Her Big Bad Mistake(20)

“I can’t move in with you.”

“Why not? You’re my wife.” He’d planned to find her because he missed her and wanted her with him. She should live with him.

Becky opened her mouth, closed it, then opened it again. “I…I…we…you.”

“Give me a chance. I’m not the one who ran. You did. I want you with me where you should be.” Damon could see she was caving, so he pushed on. “It will be a good way to get to know each other better. I promise I’ll be on my best behavior.” She closed her eyes and chewed on her bottom lip. “Please.”

She opened her eyes and let out a long, drawn-out sigh. “Okay. But I’m going to keep paying the rent in the house I’m staying in, just to be safe.”

Damon would agree to that for now. He would slowly gain her trust and she would get rid of the rental. “If that’s what you want, you can keep it.”

Becky nodded and closed her eyes again.

“You should rest. You can see Jacob when you wake.”

Becky didn’t respond and Damon knew she’d fallen asleep.

Getting up, he went to talk to his friends.

****

Damon found Jacob and Caleb outside in the hospital courtyard. Jacob strolled toward him with a fierce scowl on his face. “Tell me what the fuck is going on?”

Damon knew he should say something to Jacob. He should tell him all that had happened. Damon should apologize but he didn’t know where to start, so he shrugged and muttered, “I married her. I couldn’t let her get away.”

“I told you to be nice to her. Not to fucking marry her. For fuck’s sake, Damon, I told you I was into her. What the hell, Damon?” Jacob ran his fingers through his hair. “I shouldn’t have left her with you. I should have said no to the promo shit.” Jacob gave him a death stare. “I never thought my friend would move in on my girl.”

“She wasn’t your girl. You hadn’t done anything to her to let her know you were interested in her. I fell in love with her.”

He wasn’t expecting Jacob’s fist—he should have. Damon stumbled back, but not before he grabbed Jacob and retaliated. Caleb tried to break them up but Damon wasn’t in the mood to be stopped. He needed a good fight. “Stay the fuck out of this, Caleb,” he growled.

Not bothering to check if Caleb stayed away, he kneed Jacob in the stomach and gave a good right hook to his face. They fell to the ground and wrestled, beating the shit out of each other until they were pulled apart by security. They were both dragged away as cameras flashed and phones filmed the whole thing. Caleb was nowhere in sight and Damon glanced at Jacob and winced. Crap, he’d done a number on him.

“Don’t fucking look at me like that. You don’t look that good yourself,” Jacob snarled as they were dragged out of the courtyard and met by four policemen.

Shit, he was on probation for a whole bunch of shit and resisting arrest was one of them. His lawyer wasn’t going to be happy to hear from him. Their coach was going to kick his ass when he saw him and Jacob.

He grimaced as the adrenaline wore off, and the aches and pains made themselves known. Damon cooperated getting into the police car and hoped that if he obeyed he would get this all over and done with soon. As he sat in the back of the police car, he hoped Becky didn’t see this later on YouTube or Facebook.

****

Becky was pissed. Caleb came and picked her up from the hospital. Amazingly her blood pressure had lowered overnight and the baby was doing fine. She was allowed to leave if she had someone to go home with and help look after her. Becky had expected Damon to pick her up, but when Caleb came Becky knew something had happened.

“What happened? Why are you here and not Damon?” She sat on the edge of the bed and glared at Caleb. He squirmed under her stare.

“He wasn’t able to make it.”

“What the hell do you mean, he wasn’t able to make it?” The shrill tone of her voice had Caleb backing up with his hands in the air.

“There was an incident.”

She slowly stood. Becky knew she needed Caleb’s help to get out of here. “Can you get me out of here?”

“Yes. I came to help you.”

Becky nodded and pressed the nurse’s button. “I told them I had someone coming for me. The forms should be ready to be signed.”

Caleb nodded and Becky waited patiently to get her answers until she was out of the hospital and sitting in Caleb’s big SUV.

“Thanks for breaking me out of the hospital. I’m not a fan of them.”

“That’s fine. I have the keys to Damon’s house, and he said to—”