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Guest who wants to see jealousy you will get that you know who you are ;) It was going to happen anyways in my story so i thought I would show that soon.
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12.
I blinked at his statement not sure how to answer at first and he blinked as well waiting for a reply.
"You want me… to be your woman?" I asked. He nodded sternly.
"Yes. I want you to be mine and I will be yours until we can tell your parent's about us." he stated. "I want no man to claim you whether he be white black orange or yellow."
I didn't know he felt so strongly towards me. At first I thought he hated me, but now things are so different. I nodded.
"I will be yours." I replied and he leaned in and kissed me. I kissed him back and he lied beside me now so it wouldn't upset my stomach. We held each other in silence and once I saw the sun begin to slowly lift up Forrest shuffled a bit.
"I gotta go." he replied and got off the bed and began to get dressed. I watched him as he got dressed so casually. I was not taken back by his lack of conversation. The silent type belonged to him, yet he belonged to me. His final act of getting dress was placing his hat on his head calmly. He looked at me with firm eyes again yet small bits of softness were hidden underneath his brown orbs.
"I'll be back soon." he said. I nodded slowly and he turned and began to open the door but paused for a second and then looked up before turning and coming back towards me. He leaned over and kissed me passionately and I returned it and without saying another word he left out the door. I stared at it for a second and slowly got dressed, my vagina burned and ached a bit but I ignored it and finished cleaning up myself. I knew our future well somewhat. In public we would respect each other and just smile and nod. In front of our families we were distant and acted like we barely respected each other's presence. I wasn't sure how we would be alone, but I knew it would be completely different, away from prying eyes.
After three more weeks in the hospital I was free to go home. My family came to get me and dad drove home. Things felt so new back at the house and I had greatly missed the comfort of my own bed. After a week passed things were back to normal. All three Bondurant boys came to visit and of course my brothers and fathers demanded they leave yet that did not stop me from seeing them when I left the house. Father said I could not work for an entire month. I think he believed it would make me too lazy to work, but that was okay because when he was off at work as well as the boys I went to see Forrest.
It was a cloudy Tuesday and I found myself walking down the road to the Bondurant's bar. I was in a red summer dress with Mr. Capone's necklace swinging from my neck. I wore comfortable black sandals and was enjoying the cool breeze. I didn't wear my hair up in curls so they swayed down my back. I heard birds chirping and it was so lovely. I heard an engine rolling up from behind me and I turned to see a fancy white car driving. It was not like any car I had seen around here so I knew this person was from some type of city. I made sure to stay on the side of the road and I kept moving. I then heard the engine slowing down and I turned to see it was slowly driving beside me. In it was a young man with blonde hair in a nice blue shirt and jeans. His eyes were a deep blue and I felt a bit nervous and I continued to walk.
"What's a woman like you doing walking out here on a day like this?" he asked. I blinked wondering why he was talking to me. I shrugged lightly.
"Just going to the bar to get a drink." I lied. The man smirked devilishly at me as he continued to drive beside me.
"Didn't take a woman like you to be a drinking woman. It's going to rain soon you should let me give you a ride." he replied. I could hear the thunder rumbling from the clouds and I shook my head and smiled politely at him.
"I'm fine thanks." I replied. The man pouted a bit.
"Aw come on. I wouldn't want you to ruin your dress or you hair." he said confidently. I thought about it and he was a bit right but I refused again.
"I don't take rides from strangers." I replied. Or any strange white men. He nodded.
"Fair enough. Look if I introduce myself will you let me give you a ride to this bar?" he asked. I looked down at him his blue eyes staring up into me as he drove slowly.
"Why would you want to give a black woman a ride anywhere?" I asked. I was pretty sure that was frowned upon in some way, but I didn't think much on it. The man shrugged.
"You just seem like a nice woman that I want to help out. Besides I have no ill feeling towards African Americans." he said. I continued to walk and he continued to drive beside me. I wasn't going to be getting away with him so I sighed.
"Fine introduce yourself." I replied making sure I remained polite. He grinned.
"My Name's Brandon Storm. I'm from New York City driving through Virginia to get to Chicago. I am nineteen and trying to convince a pretty young woman if she will let me give her a ride to a bar so she can drink and be happy." he replied. It wasn't much of an introduction and the clouds above us darkened quickly so I nodded.
"Alright." I replied and got in his car. I was very tense still about driving with a stranger and the car began to move a bit faster. I kept my hand on the door handle very casually incase I had to get out.
"So going to tell me your name?" he asked leaning back in his seat. I cleared my throat.
"Eula Kincaid." I replied and he nodded looking up as if thinking about something.
"That name sounds familiar." he replied. I nodded.
