Seasons of Fate (30 page)

  
‘I’m sorry everyone, I know you need answers but I really need to get back to my family. What I will say is everything you just heard is true, Summer …. My wife is the strongest, most amazing person I know. She has dealt with abuse, in all aspects of her life and it hasn’t ruled her. She took control when the opportunity came and changed her fate, and I thank god everyday that she found me, or I should say, she saved me, in so many ways. I want to thank everybody for your help in bringing my family home safe, I have every intention of providing all the facts but right now, I have a reunion to get to.’

All eyes were on me, I didn
’t know what to say, and apparently neither did anybody else.

   ‘Sweetie, are you ok?’

  
‘I’m fine Lys, Mase found our son, he’s bringing him home, that’s all I care about.’ Before I could say anything else, Clive walked through the door, with Gaby and Henry, I blinked and there in Gaby’s arms was Aiden, fast asleep, I ran to them and threw my arms around all of them, crying and making sure they weren’t hurt.

  
‘Oh my God, are you ok? Did they do anything to you, I’m so sorry….so sorry.’

  
‘Summer, my girl, don’t you dare, this isn’t your doing, I’m sorry they hurt you so much, I’m so….sorry for my behaviour back home, I was just trying to protect my son, the same way our son protected his family tonight, I‘m so proud of him and  I’m glad he found you, that you found each other.’ Henry was so sincere, all I could do was smile through my tears and hug him tight, Gaby moved to hand me my baby, it was like he knew, he woke up and looked right up at me.

  
‘Hey baby boy, welcome home, I missed you so much, daddy will be here any moment.’ Behind me, Mel ran in with Lily at her heels.

  
‘Mom, dad.’

It was a sweet celebration, made only sweeter as I turned around and found Mase, watching from the doorway. I looked into his eyes, and he flew to me, wrapped himself around me, and our kids.

   ‘I love you, I love you. I’m never letting you out of my sight again.’ I giggled and all the tension in the room disappeared that instant.

  
‘I know babe, we love you too.’

And just like that things changed again, for the better.

Mason

   For the next few days, I watched every move my family made, each and every one, my parents stayed close to the house, Mel wasn
’t far behind, although she split her time between mom and dad, then the rest of her time with Lys and Lily. John hovered over Aiden and Lily, and I watched them all, my wife on the other hand just seemed to watch me, I would catch her eye and she would smile my way. Summer seemed to be happy, relaxed, and content to just be, we didn’t leave the house for a few days. The press were camped outside the gate, but still hounded my PR camp for information, their only answer was what I had directed, ’No comment‘. We needed time to recover before addressing the issues which Aiden’s kidnapping had brought to light. I knew we would need to discuss it soon but she seemed too happy just being together.

   ‘Babe, I know things have been….well you know, over the last few days but we will need to address everything that came out. The press will want information, we need to give them something.’

  
‘I know. I have no problem with that, after everything we’ve been through I would think people will understand why we kept things to ourselves.’

  
‘Yeah, but I don’t want you to get hurt, and the press have a nasty habit of twisting things. We’d have a better chance if we come forward before they do any digging of their own.’

  
‘Ok. What do you suggest?’

  
‘I think….we should call Greta. I know,’ I giggled at the look she gave me ‘she’s no angel but she has the viewers we need to get our story out there, plus she loves me.’ Summer giggled and said

  
‘If you think that’s the way to go, I’m fine with it.’

  
‘Ok, I’ll make the arrangements, in the meantime …. I wondered whether you may want to …. I dunno, maybe go upstairs with me?’

  
‘Mason Stone are you asking me to get down and dirty with you?’

  
‘Yes, most definitely. You wanna?’

  
‘Oh God yes, lets go.’ She practically dragged me upstairs, yelling to my sister and our friends that we would be upstairs for a while. When we reached our bedroom, Summer locked the door behind us and pushed me up against the door, kissing me with everything she had, it was like we hadn’t seen each other for months. I pushed her back and ripped off her shirt, she pulled my t shirt over my head, we stripped each other by the time we made it to our bed, and didn’t waste any time, I completely covered my wife making sure I didn’t crush her with my weight, and then I stopped and just looked down at her.

  
‘You are so beautiful, I love you baby.’ I used my thumb to catch a lone tear which slipped from her eye.

  
‘I love you too, Mase I need you, now, please make love to me.’

She didn
’t need to ask me twice, I kissed her slowly and adjusted my weight, my hardness finding its way into her warmth, finally giving us both what we wanted. I kept my eyes locked on Summers, her expressions told me everything, how much she loves me, how much she loves our kids, how happy she was right now. I made sure to reflect everything back at her.

  
‘Baby, you feel amazing,’ we set our own rhythm ‘are you close love?’

  
‘Ah …. yeah keep….going, please Mase….so good,’ a few more strokes and Summer arched into me, her tightness wrapping around my cock, I could feel her spasms taking over and her orgasm triggered my own, emptying myself deep inside her. I collapsed breathless, adjusting my weight so I didn’t crush her.

  
‘Wow.’

  
‘I know. It feels like ages since we did that, I wasn’t too rough was I? Sorry I just couldn’t help myself, you drive me crazy.’

  
‘Baby, you’re so cute. You didn’t see me complaining did you? I love it when you take charge. Feel free to do that anytime you want.’

