Just One Kiss Before Divorcing Me (Martin and Calvin) novel Chapter 106

CH 106

Marilyn

She could see the boys hovering at the top of the stairs, kind of peering around the corner at her. They didn’t have a bedtime on a Friday or Saturday night. It was nearly 8pm now, and although she was sitting on the lounge in full view of the stairs that led up to their floor, she was currently editing a chapter.

She wondered if they were looking for a snack or something to drink, perhaps. They did have their own bathroom up there, so they could get water from the tap, so it had to be food they were looking for. They had plenty of things to do up there, including watching TV. She’d not taken the remote for that away.

They’d been up there in their room now for just about four hours, and she knew either they were hungry or looking to be allowed out of their rooms already. She, however, was not going to back down on this stance she was making. They didn’t think they’d done anything wrong that much she knew. Until they did, they could

stay in their rooms.

“If you want a snack, boys, just ask.” She commented, turning her eyes towards them, only to see them duck back around the corner, and she could hear them whispering to each other in hushed tones.

She let it go, and packed herself up half an hour later. They’d still not come down here or told her what it was they wanted, so she made herself comfortable on the lounge and put a movie on for herself.

Only to have both boys come down the stairs, run over and put pieces of paper on the coffee table and then run back up the stairs. She’d watched them but said nothing. Likely they’d been up there trying to get the

other one to come down here and give her those folded pieces of paper. But neither wanted to do it and risk getting in trouble by coming downstairs.

She sighed internally, it wasn’t often she had to ground them. They weren’t normally what she would consider naughty, just cheeky, happy little boys that could usually entertain themselves all the time. They were twins that got along well. She reached out to pick up the two pieces of paper and unfolded them one at a time to

look at them.

“I’m sorry mum, Vin.” It had written on it and there were drawings of flowers on that paper, made to look like a bouquet. It even had a bow drawn across the stems.

The other stated “I’m sorry I called you mean, Cal.” And there were flowers of all colours over one side of the

page.

Her eyes moved to the stairs, and they were both peering around the corner at her once more. She sighed Accepted.” She told them, “Though that is not going to get you out of being grounded.” She told them, she

could be swayed sometimes, but not this time.

“Yes mum.” They nodded and were gone.

She did, however, get up and take them some snacks, sat herself down and looked at the two of them. It was time to have a proper conversation. To see if they understood what they’d done. “Do you actually understand

what you did and why I’m upset?” she asked them.

“We broke the rules,” Callum told her.

“It was more than that Callum. What you actually did, was to not only show Calvin where we were, but that I’d

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bought a new house.”

“But…”

“Stop, just listen to me. Hear my concern. What if I left Calvin Reeves and divorced him because I really did need to get away from him, to protect myself. Because he was a man that hurt me inside our marriage all the time… What if I left, never wanting him to know where I was to protect myself?” she sighed heavily.

“That house he now knows about, because you two not only took that phone right to it, you texted him you were at your new house. Now he knows about it. That house, boys, was to be my place to run and hide from him once more if that needed to happen, and I needed to protect myself and the two of you, from him. “Now he knows where it is, you gave him that, showed him exactly where it was, by taking that phone everywhere with you. That house boys wasn’t for me to just up and move us to. I told you when I bought it, it was to be our new home if things didn’t go well with Calvin, if he kept wanting to hurt me. That if things

understood. worked out, it would just be a vacation home. You knew why I bought it, nodded and told me you

“That house was simply a back–up safety plan for all of us. You knew that I wasn’t just going to move us there and disappear away from Calvin. I also told you that it was up to you if you wanted to see him, if he could keep to the rules ordered by the courts. Not that we weren’t vanishing away, and you’d never know him. My word is good… Have I ever told you that you could do something and then changed my mind and not let you?” she asked.

“Correct.” She nodded. “I can’t afford to just go and buy another new house all over again. I get he’s your father, but you really don’t know him, and I understand you want to meet him as well. But couldn’t you just wait to see him as we discussed when the restraining order is over? Couldn’t you wait to see if he was genuine and would stick to the contract and be punished by the law, as he should be, for what he did to me.” They were just staring at her, didn’t really know what to say she thought other than likely what they’d already stated ‘He’s our dad.’

“Why?” she asked without taking it. “What is the point? You’re already talking to him, and I don’t want him to have a reason to be angry with me again, or think I’m so mean or cruel that I will take that away in your permanently. I did tell his lawyer, Wil, I had confiscated the phone and would do so for a week, for your lying and taking it away with you, so Calvin would know this.

“Keep talking to him, however I will not be.” She stated and stood up to leave. “He’s your father, but nothing to me. We got divorced. Point of fact, his lawyer told me it was Calvin that asked for the divorce, so I have no need to talk to him.

“I don’t recall why he divorced me. I don’t really even want to know at this point.” She muttered, and it was the only part of her memory that she didn’t have, and she already understood why too. It was because it was likely as simple as she didn’t want to know. Deep down inside, so it just stayed buried was all.

“Won’t you be coming? Vincent asked her, looking right up at her.

“Boy’s he was never looking for me to get me back, as far as I know He thought his ex–wife died in a plane

crash, a plane he pull her on, but her body was never found He just wanted to know if I was or wasn’t her.

That is all and nothing more

“He’s never once said anything to even make me think what you’re thinking. That he would want us all under

the same moon Ya Bws however, he will want access to and the courts will likely grant it. So I won’t deny you

or him in that regard. But that happy family thing you want, I doubt you’ll get that.” She stood up to leave.

Vincent granted her hand. We’ll gue the phone Buck, mum,” he stated.

“Just keep it, sherwise the right think I’m denying you the night to talk to him on purpose. I don’t need nor

want that anger directed at me,” Manlyn statet simply

“Mum Callum got up and walked over to her. “It was dad that told us to apologise to you, that we broke the nafiers and lived to you

She looked down all hum. “So what my telling you all of that this afternoon meant nothing to you at all. Only when Calum taid you it was wrong, did you listen and understand.” She sighed softly to herself. “You’re still grounded, for taking that phone on that top when you knew i didn’t want it to go there. You can come out Sunday dinner time. Until then, you’re only to come downstairs for meals.” She told them and went

downstairs herself

She didn’t know where they had gotten the idea that all four of them would be living happ nder one roof from She’d never once stated that to them, and as far as she could tell. Calvin had not either, and he’d never once said that was what he wanted either. Both of their lives had moved on and even though Anabell was of the option that was what Calves would want, for them to all be under one roof. What he wanted and what he

would get would likely be two very different things.