"I get that a lot. So are you going to be leaving right out of Virginia today?" I asked. He shook his head.
"No tomorrow. I'm resting for the night." he answered. I nodded once.
"What business do you have in Chicago?" I asked.
"School mostly. Going to major in business." he answered with a smile. I looked up at the clouds wondering why it had not rained yet when it clearly looked so ready to rain. "So Eula, you got any family around here or is it you and your husband?"
I chuckled now very dryly.
"I live with my family. I have two older brothers, and a dad and a mom. I'm adopted." I replied. He nodded with a curious smile.
"Oh what happened to your real parents?" he asked. I felt my heart drop at the question for no one really asked me that. I don't even know if my family knew about my parents, only that I was found wondering the woods.
"Dead." I choked out. He winced a bit.
"I'm sorry." he replied in a soft tone. I shook my head.
"No it's okay. I was two when they died." I replied. Yet I was old enough to watch from afar as they were hanged high in trees. I felt my body shake a bit but I straightened up. "It's all in the past now."
Once I saw the bar up ahead I pointed to it.
"There's the bar." I replied. Brandon sneered a bit at its appearance.
"This is the place you want to drink at?" he asked looking at me as he began to slow down near one of the gas pumps. I shrugged and smiled.
"What can I say, my friends like to drink here." I replied. Once his car stopped he got out of the car and began to walk around the front. Through his window on his side I leaned over to see if anyone was sitting there and I saw both Forrest and Howard sitting in chairs. Howard was drinking something, alcohol I presumed, and Forrest had a large cigar in his mouth. I smiled a bit and the door was opened and Brandon held his hand out for me and I took it and he helped me out. Once I was on my feet I smoothened out my dress.
"Eula, maybe we should go somewhere else, those men look very suspicious." he told with a bit of warning in his voice. I looked over to see Forrest and Howard were watching us. Forrest remained calmed, yet his eyes were forming daggers at Brandon and Howard leaned forward resting his arm on his lap. I chuckled and looked up at Brandon.
"Those are my friends Brandon. Thanks for giving me a ride." I replied with a smile. He looked at the two men before looking back down at me and nodding.
"Sure no problem. Maybe I'll see you around." he said. I shrugged and nodded.
"Yes maybe." I replied. He nodded and moved back around into his side of the car and I walked behind the car and up the steps of the bar. I began to walk towards the door when Forrest's voice caught me.
"Who was that?" he asked letting smoke shoot from his nose. I looked up at the leaving car and shrugged.
"That's Brandon. He's from New York." I replied. Howard scoffed.
"A city boy." he said with little interest. Forrest looked up at me with his eyes.
"You took a ride from a man you didn't know?" he asked. A few seconds after his question it started to rain lightly.
"I wanted to beat the rain. If I walked I would've gotten soaked and it wouldn't be a pretty sight." I replied. "Besides I won't be seeing him again. He's staying in some hotel and then is off to New York tomorrow I think."
I moved inside now not catching the boys' glances at one other. Once inside I was met by Jack and Cricket.
"Hey good to finally see you up and running around again." Jack said. I smiled then placed my hands on my hips.
"You think a bullet is going to stop this Kincaid?" I replied. Cricket chuckled.
"You sure live up to your name, Eula." he said and I smiled at him.
"I try." I replied.
"Your brothers or father know you're here?" Jack asked. I shook my head moving behind the bar and grabbing a coke in a glass bottle.
"Nope I stopped by to see if Forrest will give me my job back once a month has passed. That's how long my father is making me stay out of working." I replied.
"I agree with him." I heard Forrest suddenly say as he and Howard came in. I blinked with mild confusion.
"Why wouldn't you want me to work?" I asked. Forrest stood on the other side of the bar placing his hat on top it.
"Because dangerous things happen around us and you don't need to be caught up in all that. You'll get nothing but trouble here." he replied. I sneered at his words.
"So you'd much rather me just work somewhere else, like in a boring old store?" I replied. Forrest looked down for a second then back up at me.
"If it keeps you out of danger and your brother's off our backs then yes. I will not have your brothers keep disrespecting me and my brothers ever again." he answered.
"Yeah after that fight in the hospital your brothers said they will shoot us on sight if they catch us near you." Jack suddenly replied. I blinked with shock and looked at Howard.
"They said that?" I asked him. He nodded taking another gulp of his drink.
"And we Bondurants don't take those kinds of threats lightly." Forrest said and I looked back up at him with worry in my eyes. I had to do something about all of this, make things somewhat quiet down between the feuding brothers. I looked outside to see it was raining hard out so I knew I was stuck in here until it was over.
