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child.
    Her
heart skipped a beat. The man had a great smile, but obviously didn’t seem to do
it a lot. The family continued to chat amongst themselves.
    She
hoped Nina or Joshua wouldn’t mention her.
    She
finished her food and pushed her plate away. If she got up to put her plate in
the dirty dish bin now, he might see her. Maybe she’d wait until other guests
were going up there. Damn, avoiding him
might be harder than I thought.
    Several
other people went up to put their dishes in the bin so she took the chance and
followed. She managed to put her plate in the tub, but when she turned to head
back to the door to make her escape, her heart stopped when she heard Jeff
raise his voice over the crowd.
    “What
the hell are you doin’ here?”

 
    * * * *

 
    The
last fucking person Jeff wanted to deal with tonight was his ex. He’d had a
shitty ass day working in the south pasture on the water trough. Damn thing had
sprung another leak after he’d fix the one yesterday. “What are you doin’ here, Misha ? I told you never to come out here without
callin’ first.”
    She
pushed forward, headed for the door, past a blonde woman. “I need to talk to
you.”
    “There’s
nothin’ you need to say to me in front of my family and our son.”
    “Please,
Jeff. It’s important.”
    “Everything
is important,” he snapped, grabbing her arm to drag her into the main lodge
area. Whatever she had to say, he didn’t want said in front of the guests or
his family. “What the hell is this all about?”
    “I
need a thousand dollars.”
    “What?
Are you fuckin’ crazy! I ain’t givin ’ you any money.”
    “You
will or I’ll take custody of our son.”
    “Bullshit!
We’ve been through this, Misha. We’ve already been to court and they gave me
full custody. You have visitation. Nothin’ more.”
    She
yanked her arm out of his grasp. “I’ll lie or whatever I have to do to take him
from you.”
    “You
bitch!”
    “That’s
right. I’m a bitch. The same bitch you fucked, got pregnant, and then dumped
the minute your dick didn’t get what you wanted.”
    “I’ll
see you in hell before you get my son or any money from me. Now get the hell
off my property before I have you thrown out of here on your ass.”
    “Is
there a problem here, brother?” Jeremiah asked, standing close enough to Misha
to intimate her from the shifting of her stance.
    His
entire family surrounded Misha and him. “I can handle her.”
    “You
don’t have to alone, Jeffery,” Nina said, wrapping her arm around his waist.
“You’ll leave now, Misha, and don’t bother threatening Jeff or Ben again. I’ll
mortgage this entire property to keep him from your clutches.”
    “We’ll
see about that!”
    Misha
pushed her way through the throng of people his family made up, stomping her
way toward the door. She didn’t even stop when Ben called, “Mama?”
    Jeff
hurried to Ben’s side and picked him up. “It’s okay, buddy. Mama had somewhere
to be.”
    “She
didn’t even stop, Daddy.”
    “I
know. I’m sorry.” He hugged Ben tight as tears gathered in his eyes. What the hell did I ever see in her?
    “Don’t
worry, son. We won’t let her take Ben,” James said, patting Ben on the head as
he stuck his thumb in his mouth and laid his head on Jeff’s shoulder.
    God, I wouldn’t know what to do if
anything happened to Ben. The kid was his life. He was sorry
every day for the hell Misha had put him through, but he wasn’t sorry she’d
given him Ben.
    Maybe
someday soon he’d find a woman he could tolerate long enough to get laid, but
he sure wouldn’t be able to handle one as a permanent fixture in his life. They
are all too bitchy, self-centered, whorish, and didn’t give a shit about the
man or what his needs were. A man had the need to feel loved too. Not just used
for the pleasure he could give a woman even though doing those things were
pretty cool, they weren’t everything.
    “Why
don’t you take Ben in the kitchen