The Highlander's Promise

Mine All Mine

Claire

Being a social pariah was nothing new for me, when I was in school people hated me. It was because I was smarter, and just better than them. It had nothing to do with the fact that someone claimed I stole their thesis on genomes and some other drivel. Mack didn’t know that I was forced to leave medical school. Mack must never know the truth. Right now he hated me, but he would love me again.

I had to think of a reason why I came back, I had no money, no home back in England, I was basically a street urchin. So I found some old papers Melinda sent me and decided to follow through with living in her run-down estate. She would take me in, she always took me in. Imagine my surprise when I got here and found my man wrapped around the finger of some American slut.

The woman wasn’t even pretty, but I figured she was just some stray Melinda took in. So I took a tour of the property and saw all kinds of animals living on the premises. I should have visited my aunt first, if I did things may have gone much differently. I couldn’t visit her knowing I was not a doctor though. Sighing I went into the field with some cows and all of a sudden, a large hairy monster of a dog came barreling towards me.

It snapped at me and was foaming at the mouth, I started screaming and there was another dog as well and another that was coming from the house. I screamed again Daniel came running out of the house with a man and a woman I didn’t recognize.

“What are you doing here Claire, Mack isn’t here.” I just wanted someone to call off these vicious dogs. I saw the woman and the other guy exchange looks. Daniel was trying to escort me from the pasture but the dogs refused. The other man blew out a loud whistle and that got their attention, the woman called off the dogs and my aunt came running from her house.

It was all a blur after that, the woman called my aunt a stupid cow, the German Shepherd turned around and bit my aunt and I just wanted Melinda and Mack. I found out the woman was named Anna and was Melinda’s great-niece, but this was my property now and this woman was interloping on it. Not only that she seemed to have Daniel under her spell too.

That night was the Yule party and things could have gone much better but they turned out to be a disaster. I announced I was the owner of Sheep’s Lodge, and Sinclair who always treated me as a daughter, yelled at me, and then he collapsed. Instead of everyone feeling sorry for me and trying to comfort me they were angry with me.

He wasn’t breathing and everyone left, I was alone, that was fine it wouldn’t be the first time that I would be alone. Instead of feeling sorry for myself, I chatted with my aunt and she told me all the gossip about how Anna has been throwing herself at every man in town and how everyone felt bad for her. She also told me about the woman’s fiancé coming to Scotland to bring her back home.

I filed that information away for later use. I would have to find out more about this fiancé and see if I could help him bring his wayward bride home. Turns out this Anna person really was a homewrecker. I needed to start getting people on my side if I wanted to come back with welcome arms.

I went to visit Sinclair at the hospital and found out that she was admitted to the hospital as well. The poor girl was so weak she couldn’t handle all the stress. I grabbed some flowers and tried to visit her but Daniel and that Pitbull friend of hers stopped me and told security not to let me near her or Sinclair. Eugenia wouldn’t even talk to me and that hurt.

I talked with a few of the nurses and overheard some gossip that she suffered a miscarriage. If Mack knew that she had a kid by him or one of the many other men. It gave me an idea though and I knew it would work. As long as he never found out the truth about anything, it would be a great plan.

I managed to kick her out and Mack was furious, I knew he was going to go and run to her. So I did the only thing I could think of, I told him we had a kid together. That would keep him by my side and keep him on a short leash. He is an honorable man he wouldn’t leave me knowing that we have a kid together.

Then as I was trying to redecorate the place and make it my own this very pregnant woman shows up with a tall black man and they started wandering around in my house. I feared for my safety and screamed for Mack, the woman, and the man was trying to say something to me but I chased them outside and saw Mack come walking back from the stables.

“GET OUT OF MY HOUSE THERE IS NOTHING TO STEAL HERE! OH MY GOD PLEASE DON’T r**e ME!” The man was trying to push past me again to get inside the house and I stood in the way.

“I am here to see my brother and Anna you wanker, why would I want some stringy old hag when I’m already married! Where is my brother you b***h?” My mouth snapped shut, what a foul-mouthed kid. I was not stringy and I was not a hag. I saw the look on Mack’s face, apparently, he knew these people.

I pouted and wondered how he could treat the mother of his child this way. I ran to him and hid behind him; the petite woman was glowering at me as I stared with envy at her belly. That was what I needed, for Mack to put a baby in my belly and he would forget about that foul tramp.

“Ye are Jer’s brother, right?” I clung to Mack but he was trying to push me away, I just clung to him harder and saw the petite woman shoot a nasty look our way. If looks could kill, that woman would have it down to an art.

“Gregor Mackenzie, I presume? Weren’t you just the handyman and well having a thing with Annabelle?” How dare she even utter that blasphemy in my presence. I needed to shut this down and set the record straight.

“That slut stole my fiancé from me. She was just a cheap fling for him and now she is gone. You are on my property and if you don’t go, I am calling the constable.” The man was standing in front of his pregnant wife who looked like she wanted to slap me or worse.

“Claire would ye shut up for ten minutes so I can find out what is going on.” I blinked at him and decided it was time to start the waterworks.

“Why do you hate me so much, you never used to be like this. What has that foul tramp done to you.” The next thing I knew the woman launched herself at me and then punched me in the throat. I blinked at her and tried to breathe.

“Melina please, the baby, just go back to the car and I will deal with this.” Mack didn’t even glance at me. I wheezed and tried to breathe through the pain again. The woman was spitting curses at me.

“Look dude, I just came to see my bro and his bestie, where are they? We want no trouble.” The man came onto my property and demanded to see that tramp and he doesn’t want trouble?

“If ye go into town and visit the paint store, my Uncle Felix will let ye know where they are. A lot has happened since ye were here last.” I smirked to myself, I might have been in pain and hurt by the snub, but Mack didn’t know where the w***e was.

It was a good day for me, Mack called his uncle to let him know someone was coming to visit and I hatched a new plan to get Mack into bed and get a baby in my belly.

I grabbed my phone out of my pocket and shot a text to an old acquaintance and told him I needed a favor. I was going to put this plan into action tonight. Eventually, he will find out where Anna was and with that lawyer breathing down my neck trying to get this place back for her, I needed an insurance policy. This was war and I would not lose again.