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for the first time in days. Sure, we were far from done with her mother and I would be leaving tomorrow, but I knew Jordan and Danny would protect her while we were apart.

I quickly changed back into my clothes and laid my swim trunks out by the pool to dry before making my way back around to the front of the house. Just as I reached the front door, it opened and Andrea came storming out. She completely ignored me as she made her way past me and down the black-top to her car. She jumped into her car and was gone in the blink of an eye. I shook my head as I watched her speed down the rest of the driveway once she made it past the gate.

I stepped inside to see Danny and Jordan still sitting in the same spots as when I had left them. I took a seat on the couch and turned to Danny, “What was that all about?”

“What? You mean Andrea storming out of here?” He asked.

“Yeah, she almost ran me over trying to get out the door. She looked pissed.”

Jordan gave me an easy grin. “That might have been my fault. I kind of got her stirred up. She came in here to complain to us about Jen kicking her out so she could talk to Chloe. Said how unfair it was since she brought Chloe here. I kindly told her to go fuck herself.”

I laughed. “Nice, it’s a shame that I missed that show.”

“Yeah it is, that woman is insane! Wait until I tell Chloe, she’ll get a kick out of it!” Jordan said as he continued to grin.

“I’ll get a kick out of what, Jordan?” Chloe asked from the doorway.

I jumped at the sound of her voice and turned to look at her. She was grinning from ear to ear, and I took that as a good sign.

“I take it everything went well?” I asked.

She made her way over to me and kissed me on the lips with enough fire to make my dick twitch.

“Oh, it went better than well. I’d say perfect is a better description. Everything is going to be taken care of.”

I smiled up at her; it felt like things might finally start falling into place for us after all.

Chapter Five

Chloe

I looked down at my aunt in total confusion; if she wasn’t planning on sharing any of her wealth with my mom, then why was my mom under the impression she would be getting her share? I knew my mom wasn’t lying to me because she wouldn’t have tracked me down the way she had if she wasn’t getting something from it.

“Aunt Jen, I’m confused. My mom told me you were leaving both of us a large amount of money.”

She sighed. “Of course she did, that’s what I told her. It was the only way I knew she’d look for you. I have so many regrets when it comes to you and I had to find you before it was too late.”

“If you’re not giving us money, then why did you want me here?”

Her words blew me away; I had this whole speech about why she shouldn’t give my mother anything, and here she was telling me it was all a ruse. And what regrets could she possibly be talking about? Sure, I hadn’t been around my aunt much, but when I was she had always been kind to me, even letting me stay with her for a while after my mother left that summer.

“Chloe, I’ve never done right by you. I knew what your mother was like and I never once stepped in to protect you. She would come here from time to time, asking for money to help buy you things, but in my heart I knew you’d never see a dime of it. I just kept hoping that she would change her ways and be the kind of mother you deserved. That summer you came with her I was so excited to see you both together. I thought maybe things were starting to look up for the two of you, but you looked so skinny and I could see the pain hiding behind your eyes. I thought it was strange how you kept yourself covered up all the time, but when you wore shorts that day and I saw the fading bruises you didn’t think anyone would notice, I went crazy on your mother. I told her to get out and that I