Chapter 175 Angel
Trent's POV
Oh my God! I can't believe Charlie Turner is here! And now I have her phone number, and I can call her any time I want to, and no one is going to stop me! Not this time!
I always thought of Charlie as the one that got away. I thought I lost my chance when I graduated. Nobody I asked knew where the hell she had planned on going to school. So, on graduation day, I was sure I'd seen the last of her and tried to push her from my mind.
I had no idea what she planned on doing after high school. For all I knew, she would stay home and go to school online to stay near her family, but she didn't! She's here!
I must say this is very serendipitous. Now I'm going to take the chance I was forbidden back in high school. I'm an adult, and I've got no one else to blame if I mess this up. But I swear on my life, I'm not letting her get away this time.
I've noticed her since freshmen year in high school. She's fucking brilliant! But she's so damn shy. And she seemed to avoid us jocks. Actually, she seemed to avoid anybody. And I was okay with that. I didn't want anyone touching her. She was too... I'm not sure the word is fragile, but she was different for all the other girls, and she deserved better than all the bastards at school.
She didn't have any friends. Even her younger sister just treated her like she wasn't good enough to be seen around her. Olivia Turner is an entitled brat! I don't know why Charlie put up with her shit. But she did.
I swear Charlie Turner is just too damn sweet for this world. She deserves to be treated like the angel she is.
And I heard the Taylors who had taken her after her parents died treated her like crap. I've seen her walk into school, trying to hide those bruises. I don't know who did it, but I know it sure as hell wasn't her sisters. Every time she walked into class, trying to hide her face from the world I wanted to run my fist through the wall.
And yet, I never did anything. I had been forbidden.
One night I was in my room talking to my dad. He was telling me to focus on the game, not letting anything distract me. I asked about her while I was getting ready for my opening football game.
"You think Charlie Turner will show up?" I asked my dad. I don't even know why I asked it. It just slipped out.
"No. And you shouldn't worry about her. She's from a bad family, so I want you to stay away from her!" Dad instructed. "Focus on the fucking game Trent! Not some damn bitch."
I blinked, not sure what the hell his problem with Charlie was. But I didn't think she was worth arguing to my dad about. So, I just dropped it.
Still, I had hoped I'd see her at the game. I should've been thinking about Chelsea and the party after the game, but Charlie was up in my head and there wasn't anything I could do about it.
But dad was right. She never showed up to any of my games. All she ever did was stay home and study. I didn't know if it was a choice or she was forbidden by her aunt and uncle.
Not that I invited her or anything. Would that have changed anything if I'd asked her to come and cheer for me? I guess I'll never know now.
Sometime around the middle of Senior year, something happened and she ended up in the care of her sister and her new brother-in-law, Richard Kingston. Since then, she's changed... A little bit.
She still seemed to be looking over her shoulder, but she looks excited. I heard she's going to be an aunt, and she was so excited to have a baby in the family.
I wonder if she wants her own family and to have her own children? I bet she'd be really good with a baby, the way she's so sweet and gentle.
Charlie's name came up more than once in the locker rooms. All the guys wanted to know what it would be like to fuck her. It made me sick. I wanted to punch every one of them in the fucking face for talking about her like that. You don't use a girl like that just for sex and dump her once you are done!
But I kept my mouth shut because my own father told me to stay the hell out of it. I'm still not sure why he's so against Charlie and her family.
Not that I didn't have my fair share of girlfriends. I did. And I'll admit, I really enjoyed the attention.
The problem was half of them only wanted to date me so they could get into my pants and brag about it, and the others wanted to date me because I was popular... And yet, dad never had an issue with any of them!
It didn't deter my attention from the quiet dirty blond with the sad hazel green eyes. She was always there, just out of my reach, completely oblivious to the fact that I wanted her.