Chapter 13: Unwanted Attention.
Brax P.O.V
I was sitting at the table reading the morning paper while eating the breakfast Charlie had cooked for myself and my 3 brothers. She stayed over again last night, as she usually does except this time I woke up to an empty bed, once I found my clothes I walked out into the living room and discovered my brothers at the table scoffing down bacon & eggs, I knew this wasn't there doing, Heath was too lazy to scratch his arse half the time.
I turned the page and began reading the second half of weather report, reading about the massive swells that were coming in, in about 3 days. I was in a world of my own when Charlie placed a letter down in front of me, once addressed to me.
"What's this?" I questioned, picking it up.
"A letter...?" She said sarcastically.
"No I mean where did it come from?" I questioned again.
"The mail box Brax." She said shaking her head.
"Who's it from?" I questioned, I never get letters, apart from bills of course. She just shrugged as she grabbed an apple and took a bite. I turned the letter over, not bothering to look at the address; I ripped open the top of the envelope and pulled out the dirty paper, and opened it.
To Darryl,
I know it has been a long time and I know that you and I didn't have the best relationship before I left but I've been doing a lot of thinking and I think we should catch up. You know where I am, you know where to find me. Do me a favour and come see me Monday.
Sean.
"Who's Sean?" Charlie questioned, as she looked over my shoulder.
"My father." I answered back.
Charlie P.O.V
I knew Brax never liked his father but I must have underestimated it, he was worried and basically passing the living room asking questions that I had no answer to.
"Why would he send me a letter? It's been 10 years since he got taken away, and since then he hasn't said a word to us." He said, after he had calmed down. He was sitting down on the couch, so I sat on his lap, mostly because I didn't want him to get up and start pacing again and simply because I like being near him, feeling our skin touch. His hands wrapped around my hip and rested on my thigh.
"Maybe he does what to see you, talk to his son?" I said, I read the letter as soon as Brax got worked up, so I knew what he was so worked up about.
"But why wait till now? And why only me what about Heath and Casey." He asked, obviously confused.
"I don't know babe, when does he want you to see him?" I questioned.
"Today, he must have sent it on Friday." He said as he picked up the letter again, but didn't read it.
"Are you going to go see him?" I asked.
"No." He cut back.
"Why not?" I questioned angrily, since day 1 of meeting Brax I knew that he turned out the way he did because he was missing that sense of want by someone or his father, so when I came along and Brax realised he was wanted he changed, for the better.
"Because I don't want him in our life Charlie, he's no good he only brings trouble." He answered back.
"Brax, ever since I first met you, you were saying how you wished your life was different and now you have the chance to change it, you can meet your father and if it doesn't go well then you don't ever have to go back and see him." I said trying to reason with him.
Brax P.O.V
I climbed the stairs up to Angelo's after dropping Charlie home; she was having a shower and spending some time with Ruby before we went to dad. I don't know how she managed to convince me to ring the jail and make an appointment to see him, but she was a cop so I guess they never lose that ability to make people do what they want.
I walked through the door and they whole place was filled with lunch time reservations, I walked up to the bar were Heath was. I walked around the back and took a beer out of the fridge, cracking open the top and taking a swig.
"I'm going to see dad." I said to Heath, he turned around looked at me, his eyes wide.
"What? What happened to never seeing that son of bitch again?" Heath questioned.
"He sent me a letter and Charlie convinced me into going and see what he wants." I answered.
"I'm coming with you then." He said, picking up a glass and cleaning it.
"No you're not, Charlie is." I said back smugly, Heath turned around again, shaking his head in anger.
"So you're taking your fucking girlfriend to see him, but you won't allow me to go see my own father." He said, trying to compose his anger seeing people could see him.
"Heath you and I both know if dad says something you don't like you'll hit him, and then you'll end up in a cell next door to him." I said, pulling out my phone and checking the time.
"Brax you obviously haven't thought about this..." Heath said.
"What do you mean?" I questioned, wanting to hear him out.
"You are taking your sexy girlfriend" I cut him off.
"Oi cut it out!" I yelled, people turned and looked.
