Deception

by Silver, Jordan

  "Sarah..." Dad started to scold her which we both knew wasn't gonna work anyway, but I used her words to save face.

  "She's right, I want my son to have what all the children in this family had." I didn't look at Amber when I said it.

  "Damn straight, and grandma's always here to fill in." And she was off with the baby talk while tickling his chin.

  "Heads up Amber if you want to see that kid before college you'd be wise to work out some kind of schedule now or she'd hog that kid. Cindy and Donald have to fight her for their parental rights as it is."

  Dad joked but he wasn't too far off. Mom had my four year old niece more than her parents did sometimes. Donald was always grumbling to me about it, but no one wanted to upset the tyrant.

  "Oh hush Thomas, they certainly do not, whatever do you mean?" Oh she was a smooth one alright; seriously though, Cindy and Don appreciated mom's help they were always singing her praises. She had more best grandma crap than a novelty store. I was sure my son would be confiscated just as much and that was fine by me. I hoped Amber would feel the same way because no one said no to mom.

  I had a thought while my folks were here, Amber seemed relaxed enough for my idea to work. I didn't want her here when Kurt showed up, I had no idea what was going to be on that shit, but I was beginning to doubt it was her. Nonetheless I wanted her away from here when I was looking at that shit, plus I didn't want her to know what we were doing, not yet.

  "Mom why don't you take Amber and the baby shopping; they could both use some new things." She clapped her hands like a little girl. Amber meanwhile looked like she wanted to protest, but why? I knew she hated shopping but I thought for sure she would jump at the chance to shop for Anthony. She seemed to collect herself before asking a very telling question.

  “Will it just be us? I only ask because I'm not ready to see everyone else yet."

  My parents looked at me but I kept my face blank. There it was again, that fear of someone or something in my life, but who or what? I hadn't noticed anything when we were together before. One thing was certain, her fear was genuine, that pissed me the fuck off. If someone had orchestrated this, had fucked with what's mine I will make them pay.

  “Of course dear it will just be us, we'll take the limo that way we wouldn't have to worry about parking or carrying bags. This is going to be so much fun. Oh we need a list." My dad was rolling his eyes, I was laughing and Amber had a small smile on her face. I couldn't help walking over and kissing her in front of my parents, they'd seen us kiss before.

  “It'll be fine." I reassured her softly as I rubbed my fingers over her cheek and lips. She nodded with a little smile and the knots in my gut loosened a bit. Now to wait for Kurt and see what the fuck was going on.

  When Kurt finally showed not long after they left he was pensive, worried! I couldn't quite read him, but it wasn't a look I was accustomed to seeing on his face.

  "Fuck boss...I'm sorry, this...shit..." He pulled on his hair in frustration, he was almost scaring the fuck outta me.

  "What the fuck Kurt, just tell me man."

  "I can't, I'll rather show you."

  My heart was beating so fast I thought I would have a heart attack. I'd never seen the tough as nails Kurt Justice so flustered before in my life. What the fuck could be on that disc? Was it Amber, is that why he was apologizing? Please, please don't let it be please, I beg of you. I prayed for the first time since I became a man. I don't think I could take it if she was on that disc after all. Not after the morning we'd had. We went to my study where I had set up for the occasion and both sat down. He really looked like he didn't want to show me that shit but I had to see it. He cued it up and sat back.

  "I'm just going to start it where the party you're looking for is doing the transaction okay, there's a whole day's worth of footage on there but most of that has nothing to do with you, just the usual goings and comings to the shop."

  He was stalling I could see it.

  "Just get to it Kurt."

  He sighed before hitting play, when the face first came on the screen I think the shock kept me rooted to the seat.

  "ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME?"

  He turned it off and got me some water; it was then I realized I was fucking hyperventilating. Lies, all fucking lies from beginning to end, they planned it, why the fuck did they though? What had I ever done to deserve this or Amber for that matter?

  “Are you sure about this, there's no doubt, no coincidence you checked on all that?"

  "I checked the time stamp on the receipt against the time on the recording, it's the same transaction, no mistake, I'm sorry."

  "Who else knows about this?" I had to ask, Kurt was loyal to more than just one member of the family.

  "Just you, me and the owner of the shop, she doesn't know why I needed the tapes though, she thinks it's an undercover sting."

  "Good, let's keep it that way." Was that my voice, so controlled? I didn't feel in control of anything, I felt like I was spinning on a knife edge about to lose my fucking mind.

  "I'll see myself out, call me if you need anything." He left and I sat there trying to work things out. This mess had to be handled carefully, there was going to be a shit storm but I had to make sure of who was involved.

  There's no way the person on that tape had access to my grandmother's jewelry, they had to have had help. I needed to know who that help was. I flew off the rails last time, jumped the gun, saw only what I was meant to see, this time I would be more thorough.

  I made a few phone calls to set things in motion. This ended now, there were only a few people who had access to the combination to my safe, and they were all family. It was a running joke that the two brothers, meaning Don and I were so similar when it came to pass codes. Not that mine was so easily known, unless you knew me that is. Whoever was in on this knew me, but why had they chosen to do this?

