Saving Us (Mitchell Family #6)(18)
Author: Jennifer Foor

He smiled and brushed his lips over mine. “I ain’t talkin’ anymore about it until I know you’re all mine. You know what you need to do, Blaze.”

“I am all yours,” I said as I pulled away.

“Not according to the state of North Carolina.”

Sometimes, I needed to not look into those eyes of his when we were talking. They messed with my head and distracted my train of thought. My mind went to his family and how wonderful they all were. I wanted to not only be Conner’s wife one day, but also be a part of that family for real. I needed to get a lawyer. “Will you go with me to talk to a lawyer?”

“Do you want to go home right now?” He stood up and reached out his hand for me. Once I was lifted off the ground, he walked over to put on his shirt.

I located my clothes and started putting them on. I probably had bark and leaves in crevices that I didn’t know I had. As excited as I was to get out of my marriage, it hurt my feelings that we were going to have to leave this amazing place. I could have spent forever and a day on this ranch. “We can stay another day.”

“That child needs to have his daddy’s last name, Amy. His mother needs that name too. I know earlier we were jokin’ around, but I am serious about this, right now. If I would have knocked up a girl in my past, I probably wouldn’t have even been responsible about it. This is how serious this is to me. I want this with you and I’m going to have it.”

I smiled. “I wasn’t arguing.”

“Good, because you wouldn’t win, if you were. Now, let’s get back before they send out a search party and find out where I took you.” He grabbed my hand and started walking us back to the golf cart. Our ride back to Colt’s was too short. As the cart came to a stop, Conner turned to look at me. “Amy, I want you to know that I’m crazy about you. I want to be a good father to our child, but I can’t stress enough the fact that I need you to be all mine. I ain’t goin’ to ask you if that’s what you want, because I already know the answer. When we get back, you’re goin’ to that lawyer, even if I have to drag you in there.”

I leaned over and kissed him. “You can be so romantic.”

“If that was romantic, you just wait until later.”

I didn’t want to wait, but no matter when it was, I’d be ready and willing for this man. Bent over or not, he could have me every which way he wanted.

Chapter 12

Conner

If I wanted Amy to myself, I knew I had to push her. She was the type of woman who would procrastinate. I couldn’t have that. Aside from the house I was getting ready to build for us, it was important for her to be free of that ass**le of a husband. My child never needed to know what his mother had to go through. All he would need to know was that he was made out of my love for his mother. It was a love that I never thought I would experience.

Once we got inside, Colt pulled me into the office. He closed the door behind us, which made me concerned that we were going to have a serious talk. “I need your help.”

“No problem, what’s up?” Colt was pretty much the leader of the family. I had so much respect for the man.

“I’ve waited patiently for Ty to let his guard down. Savanna and I have devised a plan, but I’m goin’ to need your help to pull it off. We need to act fast. Right now he just fell asleep on the couch.”

This was going to be good, I just knew it. “What do I need to do?”

Colt gave me instructions to head out to the pool shed. He told me where I could find the large blowup boat and the pump. I grabbed Amy without telling her what was going on. If Miranda caught wind, she would sure take up for her husband. Colt wanted payback and it was going to kick ass.

Once we were back on the golf cart, I could tell that I had to convince Amy that Ty deserved this. “Are you going to tell me what we are doing? We just got there. I promised Bella and Noah that I would help them.”

“We’re goin’ back. I just wanted you to help me get somethin’. You know how Ty is always playin’ jokes on everyone?”

“Yes. Why, what is going on?”

“Colt has a plan to get him back good. We need to hurry before he wakes up.” We pulled up at the pool shed and I immediately jumped off the golf cart. Amy followed close behind me.

Since it was winter, most of the pool supplies were packed inside. It took me a while to find the damn boat and then finally the pump. Amy waited outside while I brought the two items out. I plugged in the pump and started blowing up the boat. “Conner, please explain to me how you are going to play a prank with a giant blow up boat? It’s cold outside and the pool is closed up.”

I had to laugh. I had no idea what she could be picturing. “We’re goin’ to fill this bitch up with water and put it next to the couch. Colt’s goin’ to set off the smoke detector next to Ty’s face, so that he falls right into the boat full of freezing water.”

Amy shook her head and smiled. “Do you all realize how crazy this is? It’s going to make a mess.”

I started laughing again. “I don’t think they care. It’s just water anyways. Listen, Ty deserves this, so don’t you go tellin’ my sister. She will wake him up and spoil the fun. You know how she gets all defensive over him”

She kneeled down and helped me hold the boat while I pumped it up. “Since you have forced me to be an accomplice, I think it is fair to say that I won’t be divulging her with any information. It’s best if I’m just a silent helper in all of this. Being that I am living with her, I don’t want her all pissed at me. This was not my idea.”

“You know it’s goin’ to be funny, Blaze.” It was going to be hilarious. I couldn’t wait to see it all play out.

“Yeah, until Ty decides how to pay ya back.”

We got the boat all blown up and started on our way back to Colts. He had directed me to come through the back door which led to the kitchen. Colt was there waiting for me as I carried it in. Van had taken Miranda upstairs to lay down the babies for their naps.

We quietly entered into the living room and placed the boat right against the couch where Ty lay snoring away. It was hard not to laugh, especially when we pulled the hose from outside through the front window and started filling it up. Van came into the room with four bags of flour. At first I thought she was going to flour him again, but she started pouring them into the boat, making a thick concoction.