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Looking back at Tally and Allison, I shrugged. “Shopping. Why else would I be here?”
“You can’t afford this place,” Tally laughed. “What are you going to do? Steal it?”
“That’s enough,” Allegra finally said, standing. “I am tired of your shit. So you can either f*ck off back to your dressing room or close your f*cking mouth.”
Allison and Tally stared, shocked at Allegra, who stepped next to me. It took everything in me to stop myself from laughing, but as I looked at Allegra, I smiled.
“What do you think? Should I get this one?” I asked her, acting as if Tally and Allison weren’t there.
“I think it’s perfect for Friday night,” Allegra responded as I smiled and turned back towards the dressing room.
“Friday night?” Allison snapped. “You’re not going to the gala…. No way…”
“The gala?” I smiled. “Yes, I’m going.”
“There is no way that you are going… James is taking you?!” Allison shrieked as I laughed and entered the stall to change my clothes.
Her fists banged upon the door as the voices of employees came in, asking them to change back into their clothes and leave the store. I had no doubt Allegra had gone and told them they were harassing the other customers.
As I exited, I took the dress on its hanger, and made my way towards Allegra, who was now standing with a very pissed off James at the counter.
My steps slowed for a moment as his eyes connected with mine, and I glanced over to see Tally and Allison arguing with the store manager.
James lifted his hand and gestured with two fingers for me to come to him. As I reached him, he looked over me as if making sure that I was unharmed. “Are you okay?”
“Huh. Oh, yeah. I’m okay. I was just trying on my dress for Friday.”
His eyes looked down at the gown in my arms, and a smile crossed his lips. “Green is my favorite color,” he admitted, and a deep blush instantly set in my cheeks.
It was as if he was speaking to my body, because the ache between my thighs was crying out for him. Desperate to be filled once more. “What are you doing here?”
“Allegra called me and told me what was going on. I won’t have them harassing you like this,” he replied as I bit my bottom lip and nodded.
I wasn’t too happy with the spectacle. Honestly, I would have rather he hadn’t come and let me continue to handle things my own way. All this was going to do was make the situation worse and not keep me out of the line of fire.
“She doesn’t belong in this store!” Allison screamed. “She can’t even afford anything in there. This should be against the law or something.”
The outrageous comments she was making were out of this world. I couldn’t believe the hatred Allison had in her. She didn’t even know me.
James, however, ignored her. Instead, his gaze was on me, and he gently took the dress from me and laid it on the counter. The young woman behind the counter looked slightly uncomfortable with the situation and hurried to get the item rung up.
“Your total is five thousand three hundred and twenty dollars,” she said to which James didn’t skip a beat when he pulled out his wallet and swiped his card paying for it.
“You didn’t have to do that…” I whispered as my eyes cast towards the floor.
His finger lifted my chin as he raised a brow. “Yes, I did. You’re mine, Becca.”
There it was again–his proclamation. I was his and no one else’s.
As the sales clerk slid the bag across the counter with my dress neatly packaged inside, James picked up the strap and handed it to me.
“Allegra, please make sure she gets everything else she will need for tonight. I will handle the issues.” Fishing through his wallet, he pulled out a black card and handed it to Allegra with a smile.
“I will take care of her. Don’t worry,” she replied, pushing the card into her purse and taking my hand, dragging me away.
I was too stunned to speak at the moment. The chaos unfolding was a lot, and as much as I tried to deal with it with a logical mind, I couldn’t help but feel like I was watching a movie as it all unfolded.
Moving from the shop, I looked over my shoulder and watched as James approached them. Tally kicked up a fuss, and James was quick to grab her elbow, dragging her closer towards the street.
Heated discussion seemed to unfold amongst them, but I wasn’t sure what exactly was being said. It made me worry things were going to go more wrong than they already were, but before I could turn to say anything, Allegra stopped me.
“Leave it be, Becca.” She stared at me with a look I had never seen across her face before. It was a mixture between being serious and angry.
“What’s wrong?”
“Nothing,” she sighed, pushing a smile across her lips. “I don’t care for Allison, and I don’t like the way she was treating you. Now, James gave me a directive, so let’s go get that taken care of.”
Looking back one more time, I watched his eyes lift to mine, and a small smile tugged at the corner of his lips before he stepped into the back of a black sedan.
“Okay… let’s go finish shopping. We have a lot to cover if you’re going to make me high society ready by Friday.”