  I spent the next few hours plotting in my head, trying to line up every possible scenario, the one bright light in this whole mess was that Amber was innocent. The theft had been the nail in her coffin it was the one thing that had convinced me of her guilt. And it had all been a lie.

  And I had...oh fuck me. I ran to the bathroom and threw up. The thought of what I had said to her, the way I had treated her. I'd contemplated taking her against her will, and worst, I'd threatened to take her child away from her. A young innocent girl, an orphan with no one in her corner; what the fuck have I done?

  "Oh God Amber I'm so sorry." I cried like a fucking child as my heart broke into a million fucking pieces. I had done this to her, I'd brought her into my world where I thought she would be safe, only to leave her at the mercy of jackals.

  Chapter 16

  By the time they got home I had pulled myself together somewhat, I think I pulled it off since mom left without noticing anything awry. I even helped Amber put the things she’d bought away before giving our son his bath and getting him ready for bed.

  When he was down for the night I asked if she was hungry.

  "No we stopped and had something to eat I'm set." She seemed a little lighter, I was glad for that.

  "Let's go into the study, I need to ask you something." She got that weary look on her face but I smiled at her reassuringly. If I had my way she'd never look like that again.

  I didn't beat around the bush, just got right to it as soon as we were seated.

  "Why did you leave me?" She seemed surprised by the question, I could imagine why. After all every time she'd tried to talk to me in the last couple days I'd shut her down. Maybe because subconsciously my mind was getting too close to the truth and I couldn't handle it. Whatever, that shit was over now.

  "Colin..." She wrung her hands as if afraid to speak.

  "Come ‘ere. " I reached for her drawing her into my lap.

  "It's okay, you can tell me, I promise I'm not mad at you." I kissed her so she'd know that I was being truthful. I pulled her head down to my shoulder and held her close.

  "I left becaus
e...someone told me you were getting married."

  "What the fuck?" The words were out before I could control them.

  "I'm sorry baby, I didn't mean to yell, go on, who told you that I was getting married?"

  "Cindy." And there it was the final piece of the puzzle. I didn't know what the fuck to feel, this shit would tear my family apart, my brother, and my niece, fuck.

  I could piece the rest together, like the who I was supposed to marry, I just couldn't figure out why my sister in law, a woman I had known for six years would do such a thing.

  "Do you still believe that?"

  She shook her head timidly.

  "I had a talk with your mom."

  "Oh yeah what'd she say?"

  "She thanked me for coming back into your life, she said today was the first time she saw her son in almost a year. She said whatever demons you were fighting seemed to have left. So I started thinking and I realized if you were really in love with someone else my leaving wouldn't have affected you this way."

  "I promised to love only you always remember? In Greece I told you my heart belonged to you, why did you doubt me?"

  "She was just so convincing and she said some things that made sense, like how I wasn't a part of your world. How I wouldn't fit in with your friends and colleagues."

  I squeezed her tighter to me, feeling her pain and fear and betrayal, they'd made her believe that I was just using her.

  "How did she explain me bringing you home if I was supposed to be engaged to someone else?"

  "She said your fiancé turned a blind eye to your indiscretions in the past, but since your wedding was so close it was crass for me to be here then."

  "I see, we have a lot to talk about but we'll save that for later, for now please accept my humble apologies for the way I've treated you. I know it's not enough and I plan on making it up to you but for now just know I've only ever told one woman I loved her. Go to bed you're beat I'll be there soon."

  "Does this mean we're okay? You forgive me for leaving the way I did?"

  "I understand why you felt you had to leave, I don't understand why you didn't trust me enough to come to me but we'll work on that." I gave her a kiss and stood to walk her to our bedroom. I had a lot of shit to do.

  By the time I was finished in my office I was on fire for her, it had been too long, we'd been part for way too long. She was already asleep but that didn't stop me from pulling the covers back. Moving as quietly as I possibly could I pulled her panties gently down her legs. She was asleep on her stomach so I lifted her and licked her from behind. My heart beat like a drum in my chest as I sucked on her taking in her sweet taste. She awakened with a moan as I sank my tongue deep. I stroked my weeping cock in readiness as I prepared to fuck her.

  "Stay as you are baby."

  Rising to my knees behind her I played my cock up and down her slit teasing her pussy by entering just her entrance before pulling back.

  "Please Colin."

  "Tell me."

  "Take me."

  I slammed into her rocking her body.

  "Ahhh..." Her scream was music to my ears. Always before I'd been gentle with her. This time I felt the need to plunder. I needed to control her, to dominate her. I didn't question my feelings but just let my body take over. Grabbing ahold of her hips I fucked into her burying all ten inches into her pussy, pass her cervix and into her womb. She'd never been able to take all of me before I guess having the baby opened her up somehow. It felt like nothing I'd ever known.

  "I can't wait to teach you all the things I never got the chance to." Just the thought alone had my cock swelling even more inside her. Pulling out roughly I turned her onto her back and lifting her legs to my shoulders eased back into her.

