Jane

Chapter Thirteen

  Father was getting ready for the big dinner party for Tarzan. I began to wonder how Tarzan managed to get here. He could not book a flight on his own.

He was still learning how to do so many things on his own. He was lost without father and myself. I grab his arm as he looked about all the books my father owned in our library room.

"Tarzan...I have a question" I stammer.

Before he could answer me in saunters in Clayton. As if he owned the place.

"Hello, Jane dear. I see you got my package I sent you. Are you pleased?" asks Clayton.

"You arranged all this? For Tarzan to be here? I thought you said he would be a pest if you brought him home?" I ask.

"I thought about that. I knew how down you were about him being left behind. I was paid by ape brain's grandfather to fly him home. All it took was to mention you and he agreed to come" Clayton chuckles. I hug Clayton.

"Oh I am so thrilled! Thank you, Clayton" I gasp as I smile brightly.

This was the nicest thing he had ever done. Even though I broke things off with him. He still wanted to marry me. I knew this. He was trying his best to win me over. But it was not going to happen. My heart belonged to Tarzan.

"You are welcome Jane. I did it for you. Not him. I did it for the cold hard cash to" chuckles Clayton after I let him go.

"Do stay for dinner Clayton, we would love for you to" I beg him.

"I am afraid I cannot right now. We are arranging for Tarzan here....ape brain, to go over to his grandfather's place. Which Tarzan will inherit. It is Winchester Hills. Here is the thing Jane dear. I know ape brain will not want to keep the place. I can tell he will head back to his jungle hut when he can. Ape brain's family is richer than my own. I am hoping to cut a deal for the home that was left to ape brain if he does not wish to keep Winchester Hills" whispers Clayton to me.

"But that belonged to his family. He can learn so much about them" I worry.

"I will give him time to do all that before I send him packing out of my home. What am I? A heartless animal?" he chuckles.

"Oh well I hope it goes well" I sigh. Clayton smiles as he wanders over to my father's desk helping himself to one of my father's cigars. He puts it up to his nose and sniffs it.

"Tarzan can we talk a moment?" I ask him. He nods.

"Tarzan, what are your plans next? Are you going to stay here with Jane?" I try to explain my best for him. "Or are you going to go back to jungle?"

"Jane go home with Tarzan" he speaks up. I groan.

Clayton was right. Tarzan was planning on returning to the only home he had ever known.

"Listen Tarzan. This is my home. I know the jungle is your home. The only one you ever had. But can you try to stay? Try to give this place a chance? See how you like it?" I beg of him. He looks deep in thought. Did he understand what I was saying?

"Tarzan stay with Jane" I speak up.

"Stay" he sighs. I hug him tightly.

"It is not forever Tarzan. See what happens. I do not want you to ever be unhappy here. If it makes you happy to go to the jungle then we will send you back" I vow.

"Jane go with Tarzan?" he asks hopefully.

"Well if that time comes I will think it over. I want to be with you" I promise him. "Jane love Tarzan" I remind him.

I lean in and kiss him proving to him my heart belonged to him only. I felt as though a pair of eyes were upon us. After the kiss I spot an upset looking Clayton glaring over at us.

"Tarzan come with me. I will show you the rest of the place! I am so happy you came here" I brag on him. The doorbell rings. Who else was here? I went to answer the door. It was my aunt Bea!

"Hello Jane! What is this that the wedding was called off?" she snaps at me as she allows herself into the home.

"I was not happy with Clayton aunt Bea. We were not in love" I argue.

"You would marry well if you married Clayton" she argues back.

"This is over with. Aunt Bea, I want you to meet a friend of mine I met back in the jungle. Father told you about him. This is Tarzan....I mean John" I tell her as I introduce her to Tarzan.

Aunt Bea's head snaps up as she looks over Tarzan. If looks could kill he would be dead on sight. She did not approve. I could tell aunt Bea did not care for Tarzan.

Tarzan extends his hand for aunt Bea to shake. She ignores his gentlemen gesture. She wanders over to me as she leads me away from Tarzan.

"This better not be the reason the wedding was called off. You best be telling Clayton the wedding is back on soon. Before it is too late" she warns me.

"I am not marrying Clayton" I snap.

Anger rises in me.

"Very well than. I will be changing my will. You will be out of the will Jane dear. Have things your way" she snaps at me. She heads off to go find my father.

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I wander back to Tarzan's side. I was not going to be threatened by my aunt or by Clayton. I was going to be happy. I was going to be with the man who truly loved me for me. That man was Tarzan.

He could care less about money. Or how much we had. All he cared about was my well-being. That he loved me in return. And that was all that mattered. Maybe I should run off to the jungle with Tarzan. It would be better than dealing with this.

"Jane?" he questions me.

He looks at me with worry.

"I am alright. I promise. Aunt Bea has to get used to you. She loves Clayton. She will get over it" I promise Tarzan. I lean in kissing him. I feel a smile spread to his lips as he kisses me in return.

"Let's go see this place. Come along with me" I tell him. I take him by the arm. Showing him the whole estate. He was in awe of it all.

"Jane!" calls out someone. It was my old school chum. Silvia Vanderwilt.

"What are you doing here?" I ask her.

"Your Clayton invited me over for some big dinner party. He said you had an important guest here" she asks me. She makes her way over to us. We hug. Silvia was a knock out. She always was prettier than me. She was head cheerleader in school. She stole any boyfriend that came my way. She had once dated Clayton before we did. She broke things off with Clayton. He was broken hearted about it. We started dating after. I did not trust Silvia around Tarzan. She would go after him knowing I wanted to be with him. She did not care about Tarzan. It was the conquest for her. To get what she wanted.

She was not going to get her mits on my Tarzan. Unless he wanted her. He might. After all I was the first woman he ever saw. She was ten times as beautiful as me.

"John...I mean Tarzan this is Silvia Vanderwilt. We were friends in school. Silvia I met Tarzan back on my trip to the jungle area" I explain to her.

"So it is true! You all did find an ape man" she giggles as Tarzan looks amazed to see more ladies in his life. I knew this would happen. He could not stop starring at her. I knew Silvia was enjoying every bit of the attention he was sending her way.

"He is not an ape. He is human as we are. Please treat him better. He can understand you" I snap feeling upset with how she treated Tarzan's intelligence.

"I am so sorry Jane dear. Tarzan do tell me all about life in the jungle. It must be so interesting. How long have you been in the jungle?" she asks Tarzan a million questions as she leads him away from me and off to the house. I fume inside.

Clayton set this little gig up. So Tarzan would break things off with me. But he was not going to win. I might have given up men in the past to Silvia. They were not worth it. Tarzan was. I wanted to be with him. Would he want to still be with me? Even with other options opening up to him?

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