Letting Go (Mitchell Family #1)(53)
Author: Jennifer Foor

“ENOUGH! God Dammit Van! Shut up!”

A small smile formed on my face. “You asked for it. Don’t you ever touch me like that again! I can’t believe I ever loved you.”

I should have left right then, but I didn’t. Ty slowly slid down until he was sitting on the ground. He put his hands over his head, and his head between his legs. “Go! Get out of here Van.” He said with his head still down.

I turned to leave, but I heard sniffling. Ty never got upset. He never cried. I had seen him tear up, but he never cried. Not since we were kids. I couldn’t be heartless to him, even after he went off on me like he did. I couldn’t be as low as him. My words had intentionally crushed him. I had stooped to his level.

I knelt down beside him and reached out to touch his shoulder. “Ty, I am so sorry. I shouldn’t have said that stuff. You just made me so mad.”

He pulled away from my touch. When he looked up at me, I saw the tears. “I never thought I would lose you. I know I cheated. I know I lied. I just never thought you would ever leave me.”

I kept kneeling next to him, but kept my hands over my knees. I was thinking of what I could say, but nothing came. I had left him. I wasn’t ever giving him another chance.

He wiped his eyes and his nose then looked up at me again. “I don’t blame you for wanting Colt. I could tell you he is a piece of shit, but we all know it is a lie. He is a f**king awesome person. I actually felt bad for hitting him today. Do you believe that? He took you away from me and I felt bad for hitting him.”

“Ty.” It was all I could get out.

He reached over and touched my arm. I let him, this time not feeling threatened. “We were drunk last night, otherwise I would have denied everything. I don’t know how long you would have even believed me anyway. It seems like me being in that hospital for months has caused everyone I know to get their feelings out. At any rate, I want you to know something Van. I want you to know that I don’t blame you for moving on. I can’t believe you stuck around for as long as you did. I love you, but it isn’t the way you want to be loved. You already know that.”

“Yeah, I get it.”

“I want to hate you so much, but I just can’t. I shouldn’t even be mad at either of you. It’s just too new. I am really trying here.” He explained.

“I meant what I said about being friends Ty. I know that is such a cliché, but it is true. I need to know we will always be close. Maybe someday you can tell me all about your secret life.” I said trying to break the mood.

He looked up and showed his dimples. Those deep brown eyes looked up into mine. Suddenly, all of his indiscretions were put aside. I wrapped my arms around him and hugged him so tight. “I will love you forever.” I whispered, trying to put aside the fact that he had grabbed me and called me a bitch.

He put his arms around me too. “I love you too Van.”

Before I knew what was happening, he put his lips over mine and held me so that I couldn’t pull away. When he finally let go, due to the fact that I was smacking him, he had a smile on his face.

I heard the barn door slamming shut behind us and my heart dropped. I stood up and smacked Ty. “You ass**le. What have you done?” I asked while running out of the barn.

Ty was actually laughing behind me. What a dick!

I found Colt walking away from the barn. I know he heard me running toward him, but he didn’t turn around. I grabbed the back of his shirt, forcing him to stop. He turned around with a grin on his face.

“That was not what it looked like.”

His hand came up and brushed against my cheek. I saw him taking a deep breath as he looked into my eyes. “I can’t blame him for tryin’. I don’t know how long I could have stood back and let you be with him.”

I wrapped my arms around his waist. “You believe me?”

He kissed the top of my head. “Savanna, I trust you, besides, my cousin would never give up that easy. We have the same blood, remember?”

I pulled away and reached up to touch his face. His beautiful eyes looked directly into mine. “You really are the perfect man.”

He started laughing. “Who says that?”

“Ty.”

Colt grabbed my hand as we started walking toward the carriage house. “He would say that.”

Chapter 30

Colt

When I woke up and Savanna wasn’t anywhere around, I knew exactly where she would be. After walkin’ into the bathroom and takin’ a look at my face, it was worse than I first expected. Both of my eyes had turned purple and the bridge of my nose was swollen. I was lucky it was still pretty straight.

After assessing the damage, I headed out toward the barn. I wasn’t prepared for walkin’ in and hearin’ the two of them confessing their love for each other, and when I saw my cousin closin’ in on Savanna’s lips, I had to turn and walk away. I wanted to kill him, but before I could turn around and head in there to do it, I saw Savanna. All I had to do was see the look on her face to know she was tellin’ me the truth.

We got within inches of the house before I decided I had enough with Ty’s shit. I turned back around to head in the direction and when I did, I saw him standin’ there, leanin’ on one crutch just waitin’ for me to come at him.

Savanna was already runnin’ after me, but I continued movin’. In the distance, I saw my uncle walkin’ up the lane. If I wanted to get a punch in, I needed to take it right away. Ty was ready for me. He dropped his crutch and used all he had to jump on me as I approached him. I had to give it to him, it was his only chance of getting the upper hand. Even before his accident, he had never been as strong or big as I was. As we started tumblin’ to the ground, Savanna was screamin’ and trying to yank us apart. Ty attempted to head butt me, but I managed to move out of the way. I gave him a good fist to his side and heard him gasp when I did it. His arm came up and tried to hit me on my head, but I grabbed it and used my legs to flip us over. Once I had him pinned, I punched him right between his upper cheek and nose. It felt good, there was no denyin’ it. He had it comin’.

After that first punch, I felt someone draggin’ us apart. “God Dammit! I am not havin’ this shit between you two. Break it up!” My uncle yelled.

Savanna was standin’ back. She had her hand over her mouth and tears in her eyes. My uncle looked like he was goin’ to kick my ass himself. After helping up his son, he cornered both of us. He took one look at my face and shook his head. “You guys been at it all day?”