"Hear me out, you are taking your beautiful girlfriend to a jail full of men who haven't seen a decent looking woman in years, some of them are probably even in there for rape. Do you really want to take Charlie there? You hate when guys in the street look at her, so I don't think you'll like it when seedy, criminals stare at her." He said, I frowned thinking about what he had just said.
"Yeah exactly." Heath said, noticing my troublesome frown.
Heath P.O.V
How come everyone thinks Brax is the smart one? He must be a genius taking his gorgeous, sexy, skinny, tall, brunette girlfriend to a jail full of men who haven't seen an attractive woman in years. How did he not think of that? I mean I'm Brax's brother and I'm not going to deny it, I have checked out her, heaps of times. She is hot.
Charlie P.O.V
I stepped out of Brax's ute before looking up to see high brick walls in front of me, Brax came around to my side and took my hand before leading me towards the entrance of the jail. I was glad Brax let me come, because just before we left he tried talking me out of it, leading to a massive fight on why I should be able to go. He was just too protective at times.
"Hello, how can I help you?" Said a man sitting behind a bullet proof glass panel.
"We are here to see Sean Braxton." Brax said.
"So you are Darryl Braxton and Charlie Buckton?" The man questioned, Brax just nodded.
"I need to see identification please." He said. I grabbed my driver's license out of my wallet handing it to Brax who held both our licenses up to the glass panel allowing the receptionist to see them clearly.
"Okay, please follow Officer Frazer." He said, pointing to the man standing next to the barred doors.
We followed him through the barred doors, and once I heard the dead bolt slide through home I knew it was too late to turn around and back out, Brax was right beside me, his arm around my waist as we made our way into the jail. We went through one more door and then we were outside again, walking along a high fence, on the other side were the prisoners on yard time, and as soon as I stepped out of the door I attracted unwanted attention. I felt safe here though, mostly because Brax was here beside me and because we were on the opposite side of a 5 metre high fence with barbed wire at the top and also because our escort had a high powered rifle in his hands.
"Oi darlin' how about you come see me? Ask for Roy!" Yelled a short, muscular man, he was seedy, bald and had tattoos all over his body. Brax's grip tightened around me and I looked up to see him staring at the man on the other side of the fence.
"Brax..." I said, grabbing his attention back to me, he looked down at me his eyes full of anger, I just shook my head as if to say 'just forget about it.'
"Oi Roy do you want to spend 3 weeks in confinement?" Yelled Officer Frazer, holding his gun up, Roy didn't answer.
"Yeah that's what I thought, now shut up!" Yelled the officer again, earning a chorus of laughter from the other inmates.
I looked up at Brax again who was starting to get stirred up I knew he was biting his tongue. As we continued to walk beside the fence I continued to get more stares, comments and whistles, every single time Brax's grip would tighten around me, until I was sure he'd break my ribs.
Brax P.O.V
I should have listened to Heath, I shouldn't have let her come here, even though she was dressed in skinny jeans and had a business like top on she was still attracting many looks from all the male eyes in this joint and that bothered me. I know they can't get to her, and even if they tried I'd kill them before they laid a finger on her I still didn't like all the smart, demeaning and sexual comments she was getting from the boys in the clink and the looks were just as bad, I know they couldn't act on it but I knew what they were thinking. They were thinking the same thing I was when I first saw her, that she was sexy, hot and that they would do anything possible to get her in between the sheets.
I bit my tongue as we continued through the jail, until we finally come to another guarded door, where again we had to show our identification and then the guard took us into a room, where he took all our belongings off us, phones, wallet, Charlie's jewellery I guess it was so no one would steal them off us.
"Okay, walk out those doors and you'll be into a court yard. You're father will be out on one of the tables, he is free of hand cuffs because he is no longer considered as a threat, but if anything happens just give us a shout and we'll be out there in seconds. Also, there are other inmates out there with their families, steer clear of all of them." Said Officer Frazer. I just nodded, and grabbed Charlie's hand as we walked towards the doors.
