Total pages in book: 44
Estimated words: 39740 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 199(@200wpm)___ 159(@250wpm)___ 132(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 39740 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 199(@200wpm)___ 159(@250wpm)___ 132(@300wpm)
GRAYSON
It went even better than I anticipated. I didn’t have to lie or pretend; it seemed, first of all, like they liked me being with their granddaughter. I’d have to thank her later for talking me up the way she had that made them so receptive.
I felt seen, like they saw me the person and not the thing I had started to feel like after dealing with Lacey and her Dad. For the first time I realized why it was that I was so enraged. I didn’t care about Lacey fucking everything that moves; I never loved her in that way.
I think what bothered me is that they were all willing to sacrifice my happiness for hers, like I was just an extra commodity, like part of my Dad’s work compensation or some shit. But Lily’s grandparents were warm and welcoming. I guess since I was the first guy she ever brought home, they knew this was serious, but what solidified things for me was the fact that they seemed to genuinely like the person I am.
We talked about the upcoming summer and the internship. “You’ll have to start at the bottom, young man. Don’t think that because you’ve put stars in my granddaughter’s eyes, and my wife seems to be sweet on you that, you can skate by.”
“Oh, you hush, Simon.” His wife smacked his arm playfully. She’s where Lily and her dad get their dark complexion from. She’s Greek and Italian with that Mediterranean beauty you see in old Hollywood movies. And she’d given it all to her granddaughter.
Except for the eyes, no one has eyes like my girl. So, though her grandmother had green eyes, they didn’t have that brilliant hue that Lily’s did. Still, looking at her gave me a good idea of what Lily would look like at that age, and I’ve got to say, I’m going to have to take very good care of myself if I want to keep up.
Since I didn’t hear anything from Lacey or my Dad, I figured she’d stuck to her end of the bargain. I’m sure she had already moved on to a new conquest to add to her stable of men. Lily had shared what she’d learned about Lacey and what she’d been getting up to since going away to college, and let’s just say, if sucking dick was on the curriculum, she’d graduate with honors.
I wasn’t even sure that she found time to go to any of her classes, and I can’t say that I cared. I had long stopped caring about the friend I once had. To me, she was no better than a stranger that I’d passed for less than two seconds on the street. Someone whose face I wouldn’t even remember.
There were times when I thought it wasn’t going to work. That one of us was going to throw in the towel, especially those times when Lacey forgot our deal and tried to act like she had some kind of hold on me.
All it took was me reminding her of what I had on her and the implication that as long as she got all the wildness out of her system by the time we graduated and promised to settle down into a life of wedded bliss to get her back on track.
I even took the blame for causing her to act that way because of my stance on no sex before marriage. With my parents, it was a bit more complicated. When they questioned why Lacey and I never seemed to be spending any time together, I just simply showed them some of what I had and then convinced them that Lacey and I had an agreement that until college was over, she could see whoever she liked and I won’t hold it against her.
They bought it because they wanted to because, to them, I was no longer their son but a means for my Dad to keep his high-paying job and for Mom to remain having the life she wanted.
I even had them believing that Lacey and I were seeing each other while we were away at school, and a few times, she even went away with one or more of her boy toys under the pretense that we were together.
I kept records of everything unbeknownst to her, and she was so dumb that each time she called or texted me about covering for her, she’d remind me that this was my idea, that I said it was okay for her to do this, and that I couldn’t go back on my promise.
I spent most of those times with Lily and her family, either at their home here or at one of their vacation homes around the world. The only drawback to the whole situation was that I couldn’t move forward with my relationship with Lily.