“Do you think they’ll be okay, Thalia?” she asked changing the subject.
“I really don’t know,” I replied chewing on my bottom lip.
“We have to tell my parents next, which isn’t going to be easy. If they think their dad has a temper, wait till they see my dad’s. He really scares me. That’s why it was so easy for him to convince me Jack was the way to go. I even admitted to him at the time that it was Liam my heart wanted, but that comment sent him crazy, so I just agreed to the engagement with Jack, and everything kind of went from there.”
“I’ll just be glad when today’s over with, and I can be with Phoenix out in the open. I’ll be able to grab his ass if the mood takes me or plant a hot kiss to his lips in town, having all the old busy-bodies gossiping about us, and saying if only they were fifty years younger.”
“That’s hilarious. If you do that in town you’ll probably cause a lot of heart attacks.”
We laughed but then went quiet. I was worried about Phoenix and Liam. I knew that Mia was as well. I could really do with Callie right now, but I sure wasn’t going to wake her up, especially if she’d spent the night with Reece.
He had his work cut out if he wanted to keep seeing Callie, because she was very much against relationships. That could actually be fun, watching him lose his cool, cocky attitude over her.
“Thalia, do you think we should go down?”
We’d promised to stay p
ut, but I really wanted to. “Let’s give them another five minutes.”
Chapter 57
Jack
Walking downstairs, I felt sick and by the look on Liam’s face I’d say he was feeling the same. Confronting our parents wasn’t something we’d done before. I mean we’d had disagreements and in high school they’d constantly been on my back about the band, which they still had no idea about, and that was going to stay that way.
“You ready?” Liam asked about to open the kitchen door.
I nodded and pushed forward. Both our parents were sitting at the table drinking coffee, having already eaten, by the look of things.
Seeing the coffee brewing, I walked over and poured both Liam and me a cup, gulped some of mine down then turned to face my folks, knowing I had to start this conversation.
“What’s wrong?” Mom asked.
“I’m not marrying Mia. I never loved her, but I love Thalia.”
They were both speechless for all of a few seconds, before Mom found her tongue, “You’re in love with your brother’s girl. Is that what you just said?”
“Mom, what Jack said is true, but it might help you understand better if I admit that I’m in love with Mia and always have been. We had a kind of misunderstanding three years ago, but it’s all been resolved. I wasn’t dating Thalia when we arrived here. Yes, we went on a few dates, but nothing worked because my heart wanted Mia, so I became friends with Thalia instead.”
“This is ridiculous. Jack you have to marry Mia. She’ll be an asset when you become a lawyer. I’ve already been through this with you. Why can’t you just go with the flow?” Dad ground his teeth together and started to rise from the table.
“Graham, calm down. Didn’t you hear what they said, Liam is in love with Mia, and I presume she loves him.”
“Yes, I do love him, and I always have,” Mia answered walking into the room with a nervous looking Thalia behind her.
Liam walked over to her, wrapping her up in his arms while Thalia looked at me.
“Come here, babe.”
I held my arm out and as soon as she was in reach, I pulled her in to my side. “What happened to staying upstairs?” I whispered into her ear.
“I needed to be here with you.” She wrapped her arm around my waist.
“Fucking hell!” Dad yelled, sitting back down rather heavily on his chair. “What am I going to tell Lewis? He’s not going to take this lightly, that I do know.”
My dad had seemed to change his tune as soon as Mia and Thalia walked into the room, which surprised me.
“About my tuition…”