  
‘Ok I will, how about right now,’ her following laughter, warmed my heart, but her moans of pleasure made me as hard as a rock ‘turn around baby I’m gonna show you how crazy you make me.’

  
‘Mase, your endurance is incredible, ok show me how crazy you can get.’ Music to my ears. We didn’t leave the bedroom for the next couple of hours but it was so worth it.

Epilogue

4 Months Later

Summer

   Well
,
where do I start? Ok first we did eventually go back onto Greta’s show and I told my story, then Mason told his, together we gave them all the details we agreed to, omitting certain aspects of our relationship which will always remain between us. The public concern was huge and we received hundreds of wishes via Mason’s company website, it still amazed us how much people cared. I had received several requests to talk about my life from different charities dealing with abuse, it was the most wonderful thing, being asked to help all kinds of people by sharing my story and showing them that you can overcome all the hurt, well I wasn’t about to turn that down. Mason was really supportive, and used some of his contacts to raise money to help each charity. It gave me something to focus on while everybody was doing their own thing.

   My mother and father were charged with kidnapping, the police were trying to build a case against my dad for taking part in my attempted murder. The footage Mase’s security team found was the catalyst for the case but they weren’t there yet. The police had found so much evidence at my parents home outlining plans to extort money from Mason, the police were reluctant to give us all the details until they knew that they had a solid case against everybody involved but my parents were being held with no chance of bail based on the circumstances and the public interest. So now we were waiting for the trial but until then I put the whole situation out of my mind. 

   Gaby and Henry went back to the States, Mel stayed with us wanting to spend more time with our newest family member. Aiden was thriving, completely oblivious to how his life started and how much danger he was in before he was even born, he’s been trying to crawl for about three weeks now and Lily being a doting big sister is trying her best to teach him to walk. Lily‘s been doing great and currently learning to play the piano, I mean she does have the perfect music teacher, her daddy. Mase released his new record, with all proceeds going to charity, helping children of abuse, it’s been doing so well. I think he’s finally happy singing again. He’s been travelling back to the States a couple of times a month making sure his businesses are taken care of but not wanting to be away for too long.

   Lys finally started to go out more and she is actually seeing somebody, John and Mase decided to do the big brother thing, and a back round check confirmed Lys was dating a decent guy. She may finally start to live the life that we had always talked about and I know she desperately wanted. John has taken a job working with Mason, and it would seem he is finally happy and enjoying his job. He’s finally letting go of the past and embracing who he is. I was so proud of how everybody had moved forward.

   I on the other hand seemed to be stuck. I was stuck watching everybody else move forward while I stayed still, but I was also so happy being stuck. I could finally sit back and enjoy my family, the family that I should have always had, that fate had brought together, from the first day of school when I met my friends, Lys and John, the first time I realised my parents didn’t give a shit about me, the day Seymour Blake came to take me away, the first time he held me down and took my virginity, the day I found out I was pregnant with Lily, the day the police came around to tell me Seymour Blake had been killed in an accident, the day we flew to New York, the day I met Mason, the love of my life, the day we left him back in New York, the day I found out I was pregnant with Aiden, even his birth. All these moments and everything in-between came together to bring me to this point in my life. A time where I could just sit back and watch my family go from strength to strength. It was the perfect picture in my head.

At that moment Mase walked into the room

   ‘Baby, what you doing?’

  
‘Hey, just thinking.’

  
‘About?’

  
‘My life and how everything that happened brought me here.’

  
‘Yeah, like fate.’

  
‘I guess you were right, perhaps fate was the reason for everything.’

  
‘She had a hand in it, but ultimately where we are right now is down to you. I will always be grateful that you walked into my life, that was the day I started to live again. I wasn’t afraid anymore. I didn’t need to hide away from the world because I had you.’

  
‘Mase …. you and our family are my reason, I will only ever need you and the kids around me to be utterly happy. I love you.’

  
‘Oh baby, I love you too.’

  
‘Are the kids sleeping?’

  
‘Yeah, the house is quiet. Why?’

  
‘Because now you can kiss me like you mean it, and take me to bed.’

  
‘Hey you don’t need to ask me twice, after you love.’

We ran towards our bedroom like two teenagers sneaking away, Mase could still surprise me, and I was learning every day how amazing and beautiful everything was around me. How surprising people can be and how much love surrounds us. In complete contrast to the life I started with, I will never get enough of the life I have now, a life filled with hope, joy, happiness and love. Mason Stone taught me so many things from the first moment we met, and I will always be eternally grateful for the life he gave me, and I will always remember that fate finds a way.

The End.

Acknowledgements

I want to thank everyone who read my novel, I hope you have enjoyed Mason and Summers love story.  It’s hard getting into a characters mind, and writing how they feel in a moment, but with Summer it was easy, she’s a beautiful soul who just had a terrible start, and I’m sure we could all do with a little bit of Mason.

I adore romantic love stories and enjoy being able to express emotions through the characters. It’s something I have always dreamed about doing and thanks to the love and support of my family I have finally found my happiness.

I want to thank Darren, who was my constant through this journey, and Leigh, who told me to go for it, without them I don’t think I would have had the courage to make my characters come to life.

I absolutely loved writing this book and look forward to any feedback, positive or negative. It just makes me a better writer, please feel free to contact me at: