on more than any of us, Hendrixx and I lost the faith we had in our dad, but Lenoxx lost four years of his marriage and three years of his son’s life.
“The tin held a substantial amount of money. Mostly in one hundred dollar notes that added up to ninety thousand. Wrapped around one bundle was a handwritten note from our dad, it said ‘stash one’ implying there is more hidden somewhere.” Mallory shook her head, her disgust in her father’s selfish behaviour just as strong as ours.
“I say we forget about looking for the rest,” Hendrixx piped up, glancing at the sisters, “we can look forever obsessing over this shit, or put it to rest once and for all.”
“That is probably a good idea because what I have to say next is not something anyone outside this room should know,” Mallory announced rather nervously.
“What is it, Mal?” Mack asked softly.
“In the tin was a fifteen page letter in Dad’s handwriting. It is addressed to a woman, and after reading it, I correctly surmised it was a love letter. To Lillian.”
“Our mum?” Noxx hissed, sitting up in the uncomfortable hospital seat. Mack tried to get up, but he held tight, pulling her back to him. He might be on edge, but Mack was his world, nothing in that letter could change that.
“Yeah, now the condensed version is this … when Dad was younger, before he met Mum, he fell in love with a pretty young barrel racer. Only thing was Dad was shy and took his time getting up the courage to tell her. He did, however, tell a mate, Will Hott. I don’t know how we didn’t know that our fathers used to be friends, but apparently, they had been.”
“Will, not to be left out or outdone, took advantage of his mate dragging his feet, and pursued and won the affection of the lovely Lillian. She had no idea of Dad’s feelings for her, or that two mates fell out over her. The feud, as we like to call it, was two men swinging their dicks. Your dad won the girl and made a success of his life, our Dad limped away with his tail between his legs and basically blamed everyone but himself for the direction his life took.”
“Are you saying, my father kept me from my son, and tried to ruin my marriage and nearly succeeded, all because of some macho I got the girl bullshit?” Noxx barked out, so loud I pushed my body further into Farron, covering one ear. I wanted her to sleep for as long as possible. The doctor said I could take her home anytime tonight, but instead, I wanted her to spend the night close to medical care. They assured me she was okay, but if the test came back positive and she was pregnant, I will be demanding an ultrasound to ease my mind the baby wasn’t harmed.
“There is a little more to it, but in a nutshell? Yes,” Mallory grimaced, “just a game of my dick is bigger than your dick from your dad, and from mine … what I can’t work out is why Dad borrowed the money and buried it. The bore I kind of understand, Mum’s parents gave him the money to buy the land as a dowery of sorts if he agreed to marry their daughter.”
“But she wasn’t the woman he wanted,” Mack sighed, “so to punish Mum for forcing him into a loveless marriage, he deliberately made her live a life of struggles and financial woes.”
“Simply put, yes.”
“Fuck a duck,” Hendrixx growled, then he got to his feet, Blake still in his arms.
“This mind fuck is going to have to wait for another time. I have heard enough for now.” Looking at me, Drixx gave me a firm nod.
“Don’t worry about Dillion, I will check on him when we get back to the HHH. He can either stay at the main house or with Blake and me.”
“We have to go too,” Noxx added. “We are leaving the kids with Mum for the night, I need to have a night alone with the love of my life.” Noxx looked at his wife, his eyes shining with love for Mack and her only.
I felt so sorry for my brother, most of this shit hit him more than Hendrixx and me. The same for Makena, both of them and Daxx innocent pawns in a ridiculous and hateful game.
Ten minutes later, the room was quiet, the lights turned