“Are you ok? Do you know who they were?” I squeeze him.
“I do know them, so do you. I am fine but you don’t look upset.” He shrugs,
“My parents know I am a rebel. Everyone who knows me said I was destined to be the joke of the family. With that kind of expected future since 2nd grade I could care less what they think now. Only my mom had big plans for me that I made come to fruition. I am worried about you, you’re the sensitive one. Who saw us together?” I am about to tell him when the elevator dings and opens at our floor revealing,
“Father…” I feel my hands start to shake, followed by my arms. Jameson puts an arm around me and knows exactly who saw us on the beach. Jameson leads me out of the elevator and keeps me next to him if not slightly behind him. My father looks Jameson up and down before his eyes fall on me.
“Gwendolyn, we need to talk.” I nod slowly, my stomach feels hollow, if I had eaten I might be throwing up right now. I make to move away from Jameson who tightens his grip on me. He rubs my arms so I throw mine around his waist. My dad looks from me to Jameson.
“No uncle. I won’t let you take her away from me right now and belittle her. She is sensitive and I won’t let you crush her. If you’re gonna do that, than do that with her next to me so I am here to keep the pieces from falling into a thousand different ways.” My dad looks at Jameson for a long moment then nods and walks away. He stops at the door to my room so I grab my key and try to open the door. I fumble with the card multiple times before Jamesons hand comes around and lands on top of mine.
“Deep Breaths Gwen, slow deep breaths, I am right here with you, I am not going anywhere.” I do as he intructs and manage to get the key to work before slowly pushing the door in and flipping the main light on. I walk over to the window trying to steel my spine before turning around. When I do I see Jamesone staring my dad down in a show for dominence. If I wasn’t so worked up I would have laughed.
“Father, you wanted to talk to me.” He looks away from Jameson and back at me.
“A first I was suprised, disgusted even when I saw you doing that with… your cousin. I walked away with your mother and thought everything through. This is my fault, I let your mother control everything we did. We left you alone more then not. All the events for family through out your life your mother didn’t want you to come so she wouldn’t have to watch you, she could go and do whatever she wanted. This is the first event where you got to come, old enough to care for yourself. Tell me Gwen, did you fall for this young man before you knew who he was?” I remain silent and nod to answer...