Heart or Blood 12
It took a few days for Rusty and Raydor to hear back about Rusty spending more time with his mother but once he did Rusty started planning.
First he went to the store to buy candy and anything else he thought that his mother would like. It was important to his plan that his mother think that he still wanted to stay with her.
At first Rusty couldn't see how he could get away from his mother. He knew that Raydor had no control over what was happening so it was up to Rusty to fix things.
He decided that the best way to do this would be to get his hands on the file that his mother had on Raydor. He was not sure but it would at least help the judge see what his mother was really like.
But first he had to get that file.
Unfortunately that also meant that he would have to make Raydor believe that he wanted to stay with his mother as well.
Rusty knew that the way that he was acting was hurting Raydor but it was the only way that his mother would believe that he had forgiven her for the offer that she had made to Raydor.
So he kept quiet about his plan while he was packing.
Once he got to his mother's hotel room Rusty gave her the presents that he had bought for her.
Just as he thought his mother ate up the attention and decided that she could overlook the fact that he looked through the file.
But for the rest of the day Sharon Beck kept a close eye on Rusty so he didn't have the chance to get the file from her bag.
It would take some acting on his part but eventually she would have to trust him. He would just have to play along as she used him to hit on the men around her.
Now if she would give him a chance at the file….
As soon as Raydor got home from dropping Rusty off she went to her room and lay down on her bed.
The stress of the situation had been bothering her for almost two days and the headache that followed it was not helping the situation. Everything that was happening was starting to be a little much for her and Raydor could feel herself getting sick.
She was just glad that things at work had finally calmed down enough for her to get her bearings back.
Even Provenza was being nice to her (though that was a small source of worry for her).
It was a sign of Raydor's distress that it actually took a few minutes for her to realize that she was crying.
Sharon wasn't sure when she had become so attached to Rusty.
When he had first come to stay with her Raydor had known that he would eventually leave her to ether go to his mother or to another family. She had tried to keep her emotions from getting tied to him but she just couldn't seem to do it.
Maybe it was the pained look in his eyes that appears sometimes.
Sharon had always had a weakness for people in need.
But for some reason she just couldn't let him go.
And for the life of her she couldn't find a legal way to keep Rusty.
Finally, after a few hours, Raydor fell asleep thinking of how her life had changed.
Everything was ok in Sharon Beck's world.
Rusty was at her side again ready to do what he was supposed to be doing, taking care of her.
Raydor had been put in her place by Rusty choosing his mother over Raydor.
And all the men in the hotel were hers for the taking.
Now all she had to do was wait for the judge to give Rusty back to her so that they could leave this horrible town and Raydor.
Sharon would have rather have had Raydor's money but since that was not going to be happening she would have to take Rusty instead. Sticking it to the woman would almost be worth the trouble of dealing with Rusty again.
Though Rusty seemed to have learned a useful new skill while he was away from her so at least he could bring money in.
Smiling at the man next to her, Sharon Beck thought about how great it was going to be to see the look on Raydor's face once the judge gave Rusty to her.