72. Hall hates Stella
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Stella stood tall in front of this angry man.
" Wow, you are pretty fierce. I see a bit of you in all of them.
Nope, I'm not a rich girl playing games, but what I am is respectful, sir...I can see you are clearly distraught with your wife being ill and all.
I will not take your harsh assessment of me to heart.
I will stay at a hotel. Don't worry, you will not see me again.
I know my way around being unwanted very well. Thank you, thank you for telling me how you feel up front though."
She turned and limped down the road. She was trembling. She picked up her phone, then dropped it, cracking the screen.
She was trying hard not to cry.
Hall ran his hand through his salty hair. He had been mean, harsh.
He did judge her. How could a woman love all these men, she was surely a game player, warping all of their minds.
But why did he feel sorry seeing her limp away like that, she didn't even yell back at him like a spoiled rich girl might do.
He turned around and walked back to the house.
Cash said," Oh, where is she?"
" She decided to stay in a hotel tonight. We don't really have room for another person son." He said.
Cash looked at his father.
" What did you say to her, daddy she's fragile, she doesn't take rejection well." He ran after her.
Sam said," Where is Cash going, where's Stella?"
" She's not staying under my roof, I forbid it, she's a user, you are all being fooled by her. She's not welcome here!" He bellowed.
Sam took a step back, he shook his head. Storm and Ash heard him talking about Stella not being welcome.
They all looked at this angry man telling them that Stella was a horrible person, that they were all being used by this spoiled rich girl.
They looked at eachother and left, one by one they walked out, then ran after Stella. They knew that she wouldn't take this well.
Drake was in the back of the house, he was sitting with his aunt as she lay still. He had tears in his eyes.
" Auntie Gwen, it's Drake, I'm here. Can you...can you hear me auntie?"
He kissed her hand. She had drool on her lip. He tenderly wiped it away.
" I am sorry you are going through this, you know that I love you. You were always a safe place for me, you loved me like one of your own."
Her eyes fluttered.
" Yes... you can hear me. Well, that's a very good sign then."
Hall walked into the room.
" She took a bunch of pills, I didn't tell the boys, I told them...I told them it was a stroke. I don't want them to know the truth son." He said.
" Why, why would she do this?" He cried.
" Drake. I told her the truth, your mother spoke to me after I informed her that your father had died, she told me the truth. I knew it was a matter of time before Gwen found out."
" Found out what?" He asked.
" Drake, I am your father. Your mother and I, we had a moment of weakness. She was so very lonely, with a man like my brother. She made a mistake. I could never love her, but I fell into her charms.
Gwen, she was away, she had taken Cash to see her folks, she had...left me.
I wasn't a very good husband, I mean... all I cared about was making that money.
I was deep into making my first million. It was such a rush for me. Your father, he felt the rush with women, he never really had the drive that I had.
After, well I felt terrible, I begged Gwen to come home, I sold my half of the business to your dad. I focused on my marraige.
When I learned that your mother was pregnant with you, I was relieve that she had worked things out with Stewart.
I never knew, I didn't know that you son, you are my son.
I had to tell Gwen. I broke it to her the best I could. I had worked so hard to be there for her, for all my kids.
I had no idea that she would...would try to kill herself. No idea Drake. I'm so sorry. It's all my fault." He cried now.
Drake stood up. " I'm not Stewart's son?"
He backed up and hit the wall.
" I'm your bastard son?" He said, bewildered.
" Well, Stella will think that's rich, I mean that's exactly what she..went through."
He rubbed his neck.
" This is how she felt, her father was not her real father, it was her uncle. She's a bastard, she was always alone, so this is the feeling that kicks you in the nuts." He said shaking his head.
" Not you too son, this Stella thing has gone on long enough, she's just a spoiled rich b***h that can't decide which of my boys to f*ck next." He was disgusted by it all.
Drake looked at his uncle Hall.
" Did you? What did you do, did you say something to her, she doesn't do well with rejection. Where is she?" He turned to go after her.
" Run after her, all these others did too. You are all fools.
I can't believe it, you are all so easily tricked by a woman's p***y, it must be some p***y she has there." He shook his head.
Drake turned around. "No, it's not that, I thought that way about women once too sir.
It's the way she loves life, she treats you like you are her very breath, she has a compassionate heart.
She couldn't wait to see Aunt Gwen to tell her she loved her, she never even met her.
She said it was the fact that all her boys loved eachother unconditionally, only a very good mother could raise such men. She was in awe of aunt Gwen's ability to instill love.
She is very special uncle Hall."
He refused to call him dad. It felt weird.
He kissed aunt Gwen on the head. " Thank you auntie, you taught me about love too. I love you, goodbye."
Hall took his wife's hand.
" Stupid boy." He said as he started to cry. Gwen's eyes fluttered......
Stella...
" Stella, come back!" yelled Cash.
" Oh, I'm just going to stay elsewhere, I'm sorry...I thought..I didn't know your daddy hated me. I wish I knew, I wouldn't have come here. I feel like a fool. The things he said about me, I hope no one else feels like that about me." She kept walking. The other men ran up to her.
" Where are you going?" asked Sam.
Cash said," I'm taking her to a hotel. We will meet you all for dinner, later." He wrapped his arm around her.
Ash ran up to her and held her hand. " He hates me too sometimes, thinks I'm queer." He said.
Storm took her other hand,"Yeah he gets mean, he said I was a loser for quiting racing."
Sam ran in front of her.
" He told me I was dumb as a brick once when I got an D in English class." He nodded.
Stella stopped. She hugged them all to her.
" Let me go stay at a hotel.You all need to stay with your mother.
She needs you now more than ever. Please. Let me go. I will talk to you all later, please. Just go to her."
They knew she was right.
A taxi pulled up and she ran into it.
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