Chapter 55 Chapter 55
Benji
I woke up early the next morning not that I could sleep or anything, I mean Jojo’s life has been blown up because of me someone that wanted to get back at me through her and here we are we need to pack up today and fly home where Jojo will be kick out of her childhood home. My parents last words to me where I can’t take her home or be seen with her when we get back but that is not going to happen I will see her, in fact I will go with her to her parents house and get her stuff, I will make sure she steps out of that house with everything in her room that can fit in her luggage I promised myself that and then I will go with her to Orlando and go pull a few strings without her knowing.
She was starting to wake up when her eyes locked with mine, she smiled. “Morning angel.” She leaned closer and gave me a kiss. “Morning Benji.” “How is your head feeling?” “Just a dull sensation left.” “That’s good I’ll ask Suzie to give you more of the meds of last night to take with.” Her face fell immediately “Oh yes we need to go back today.” “Sorry angel.” “Not your fault.” I sat up in bed and took her hands making her sit up with me I looked her in the eyes and said “Angel I will go with you to your parents house……” “Benji…” She tried to interrupt. “Nope no arguing they will be less cruel if I’m with you and I’m going to make sure you take everything you can out of your room, you never know you might have to sell one of your Chanel bags. You need to think clever now, we are not going to listen to your father if he says you can only leave with the cloths on your back.” “How do you know he will do that?” I raised my eyebrows at her “My father and your father are cut from the same cloth.” “I don’t want you to hear what they are going to say Benji.” “Well, I’m coming with end of discussion and then I’m flying with you to Orlando my buddy already said he has a job for you as a bar maid while you finish your studies.” “I’ll have to see if I can finish my studies Benji I haven’t even thought about that.” “Well, you are going to finish it even if I have to pay.” “Benji please you can’t do that your parents will be furious.” “I don’t give a fuck they ended it with us and gave us no other options. I’m going to make sure you are okay before I take over from my father and they can take it or go under. That is how I see it at this point in time.” She threw her arms around me and hugged me “You would have made a great husband.” When she let go of me the tears where streaming down her face again. “Oh angel.” I wiped the tears away. “And you would have made a great wife if I only knew this sooner, if I only knew you sooner.”
My phone starting to scream at me, that ring tone was just reserved for my mother. “Who is that?” “My mother.” “Is that your ring tone for her?” she asked smiling “Don’t you find it fitting ‘Bat out of hell’” “Does she know that?” “Off course not.” The phone got quiet and then it started again. “Well, she wants you to answer.” I jumped out of bed and answered the phone “Mother?” “Are you on your way back yet we need to do damage control I already have another girl line up for you.” I took the phone away from my ear before I scream at her I counted to 10 then said very calmly. “There is no damage control to do and for another women.” Jojo’s eyes got big “No fucking thank you I’m done with you and setting me up I’m done with women Joelle was my person and you ripped her away from me.” My mother interrupted me “Oh don’t be so over dramatic ‘your person’ who the hell talks like that.” “People that falls in love mother, maybe you don’t know how that feels like anymore.” I know that was a low blow but I had to get that in there. “Well, you will meet with her.” “I will not and for coming back. We will land this afternoon then Jojo and I will spend the night in a hotel after we got her stuff from her house and then I’m taking her to where ever she wants to go.” My mother kept quiet I was very sure she was doing the same as what I was doing a few minutes ago, breathing and counting. “Benjamin Devon, you will not fly her to where ever she wants to go and you will not go with her to her house. That’s an order.” “Mother you will not tell me what to do, the last time you ever told me what to do was yesterday when you told me Jojo and I can’t be together and if it was all up to me I would have flipped you and dad a bird and ran away with Jojo but Jojo is the one that is insisting I stay and help dad with the business, if she didn’t insist I would have been far gone by now.” “You wouldn’t?” My mother asked very shocked “Oh my dear mother I would so be very careful what you tell me to do.” Then I disconnected the call and counted to 20, because counting to 10 wasn’t far enough.
When I looked at Jojo her mouth was hanging open. “What?” I asked her. “Did you really talk to your mother that way?” “I did and I will do it again and I’m 100% honest with you when I tell you if it wasn’t for you telling me to help my dad with the company I wouldn’t have, I would have run away with you and lived a normal simple life and it wouldn’t even have bothered me.” She got up from the bed and jumped into my arms, I know I should cherish these moments because they are fleeting. “Thank you for saying that Benji you will never know how much that means to me.” “Well, I meant every word, if you want to change your mind, I’m still open to the idea.” “No, I can’t do that to you this is my mess, I’ll sort it out.” “With a bit of help from me?” “Yes, I’ll take your help for now.”