Free Broken Free (The Broken Series) by Azure Boone

again, “English is not her first language either, her and I should get along great!”
    “ Here I am, I’m coming, slow as molasses,” Gammie said.
    Sofia hurried to help Gammie only to have Sarah beat her to it.
    “Hi hi hi Gammie, Gammie,” Dara squealed, hurrying toward her.
    Her grandmother studied Dara as she approached like she were an anomaly in motion. Oh God, Gammie, please don’t be rude!
    Her head bobbed the way it did when she had a lot to say but wasn’t sure where to begin. “Seth’s gone have himself a brood of kids all at once.”
    “Gammie!” Sofia gasped.
    She looked at Sofia, mouth slack. “Well it’s true. Sarah over here is pregnant by him and Dara looks like she’s gonna have triplets.”
    Sofia jerked her gaze to Sarah who stood by with her head lowered , then looked at Daniel frozen to the spot with holy fucking shit all over his face.
    And Dara. Wow. Sofia had never seen her friend sooooo pissed!
    ****
    “I need to talk to you,” Daniel said the second his father answered.
    “Danny? Is that you?” Deep laughter. “What a surprise. Pleasant though, what brings your fingers to dial your ole man’s number?”
    Hi s father’s deep gravelly voice scraped along Daniel’s spine and tickled like spider legs in his ear. “I want you to pull some strings and get Seth out of jail.”
    “Why the fuck would I want to do that, little piece of shit killed my brother.” His voice had dropped to those familiar ominous octaves Daniel’s psyche had been scarred with. He fought to keep it from intimidating him.
    “Because he’s my brother and your son.”
    “You got a point pussy face?”
    “I got an eight millimeter film that I confiscated from your brother’s house that has a fine point. I also have my own eight millimeter playing in my head of all the shit you’ve done to me that I’m more than willing to charge you with. My lawyer says crimes like this don’t have a statutory limitation and I promise you, I will spend every dime I have to see you rot in jail if Seth isn’t out real fucking soon.”
    A brief silence preceded low rumbling laughter. “Now, you didn’t have to threaten me Danny. You coulda just asked real nicey nicey.” His tone echoed sure retaliation but Daniel was past the point of caring even though he was already mentally kicking his own ass for this.
    “ Just call this number when it’s done,” Daniel said.
    “I ain’t callin ’ shit.” He erupted in noisy coughing, sounding like he was living on half a lung. “But I’ll do it.”
    “How will I know you did?”
    His breath rattled like a bucket of phlegm waited to be hacked up. “When you see your precious pussy faced brother, that’s when. But this here is gonna cost you.”
    “How much.”
    He chuckled, the sound of pure evil. “Not how much, but what?”
    Daniel ’s guts froze. “Tell me what the fuck you want.”
    “Hey, I just want to be involved in my son’s life,” he sang like a fucking saint.
    “What is that supposed to mean?”
    His laughter erupted like joyful insanity. “Nothing rapturous or parabolic, that’s for fucking sure. I heard you got a new wife. I’d like to meet her.”
    Fuck. Daniel closed his eyes.
    What the fuck was he thinking? No. He was safe from him, his father couldn’t hurt him or his family. Not anymore. “Fine. You’re officially invited to Thanksgiving dinner.”
    “Ohhhhh, ho-ho-hooooo.”
    Daniel realized his old man hadn’t expected that degree of generosity. Motherfuck, he should’ve just offered to meet at a coffee shop or some shit.
    “You got yourself a deal son.” He chuckled, knowing the word was nothing but a mockery to both of them.
    Daniel ground his teeth, fighting his fury. He was a breath from saying never fucking mind. He conjured up images of his brother’s sad little mouth in those videos and held on to his focus. Seth needed him to be strong. He could do it. For him.

Chapter Ten
     
    “What am I supposed to do?” Sofia