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"Look, I didn’t think" Shane cleared his throat and tried the honesty route "It just didn’t occur to me, you know?"

His dad was damned freaky about his privacy anyway He was one of the most secretive people Shane knew, especially about his private life

"Where’s your car?" his dad asked carefully

Shane winced "At the garage I had a friend dropYou know it had that rattle, Dad I caet it fixed And there are no classes tomorrow"

He could feel the flush on his face and rubbed at the back of his neck nervously He wanted to cuss again, but knew better with his dad scowling at him like that

"Sorry, Dad," he finallyhis ar They both listened to the sound of a Harley starting The low throb of power, then Shane winced as it roared Oh hell, Rogue was pissed off

He glanced at his dad and watched his shoulders tighten, the way his jaw bunched as the cycle’s h the silence of the valley on its journey to the hed

Zeke shook his head "She’s not pissed at you"

She was hurt He’d seen that flash of pain in her eyes and hadn’t kno to deal with it Hell, it wasn’t every day ablown

"I didn’t see anything Much," Shane ventured hesitantly "I turned h"

Shane cleared his throat before turning and gripping the railing He stared out at the lake, his youthful expression still a coh"

Shane rocked against the railing and this tiain," Shane ventured "INot just barrel in when I know you have coh he doubted there would be ue didn’t kick his ass the next time she saw hi He should have pro Hell, he’d just shot his cum down her throat and threw her out He could feel hiain, but Zeke could hear the a airl here and let me catch you," he warned Shane, just in case Soht he was a round rules out front and center

"Uh, yeah Wouldn’t blame you" Shane sounded as horrified as Zeke felt

Shit This was his son There were things a man should never let his son, no lih, she didn’t need her name tarnished further

"And this won’t be mentioned," he warned Shane "Especially to your aunt Lucinda"

Horror shaped Shane’s face "Oh asped "Coood for you, but she’s cool"

Zeke’s brows arched as Shane flushed again

"Didn’t mean it the way it sounded," he muttered

"Then how did you mean it?" Zeke asked him carefully

Heto run your mouth, be a man and stand by it"

He had never let Shane shirk his responsibilities or his punishments If he could run his mouth, then he could back it up

"I didn’t ed "Well, kinda, I did"

Zeke stared back at the boy silently as he turned and faced him Shane’s eyes met his as his broered into a fierce frown He looked like an adult when he did that Zeke didn’t like adue’s half crazy over you," Shane said then "Even when I was in school and you came for those stupid parent-teacher conferences that year, I could see it She likes you Maybe too much And you’re all about no ties She deserves better than that"

Zeke crossed his arms over his chest and faced his son then He’d be da to let his son stand and chastise hi he didn’t know or couldn’t understand

"That’s not your call, Shane," he pointed out firue stays there Understand? I don’t need your advice"

Shane looked away for a moment, and Zeke was struck by the e Hell, he’d missed it Shane’s face had lost that youthful fullness It was beco more honed, closer to Zeke in looks rather than his ht, realizing his kid looked like hi hi about that that just clashed in his head

"I’ive you advice" Shane turned back to hi him fiercely noith eyes al you, Dad You break her heart, and you won’t be the man I’ve always respected"

It was all Zeke could do to keep his jaw in place Hell When had reality shifted?

In his kitchen with his dick down Rogue’s throat, another part of hih to hit," Zeke warned hi the boy wasn’t in question