Allegra laughed, but it didn’t ease the knot in my stomach.
I had a bad feeling Allison and Tally would not make Friday easy for me.
James.
When Allegra called me to tell me what Allison and Tally were doing, I couldn’t believe it. I mean, I could believe it… but I couldn’t believe one day couldn’t go by without them causing issues.
As soon as I got back in the car from handling the situation, I made my way to my house, but found out quickly Tally and her mother were there waiting.
There was no escaping the drama anymore.
The two of them were hell bent on making my life miserable, and I was done with it.
Exiting my car, I walked into the house, and was confronted with the two of them sitting in the kitchen. The waterworks were in play with Tally as Allison comforted her. As soon as her eyes met mine, she narrowed her gaze and stormed towards me.
“Look what you’ve done!” she screamed at me. “You should be ashamed as a father to act the way you have. Choosing that little bitch over your own daughter!”
Laughter escaped me. “How did I choose Becca over Tally?”
“You’re sleeping with her!” Allison continued. “You’re choosing Becca over Tally.”
“Do you hear yourself right now… I’m sleeping with Becca. Tally is my daughter. So how does me f*cking Becca have anything to do with Tally? I wouldn’t be f*cking my daughter. That’s disgusting,” I remarked, watching as the realization of what I said crossed her mind.
“That’s not what I meant!” she gasped.
“Then please explain how my sex life has anything to do with Tally. She is a grown ass woman capable of making her own choices. She doesn’t need me holding her hand anymore,” I replied, shrugging off Allison’s emotions as I set my things on the table and took a seat.
I was done with their games, and if they wanted to hash this out right now, then so be it.
“You’re dating your daughter’s best friend, and you just bought that girl a very expensive designer dress she plans to wear to the gala this weekend. Can you not see the issue?” Allison said with a snarky tone as she placed her hands on her hips.
“Do you mean an ex-best friend? The last time I checked, Tally was done being friends with her long before I started sleeping with Becca.”
“That’s not true,” Tally exclaimed, the waterworks over and anger raging across her face. “We were the best of friends, and you ruined that.”
Shaking my head, I cleared my throat and stood. “I want you both to listen to me right now because I am going to say this for the last time. Leave Becca alone and mind your own business. What I do with her is up to me.”
Tally and Allison attempted to speak, but I held my hand up, silencing them. I wasn’t going to keep going round and round, no matter how much they wanted me to cave.
“James… what are all of our friends going to think on Friday when they see her? Are you really going to expect them to accept this? Are you really going to make a fool of me?”
Allison’s words hit home. We held a specific reputation within the community, but no matter the situation, I couldn’t allow them to continue dictating what I did.
“That’s none of your concern, Allison.”
I didn’t bother to turn around and look at her. There was no need when I knew she wasn’t going to let it go. She would be angry, and I was okay with that.
She could be angry and go complain to someone else.
As soon as my office door closed, I pulled out my phone and called Becca.
“Hello?” The sweet sound of her voice filled my ears, and the stress from Allison and Tally slowly dissolved.
“I was thinking, I will pack some stuff and come stay with you for a few weeks until you head back to college. Tally is being unruly, and I want nothing to mess up the time we have left together. What do you think?”
“James,” she laughed. “It’s your apartment. You can go there anytime you want to.”
“I know, I know.” I pinched the bridge of my nose. “I just don’t want you to feel uncomfortable with everything going on.”
“I will admit it’s been a lot. I was hoping not to run into them today, and I’m sorry you had to come deal with it. The whole thing is really embarrassing.”
Once again, she was as sweet as ever. No matter the situation, she always thought it was her fault things happened.
“Don’t worry about it. Eventually, they will see reason and let it go,” I replied, hoping it would come true.
She let out a heavy sigh on the other end of the line that gripped at my heart. “As much as I want to believe that could be true, I don’t think it will happen.”
“Don’t say that…” I sighed. “We can take it one day at a time, okay?”
The silence on the phone had my heart racing. “Okay… sure that’s fine.”
“Okay.” I let out a sigh of relief. “I will see you there soon.”
“Okay, see you soon,” she said, then hung up the phone.
Sitting there, I thought about it all. I was going through a lot for this girl, and I wasn’t even sure why. Any other woman, I would have gotten rid of her just so I didn’t have to deal with Allison and Tally’s mouths.
This was the reason I always kept things quiet.