6
"Right. The paperwork is through, it's all done. Henry is yours, full and without conditions." Jack said as he slid over the final paperwork for Ianto to place in his flies. "You know, for a legal secretary she was a bit thick. She read it and still signed it?
"And the money?" Ianto asked.
"Well … the joint account can be drained at a moment's notice. Those hidden ones in your name and in Henry's, we can drain those as you are now his legal guardian. We can't get to those in her name only but with the pre-nup we can take a lot off her. Things her family demanded be in there actually works for you as well. Her infidelity means she has to split her assets with you 50/50 but nothing of yours can be touched. You also get a weekly allowance same as now for the rest of your life … this was set up to really fuck you over if you strayed… clearly daddy dearest never thought his little princess would be the one to fornicate off the reservation." Jack grinned, then watched Ianto's face to see if the upset was still raw.
"You know… I really was sure I wanted to work things out, work on it and find…now… she's pregnant again"
"What?" Jack was stunned… now that was a rarity … "Did you…"
"Yeah. She doesn't know I got the snip remember? Went to my doctor this morning for a recheck .. definitely no swimmers. Not mine. All the proof we need while protecting Henry." Ianto said, looking at the handsome man who was making Ianto feel more alive than Lisa ever did. Jack's eyes were piercingly alive, his mouth turned up at the corners and looed so kissable, that bottom lip...
"Oh my god, I am falling in lust" Ianto blurted suddenly, surprising them both and he cleared his throat then he explained "I find you… mesmerizing. I have not felt this way about someone for a very long time. Lisa may have been my first and only over but…I have always liked the human form… in all ways. Ah… Lisa and I have not been intimate in a while, another reason I knew it was not my baby. I think I fell out of love with her when I first started questioning my son's looks. Maybe before that. Since meeting you I am not only questioning my place with her but… I have to admit I am finding you… attractive."
"Well, I do not apologize for being sexy. It's a natural thing" Jack winked and Ianto laughed.
"Look… I hate to sound like… when this is over. Wherever we end up … do we end up as friends?" Ianto asked.
"You mean… when the cards are all dealt and the pot won … am I a prize too?" Jack raised an eyebrow and noted the blush he could see forming on the handsome man's face.
"Well…well …yes. Yes, that." Ianto blustered.
"Yes, I would like to … explore you" Jack winked and both men nodded seeing the promise there.
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"So we see Daddy on Saturday night" Lisa was saying as she adjusted her collar in the mirror "We can give everyone the happy news then!"
"It's your step-mother's birthday. She might find it a bit… annoying to steal her thunder" Ianto warned gently "you know you and she have a tenuous relationship as it is. Besides, its news for your father, not her. Why let her make it about her?"
He watched her consider then added "If you have lunch with him that day, before the evening meal then you could tell him without her even knowing. Hold it back from her so she can't' do the whole 'grandmamma' crap she pulled with Henry. All evening you can sit there and know your father is pleased and she will not know why. He will not tell her if you say it is too soon to tell everyone, we want to … enjoy our news a little longer but wanted him to know first."
"Oh sweetie! What a wonderful idea!" Lisa gushed happily "I will take him to lunch and he will be so happy. Our special little secret. Only the two of us will know. Yes. She will know I made him happy, he will fuss on me and she will not know why. Anything she says to me will make him snap at her. So protective!"
"Exactly. Like you always say, he married her for her twenty five year old tits… nothing else. Also… the fact she can't' have a baby will be rubbed in her face when he finally tells her in one of their screaming matches about it." Ianto added what he knew would ensure her compliance with keeping the pregnancy quiet a little longer.
In time for him to get away.
Then she can tell whatever she wants … he will not have to put up with the handshakes and congratulations for his wife's affair.
When he was ready… everyone would know… EVERYTHING
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"Mister Jones" the man said as he slid from behind the counter to greet him "Long time no see."
"Hello Winston. Yes. I am here to check things over" Ianto smiled at one of the few men who called him by his true name still. After all, he had known Ianto since he was a small boy. One of the advantages to having a jet setting mother was the travel between Wales, America, Canada and Japan. He had grown up with many languages, people and lifestyles.
"Well, it's all still there. You want the latest forms for your accounts or to get into the vault?"
"Just some comforting … how much am I rich now?"
"Well … last time I checked with those latest instalments … you have about five and a half million give or take in the coffers" Winston assured him with a pat to his hand "Your Mother's money is still increasing with time."
Ianto nodded as his nest egg he had hidden from Lisa and added to from the joint account each time she hit him or cut out another piece of his heart now became his life raft.
For his boy.
Time to get out of Dodge.