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“Wow…” I turned away quickly. “Sorry.”
    Mike pulled Cassandra’s skirt down then glared at me. “Knock, jackass.”
    “You’re one to talk,” I said sarcastically. “It’s payback time, bitch.” I turned back toward the door.
    “Hey, what the hell happened yesterday? Why was Scarlet so pissed?”
    “None of your fucking business.”
    “Damn…someone isn’t getting any.”
    That just made me angrier. “Shut the hell up, Mike.” I slammed the door and went back to my office.
    I finished my workday with a sour mood. I was pissed Scarlet hadn’t apologized to me. I was sick of putting her first then being called a jackass for it. Scarlet was a smart girl and she had a pragmatic side to her, but she failed to use it now. And I wasn’t giving in. If she wasn’t withholding sex from me, then she had no weapon to get me to talk.
    When I came home, Scarlet was in her office. I hit the beach for a long run then showered before dinner. Scarlet was silent during the meal. Monnique didn’t join us because she was too depressed to eat. I didn’t look at my wife. I ate the food off my plate and pretended I was alone. We were both giving each other the silent treatment, and we’d ever gone this long without talking. Sometimes she texted me and asked a question unrelated to our fight. Too obsessed with my wife to ignore her, I answered every question.
    She pushed a check across the table. “Give this to your dad.”
    I grabbed it and looked at the amount. “Why are you giving me two and a half million dollars?”
    “To pay off your dad for giving my mom that money.”
    That just pissed me off. I grabbed the check and ripped it into pieces. “I made this decision and I will take care of the money. Don’t worry about it.”
    “But—”
    “I will take care of this,” I snapped. “Your money belongs to you. And don’t you dare go behind my back and give this to my dad.” I gave her an angry look so she knew I wasn’t fucking around. Then I left the kitchen and retreated to my office. I didn’t want to look at Scarlet right now.
    A few hours later, Scarlet knocked on the door. “Sean?”
    “What?” I said through clenched teeth.
    “Your dad is here to see you.”
    I opened the door. “Is everything okay?”
    “I think so.”
    I walked around her then headed down the stairs. My dad was sitting on the couch. “Hey, Pops.”
    He stood up and embraced me with a hug. “How’s it going, kid?”
    “Good. What’s up with you?”
    “Well, you probably know why I’m here.” He put his hands in his pockets and stood straight. Even though he was old in my eyes, he still stood tall and proud. The light in his eyes hinted at his youth. And he still had a bounce to his walk.
    It was probably about the money issue with Scarlet’s mom.
    “Your mom is in tears every night over this…misunderstanding.”
    “What?”
    “This issue with Scarlet,” he said.
    “Oh. Well, it’s not a misunderstanding. Dad, you didn’t hear what she said. She was brutal to Scarlet, telling her she was an embarrassment to this family. She keeps pulling this shit and I’m not going to put up with it. Scarlet deserves better than that. You should be talking some sense into her, not me.”
    “Well, you know how she is…”
    “I can be the bigger man as much as I need to be, but I’m not asking Scarlet to do that. She always plays nice and tries to make it work, but my mom keeps treating her like shit. I’m sorry. I’m not doing it. She either apologizes and means it, or that’s it.” Just thinking about the way my mom talked to Scarlet pissed me off all over again.”
    My dad sighed then pondered his next words. “I really want to see my kids, Sean. And I really want to be around Scarlet while she goes through this amazing time. I’m going to be a papa. Please don’t take that away from me.”
    “Dad, it’s not like that. You can come whenever you want. You don’t even need to call. I’m not stopping you from