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At the beginning of their relationship, if it could be called that, Jaames with Tate She had started it all, he had just wanted to finish it

For one of his gaed faht the estrangeotten used to not talking to each other They would get together, have so the same as any family – still dysfunctional, but at least in the sa Ja, it just didn’t happen very often It turned out the O’Shea issues ranwith Jahteen No, there was a lot more Mrs O’Shea had a serious alcohol and prescription drug problee to the point she was almost delusional And Mathias O’Shea …, well, Jameson may have been a sociopath, but Mr O’Shea was closer to being an actual psychopath Violent, e

It was no wonder Ellie wound up in an abusive relationship Had Tate’s life gone according to plan, she probably would’ve found herself in a si her off had probably saved her life, somewhat Sure, the relationship Jameson and she’d had at the time hadn’t exactly been normal, but she had been a fully functional partner in it, complete with her own opinions and free will

Up until that little vacation, their relationship had been very casual Sure, Jameson had somewhat realized that Tate meant more to him than just sex, but he hadn’t delved into it too ured it would just run its course

He had coone from his room Which was fine, he didn’t care too much what she did with herself He had just started to pull clothing out of his luggage when he’d heard shouting from the room next door Ellie and Robert’s room

Ja He yanked on a t-shirt and sohed, and headed out of his room He hadn’t wanted to deal with real family issues, didn’t want to be the person to break up a faht But he had heard Tate’s voice in the fray, and as always, she had piqued his curiosity

When Jaround, the first emotion he felt was shock Utter shock, that soe He hadn’t even thought about it, just slah the bedroom door and pinned Robert to the wall

Ja flower She was a tough girl who had gone through sos, not to ressive behavior from Jameson himself, while in bed But in his mind, it was completely different He was allowed to touch Tate that way because she was his; because it was consensual Because she asked him to do it Because she liked for him to do it Because he would never, ever, hurt her No one else was allowed to touch her like that, treat her like that

Should’ve ripped his fucking head off

That had e When Jameson looked back over the years, thatone That’s when he kneas soirl, he would’ve ended the trip, ended the relationship Too much drama Jameson wasn’t about drarind Robert into dust Wanted to pick her up and carry her away fros to her in bed, so she could forget about the bad things in real life

I wanted to save her Took ure it out, but even back then, I wanted to be her prince on a white horse