Free Forever Love (Fghter Club 1) by Marie Dominique Page A

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the kids who are playing outside. ‘So what do you guys think?’
Alexia asked.
    ‘ It’s so cool,’ Ben
said.
    ‘ Can you imagine inviting
our friends for tea here it would be awesome showing them we have a
pool?’ Amber said.
    ‘ And so it begins.....the
spoilt brat inside them is getting out.’ Alexia mumbled to
herself.
    ‘ Yeah can you imagine
Thomas’s face when he see’s this, he’ll be so jealous, they have
nothing, they live is a stupid semi-detached house and drive a
rusty car,’ Ben said.
    Alexia saw red, ‘HEY!’ she
shouted making them all jump, she looked at James and pushed him on
the shoulder and then looked back at the kids, ‘GET your backsides
here RIGHT now!’ Ben and Amber went red in the face, walked over to
her and looked at the floor. James stood to the side and watched
them. ‘That is exactly the reason I don’t want you moving in here,’
she snapped at them. ‘Can you not remember living in London before
Grandma died? How we struggled for money, how the last two weeks of
the month you two would ask for things and I’d have to say no
because we could not afford it or when you came home with a letter
about a school trip and you couldn’t go on them. It didn’t matter
how many hours I did I still couldn’t make ends meet.’ They both
continued to look at the floor red faced and they nodded at her.
‘Answer me!’
    ‘ Yes Mum,’ they said
together.
    ‘ Right, don’t you dare
start getting above your stations and start being show off’s about
what you have and going to school bragging about it because it’s
not fair on the others. You two are supposed to be Thomas’ friends,
he doesn’t need you two bullying him just like you two got bullied
for not having a lot, I raised you better than that and with
manners, but if you’re going to start being rude you will not live
here, do you understand me?’
    ‘ Yes Mum.’
    ‘ Right, I don’t want to
hear anymore of that “I’m so much better than you” talk and you
respect other people and their lifestyle, now go back and play.’
They ran off and James looked at her, ‘Don’t you start!’ she said
and sat on an outdoor chair so she could watch the kids. James sat
next to her and wrapped his arms around her. ‘I’m sorry, I didn’t
know things were tough, I understand why you are wary about them
moving in here,’ he pulled back and looked at her, ‘but if I
promise that they won’t get spoilt and help and support you in
raising them to appreciate everything they get life and that they
can’t always get what they want, will you please move in with me? I
love you Alexia and I’ve just got my kids that I didn’t know I
had.’
    She looked at him and thought
about it for a while. ‘Yeah things were really bad. Mum had several
loans which was why I was really shocked when I found out after she
had died she had left me three million pounds. Actually I was angry
at her as she knew I was unable to afford to send the kids on their
school trips, she watched me struggle. I will never understand why
she did that to us,’ she continued to watch the kids whilst she
though about moving in with him. James sat watching her for what
felt like the longest time of his life. She sighed, ‘Ok,’ she
said.
    He looked shocked at her,
‘Pardon? What did you say?’
    ‘ You heard numb nuts, I
said OK.’
    He smiled at her and kissed her
with everything he had. It left her breathless and tingling all
over her body.

    18

    3 months later.
    The three months that followed
were a whirlwind for Alexia, with moving in with James, sorting her
house out to rent and the dance studios, time had really flown.
James had managed to get a quick divorce from Rachel without any
hiccups as he gave her a rather large amount of money as a
settlement. All of which made Alexia uneasy as she knew Rachel
pretty well years ago, she was part of their group at school
growing up so she knew she was no pushover. She had an awful
feeling that Rachel