TYLER
She’s so damn transparent, like a pane of clean, clear glass. I can see right through her. As if I’m going to let her stress over that evil twit. If I have my way, she’s never going to breathe the same air as Sherry again, and I plan on taking care of that shit as soon as possible. I wasn’t surprised that Sherry hadn’t shown her face, I’m pretty sure she and her family are trying to do damage control at this point.
I was more interested in the way my girl was handling the interest everyone was showing in our new relationship. I know I threw us both into the deep end, but it’s better, I think, to get the shit out in the open once and for all. Telling our parents was one thing, but a group of your own peers is quite another. No wonder juries are made up of them. Judgmental fucks just like sticking their nose in other people’s shit.
By end of day, when we were on our way home, she was looking way more relaxed than she had all day. “How you doing, babe? Anybody give you a hard time today?” I’d fielded my own inquiries all damn day, so I’m sure she hadn’t fared much better. I also know that she wouldn’t have told them to fuck off after it became too much the way I did.
“No, everyone was fine, it’s going to take some time to get used to, I guess. The only problem is your entourage, some of them didn’t seem to take the news very well.”
“Any of them do anything to you?” I forgot the hangers-on since I never ever give them a second thought.
“No, of course not. Just the usual catty remarks and dirty looks.” I looked at her to gauge her response and whether or not she was telling me the truth. I raised her hand to my lips and kissed her fingers before resting our clasped hands on my thigh as we pulled onto the driveway.
“Go on inside, I got something to do; I’ll be back soon.”
“Where’re you going?”
“I have to see this guy about something I’m working on, nothing for you to worry about.” I smiled at her, hoping she didn’t know me well enough yet to see through me.
She kept looking back at me as she walked to the door, and I kept an innocent look on my face until she disappeared inside. As soon as the door closed, I made a U-turn and peeled out of the driveway, all innocence gone from my countenance.
I had one last thing to do to put an end to the Sherry debacle, and then I didn’t plan to ever spend another second thinking about her. I could’ve asked dad to do this part since he and her dad were friends, but I feel it would be better coming from me, seeing as I’m the one who’d discovered her shit on my own.
I’ve never been close to her family. I was too young when they moved away though I called her parents uncle and aunt back then. Now I wonder what kind of people let their kid pull the shit she did without reining her in. As much as my dad loves me, I’m sure there are some lines he wouldn’t allow me to cross without taking me to task.
I pulled up outside their house ten minutes later and saw her car in the driveway in front of the garage. Good, she hadn’t pulled a runner yet though I’m sure that’s somewhere in the works in the not too distant future. I wasn’t here to see her, though, and wouldn’t mind not seeing her ass while I was here.
The housekeeper answered the door, and I asked for the man of the house who I knew from dad has been working from home since they moved back while his new office is being renovated. I was led down the hallway to his study once she’d checked with him after leaving me standing at the door.
“Tyler, what an unexpected surprise come in-come in. What brings you here?” He had a wary look on his face, which led me to wonder what if anything his daughter had told him. “Did Sherry tell you about what’s been going on at school?”
“At school? What do you mean? I only know that she’s home sick today.”
“I see, well, I think I should warn you that there might be trouble soon.”
“What kind of trouble?”
“The usual, you know, her selling young girls into prostitution against their will. At least this time she was caught before she could put that shit into action.” I watched the color drain from his face but couldn’t find it in me to have any sympathy for him.
“How do you know about that?” He dropped back in his chair like all the life had been drained out of him.