๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ ๐๐ข๐ณ๐ช๐ข๐ฏ๐ข ๐๐ช๐ญ๐ญ๐ช๐ข๐ฎ๐ด,
๐๐บ ๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฐ๐จ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ข๐บ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ด๐ข๐ช๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ด๐ฆ๐ต ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ. ๐ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ท๐ฐ๐ช๐ค๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ข๐ช๐ญ๐ด, ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ค๐ข๐ด๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏโ๐ต ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ, ๐ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ข๐จ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด ๐ข ๐ธ๐ข๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ญ๐บ. ๐๐ด ๐๐บ๐ณ๐ข ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ, ๐โ๐ฎ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฉ ๐ข๐ต ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ณ 12๐ต๐ฉ, 2021 ๐ข๐ต 9 ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฐ๐จ๐ช๐ป๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ธ๐ด ๐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ.
๐๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ,
๐๐ข๐ฅ
Did Jordan Williams write a damn letter? He damn well did. Could you blame him? For about the past monthโฆ wellโฆ really ever since bailing his daughter out, she had been avoiding him at all cost. He wouldnโt be surprised if she had blocked his phone number by now because every time he called it went straight to voicemailโฆ whichโฆ yes, it upset him. He sent texts, asking what was wrongโฆ asking her to just call him backโฆ and soโฆ yes, he sent a formal ass letter hoping it would somehow catch her attention enough so she would justโฆ come to brunch. He missed herโฆ he missed his little girl and it was hurting every single part of him that she was treating him likeโฆ this. A moment, thatโs all he needed - to talkโฆ to catch up with a girl he hadnโt talked to in weeks.
That very morning, his entire house was abuzz. Jordan had gotten caterers to come, and a Michelin star chef to cook brunch. Suffice to say, everything was perfectโฆ at leastโฆ wellโฆ currently everything was perfect. He didnโt know how hisโฆ kids would react to the newsโฆ andโฆ wellโฆ Sadieโฆdidnโt reactโฆ you know what, this isnโt a brunch about that. Rather, itโs a brunch about her. Sitting in the middle of the living room playing with the dogs was his fiancรฉ, a smile on her lips as she pet their dog, Michael Jackson. Walking over to her, Jordan wrapped his arms around her, taking a seat behind her as he kissed her cheek and laid his head against her shoulder. โHow are you feeling Tink?โ he whispered. There was an ease in his body the instant he found himself near her - something that he realized Jez simply had the power to doโฆ from a look, a touch, a kiss - it was a trait she possessed far before they were even friends. Maybe that was why he had a crush on her when they were children, there was just alwaysโฆ something about her that drew her in.
She didnโt have a chance to respond to his question when he heard the doorbell ring - indicating that his kids had arrived. Orโฆ wellโฆ a kid meaning it was Daniel Parkerโฆ with popcorn soon followed by Laurel who had arrived with him. โDanโฆ what areโฆโ he didnโt really get the chance to get that question out when he saw his kids also walking up behind Daniel and Laurel, distracting him from what would have been the kindest โplease get outโ from Jordan. Though, it seemed that wasnโt the case as they all settled into their seats. Jezebel was seated across from him at the end of the table and next to her was Laurel. Dan had situated himself across from Laurel, clearly making sure he was in the middle of the table. His daughter, Kyra, was sitting next to him - asking Jez more than a few questions about being CEO. Letโs just say the kid had aspirations. And Justin was on the other side of Daniel. The only person missing wasโฆ
Before he could even have that thought, he heard the doorbell ringing. It wasโฆ more than a few minutes late but a sense of relief filled his body when he saw his daughter coming through the door - soon sitting next to Justin, but asโฆ far away from him as possible. Jordan didnโt usually feel nervous, but in this case he did. As the food was brought out, Jordanโs hand was on top of Jezebelโs - a smile on his lips as he looked towards her ever now and again.
โWellโฆ before we eatโฆ why donโt we all say grace?โ Jordan asked - a tradition that he passed on to his kids in an attempt to make them grateful for something thatโฆ wellโฆ he didnโt have access to when he was a child. Kyra immediately started, saying grace for the food on the table, followed by Justin who added that he was grateful that college was going well. Amen to that. Dan said he was โgratefulโ that they didnโt run out of butter popcorn at the store, which caused everyone to give him the look and it went around - though Annie stayed quiet. โAnd there is something Iโm grateful forโฆ Iโm grateful for this beautiful woman right here whoโฆ is going to be a part of our family very soon,โ with that, Jordan picked up her hand and brought it to his lips, whispering I love you before looking back at his kids. โWhat I mean by that isโฆ Jezebel and Iโฆ weโre getting married and I really want all of you to be involved with everything because I lov-โ
Jordan didnโt get to finish his words, because before he did - Annie stood up from the end of the table and begin cursing. โMariana sitโฆ down,โ he started, but before he could even mention how inconsiderate she was being, she continued - mentioning that Jezebel was pregnant. The shock on his face was instant - he didnโtโฆ how did she know that. He knew that Jezebel had told her family butโฆ he didnโt think his daughter would find out that way. He couldnโt even say anything in his defense as Annie continued. Dan was sitting casually in the middle, eating his popcorn, and Kyra and Justin looked just as surprised as he did at their sisterโs outburst. โAnnieโฆ thatโs notโฆ this isnโt a replacement family. This is our family, including you. I justโฆ I donโt know whatโs gotten into you recently,โ he sighed - the only thing keeping him together being Jezebelโs hand still on his.