  "I want to make you pregnant again, I'm going to make you pregnant again." I didn't give her a chance to answer one way or the other. Instead I covered her lips with mine as I stroked into her clutching heat. Her tight pussy gripped me like it would never let me go. I pounded out my frustration and my need on her small body. Too lost in the pleasure to hold back. I wanted only one thing, to reclaim what was mine. With a loud growl shot my hot seed deep within her as she came on my cock.

  The next day I had mom set up a dinner party inviting everyone under the guise of a family get together so as not to raise suspicions. I convinced her not to share the news of Amber's return with anyone to which she agreed, she thought it would be a wonderful surprise; if she only knew.

  I had a hard time convincing Amber over the next few days that everything was going to be okay. I’d told her everything and she was afraid to confront her tormentors but I assured her they would never hurt her again.

  To avoid detection I spirited my little family away for the next few days leading up to the party. We took the private jet to the island my grandmother had left me, it was only six hours flying, then a private boat ride the rest of the way.

  It brought back memories of Greece. Without my threats hanging over her head she fucking blossomed, she was my princess again, the carefree young girl with hope in her eyes.

  Our first night on the island I approached her to finally fall on my sword so to speak. It was amazing having her with me again sharing the same bed spending our days tending our son.

  I needed to have her close at all times, never letting her out of my sight. The two of them became my whole world. I'd taken her body numerous times in the last few days, when we weren't playing with the baby I was buried inside her. I'd introduced her to anal play, taught her how to take me into her throat without gagging. We still needed to work on that one but it was fun trying. I don't know if she realized it or not but I was doing everything in my power to breed her again. To finally tie her to me completely for all time.

  That night after we put the baby to bed together which was fast becoming one of my favorite things in the world to do, I took her out to the lanai. And with the cool sea breeze blowing over us I poured my heart out to her, nothing hidden.

  "I can't even begin to ask for your forgiveness princess, there aren't enough words in this language or the next. I will do whatever it takes to make it up to you. I have no excuses for what I wanted to do to you. Too much misplaced anger, the things I said and did, I can't..."

  "It's okay now I understand we were both taken in both lied to. Just promise me that it'll never happen again, that we'll be happy again."

  How honorable could this one woman be when she had been treated so dishonorably? How big must her heart be that she could hold me to her bosom to offer comfort when I had done nothing but threaten? I didn't deserve her forgiveness as much as I wanted it. I think it would've been easier on me if she had railed at me, if she exacted her pound of flesh. But this blind acceptance was more than I deserved.

  "When I thought that you had deceived me, that you were just using me until you married someone else, I think something inside me died. But you know what was telling about the whole thing? I never once hated you. Now I know it's because I couldn't reconcile the man who would do such a thing with the man I fell in love. I don't know how or why but I never hated you or regretted our time together not even when your son was making me sick as a dog." She tried to joke about it but I could find no humor in her pain.

  "I'm so sorry I wasn't there, that you had to face that alone, I'm sure you must've been scared."

  "Out of my mind...no no." She rushed to reassure me when she saw the crestfallen look on my face at her simple admission.

  "It wasn't that bad really Carmen, that's Melissa's aunt, she was really nice to me. The only reason we were at that cabin, which belonged to her husband's family by the way, is because her complex has some type of clause that doesn't allow children. I wouldn't have been there much longer, in fact Melissa and I were making plans to get a place together."

  "What did you tell them about me?"

  "Nothing much, I just told them it didn't work out, of course they all threatened to hunt you down like a rabid dog." There she goes again trying to make
light of her pain and suffering so she could ease mine. She was everything I had first believed her to be. My sweet gentle girl.

  "So, what do I have to do to gain your forgiveness and your trust again?"

  "You didn't hear me, I never stopped loving you of course I forgive you."

  "But what about the things I said to you after I found you? How can you forgive such unwarranted cruelty?"

  "Do you still feel the same way?"

  "Of course not; how can you even think such a thing? I told you I've only ever loved one woman and that's you, even when I hated you I loved you."

  "Well then, that's all that matters, if we let them keep us apart then they win, and we can't let them win. I do wish you would give up this idea of revenge against them though."

  "Not gonna happen, this isn't only about us, this is about my son and what they almost cost me and him. No way will I let that slide. When I thought you were guilty I was willing to tear you apart I can do no less against the ones who really share the blame."

  "Do what you must then, but know that I'm okay, as long as I have you and our son I'm very okay."

  "Do you really mean that princess?"

  "With all my heart."

  Damn she’s not to be believed, whatever! I'll spend the rest of my days being ever thankful that I had her back in my arms again.

  "Will you let me make love to you now?" I nibbled on her ear as I awaited her answer.

  "Do you even have to ask? I love having you inside of me." She was seducing me with her words. I kissed her as softly and gently as I could, wanting to show her without words how much she meant to me. The last few times I'd been a maniac taking her hard and rough, I'd needed that. This time I wanted to go slow, to be tender with her.

  We made slow passionate love under the starry sky, our bodies moving perfectly in sync.

  "I haven't worn protection any of the times I've been inside are you on the pill?"

  Before we had used condoms since my innocent girl hadn't been on birth control. I had planned to talk to her about it after we got married but we never got around to it. Obviously one of the condoms had failed.