Charlie P.O.V
I walked through the doors and out into the court yard, and as the officer said there were many inmates out here with their families, and I scanned the place trying to see if I could find Brax's dad, and finally I saw him. I didn't know it was him simply because he was at a table by himself but because he looked a lot like the Braxton boys, particularly he looked like Brax. He had the same features as Brax, by the look of him his height was nearly the same, Brax may have been a little taller, in his younger day he would have had the same build as Brax and as I got closer, I noticed his eyes were the same hazel colour, except they didn't have that amazing sparkle as Brax did.
Brax approached the table first, and when his father stood he stopped in front of me, blocking me from anything. They just stood there, staring at each other, I knew if Brax's dad was as stubborn as his son then we'd be standing here for the next 20 minutes waiting for someone to make the first move. It was getting awkward and people were starting to star so I placed a hand on Brax's back and pushed him forward slightly.
"Long time no see." Brax said finally, I sucked in a breath; he made the first move that had to be a good thing.
"Well I've been busy." He said sarcastically, typical smart arse, that's where Heath must have gotten it from.
"Yeah I can see..." Brax said back.
"Why did you contact me?" Brax questioned, as he stepped in closer, pulling me along with him.
"I just wanted to see how you were doing..." He said, I stepped out from behind Brax and stood beside him, I saw Brax's father's eyes drop down to see our hands were intertwined.
"Looks like you've done pretty well for yourself." He said shocked, as he looked me in the eye, I smiled slightly, feeling my cheeks turn red. He sat down at the table, and Brax followed, sitting down on the opposite side, I sat down beside him.
Brax P.O.V
Charlie's hand slide up my leg and rested on my thigh, as she leant in beside me, I wrapped my arm around her as I continued to stare at my father. He had changed since I last saw him, lost weight, and grew a beard, I spose you do tend to let yourself go when you're in jail, no one to see and no one to impress.
"Why did you only send a letter to me, and not to Heath and Casey." I questioned, still confused on that.
"Well Darryl, I thought that I should probably see you first and apologise to you, because I know I fucked your life up when I left. I've had a few boys come into see me, and I've had them watch you in particular, to see how you were coping. So I know that you dropped out of school, and started dealing." He said, not continuing on just in case he thought Charlie didn't know about it. "But I didn't know about her." He said looking towards Charlie.
"Dad this is Charlie, my girlfriend and Charlie this is my dad, Sean." I said using hand gestures, but not letting my stare leave his face. He stood up and so did Charlie, and he walked around to Charlie, and hugged her. I almost objected, I didn't want him touching her but I knew Charlie would chuck the shits so I just left it.
"Oi Braxton! Hands off!" Yelled a guard standing next to the door, he let Charlie go as soon as the words left his mouth.
2 hours later -
"So how's Casey and Heath going?" Dad finally asked, he finally gained some respect from me, he finally asked out his other two sons.
"Heath's hot headed, and already been in the clink once but now he's matured a bit, he has a daughter as well." I said.
"Really, so I'm a grandfather?" He questioned.
"Yeah, so a cute little girl called Darcy." I added.
"As in that blonde bimbo's daughter?" He questioned, Charlie almost snickered.
"Yeah, Teagan..." I said.
"I'll have to see her when I get out... How's Casey?" He asked.
"He's good, shows the most potential out of all 3 of us, he's still in school, studying hard to get his HSC, he's a good kid." I said sincerely.
"I always knew that boy would go far, what about you what have you been doing with yourself?" He questioned.
"I own a small restaurant in Summer Bay, that's where I met Charlie." I said, leaning over and kissing her forehead, she smiled up at me.
"How does it go?" He questioned.
"Yeah it does alright, pays the bills." I said casually.
"It does more than just pay the bills." Charlie laughed.
"Yeah it does alright doesn't it?" I questioned Charlie, except she didn't answer.
"Brax..." She said, her voice strained, something was wrong. I looked down at her, to see she was staring off into the distance.
"What is it?" I questioned my heart racing. She didn't answer her whole body tensed beside me, I followed her gaze, until I saw what she was staring at, my stomach dropped.
Hey Readers, I decided to use the story line in Home and Away at the moment and add it into this story. Sean is in jail, and even though in the show his name is Danny, I decided to use Sean inside.
Update will be coming soon.