Page 64 of Snowbound with My Dad's Best Friend

I watch as she drives away, and I’m left alone with my own issues to deal with.

An exhausted sigh leaves my chest as I climb into my own car and sit for a moment, trying to wrap my head around everything that just went down with her father. Russ was my best friend, and now he wants nothing to do with me.

While I figured this would be the outcome, I can’t help but wonder if we were the ones to tell him, if he wouldn’t have acted so impulsively. Cam had no right to overstep like he did. But with how I ended things the other night, I get that he wanted revenge.

Joke’s on him, though. He is still jobless and brotherless, while I have the girl and my own family. I don’t need him or my parents. In the end, I still come out on top, even if that means losing a lifelong friend in the process.

I can only hope that with time, Russell will come around and forgive me for the sake of his daughter’s happiness and his grandson’s.

The question still whirls in my head: Is he really planning on kicking them out? Maybe he was just acting on instinct and will take his words back.

No…I don’t think he will. He’s far too pissed to come to his senses. If I know Russ, he will stew on his emotions for a few weeks and then feel terrible after the damage is already done. It’s the way he processes things. Not the best way, but it’s him.

Checking all my mirrors, I pull away from the curb and head toward my own house. Even after all the excitement, I still need to get things ready for work tomorrow. Life goes on even when I don’t want it to.

Flashes of Becca and Damian pop into my mind, cold and alone for the holidays, staying in some crap motel in the city during Christmas. The thought hurts my heart. I can’t let this happen…

They are my family now, and it’s my responsibility to protect them.

“No…” I say out loud as I pull an illegal U-turn on the busy street. “Not on my watch.”

No matter how angry Russ is, Becca and Damian are still his family, and this isn’t right. That’s my woman and my son…

His reaction is over the top, and I can’t sit by and allow them to become homeless. It’s time I take matters into my own hands.

Pulling into the parking lot, the bright orange U-Haul sign is lit up, and there is already a parking lot full of customers. I just hope there’s some left.

If Russell wants to be a dick about this, then Becca and Damian can come live with me.Yes, it’s a little soon, but this is the goal anyway, right?I think to myself as I step out of the car and head toward the building.

I’m going to fix all of this because it wasn’t just Becca in the wrong, and I’ll be damned if I let her take the fall for amutualdecision.