you; she chose to put your ambitions, happiness and
dreams before her own and to see the person you are now I can see why she did
that.