He Called Me Kid. Disaster Engagement Series, Book 4. Lynn Smith

Episode 5

…John was well over 6 foot tall with a thick head of salt and pepper hair, I had no idea he was so much older than her. He was wearing an expensive looking suit, he tossed his mobile phone to the man beside him. He looked like he was giving the guy a hard time, another guy stepped forward and John handed him his briefcase with a scowl. He didn’t look like the playful character she had described, but I wasn’t going to be intimidated by him. He stood watching her run towards him and he looked like he owned the f*****g world. She ran up to him and she jumped into his arms, he kissed her, then slapped her arse hard. I could feel the blood drain from my face. I know Stacey had told me many many times that Lydia was crazy about this guy but to actually see them together broke my heart. Then Stacey said “you guys are going to love John he’s so funny” “he doesn’t look funny” said Fran he looked just as shocked as I felt. The girls were all melting at the sight of him. He was a handsome guy I had to give him that. He picked up Lydia over his shoulder and swaggered towards the house then she pointed over to all of us. He quickly changed direction and headed towards us. He was f*****g massive and I was starting to s**t myself. What if he wasn’t happy I was her ex? I had plans on winding him up about it but now I actually seen him I knew he wasn’t the kind of guy you wind up. He reminded me of my dad and uncles, full of smiles but would slit your throat if you crossed them. He came through the door and went straight towards Fran I thought he was going to knock him out then his face broke into a huge smile. “Your Fran Kavangh, look Kid it’s Fran Kavangh, I f*****g love you son, I’m your biggest fan” I didn’t realize that he was Scottish too, he put his hand out “shake my hand son, look kid it’s Fran Kavangh” she was still over his shoulder and all the girls including Lilly were giggling, “yeah I’m Fran” Fran put out his hand out and as John shook it Frans whole body shook. “I love you son, I spoke to you once on the phone, do you remember?” Fran looked confused “why would you remember” John said and I could tell he wasn’t bullshitting, he was a huge fan. “I love everything you’ve ever written and I bought one of your guitars at a charity auction. Paid a fortune for it, would you mind signing it for me” then Lydia tried to get his attention but he was so mesmerized by Fran that he wasn’t taking any notice of her at all. “John i told you to play it cool” she said “I can’t be cool it’s Fran f*****g Kavangh” “John calm down he will think you’re a nutter” “and your Jamie oh my god this is amazing I can’t believe I’m meeting the whole band” then he looked him up and down and straightened himself up “what height are you son?” He asked in an aggressive tone. The big man was quiet I think he was as intimidated as me. “Ehh I’m....” stuttered the big man “I told you already he’s only 6 foot” his face softened “good” was all he said “it’s nice to meet you wee man” the big mans face was a picture There wasn’t many men that could call him ‘wee’ and Fran was loving it. Then he turned to me “hello son I’m John” and when he shook my hand he nearly broke my wrist. “This is Tommy” said Lydia, she was still over his shoulder with her perfect arse right in my face. When she introduced me there was no change in his expression, I thought he knew that I was engaged to her but if he did he clearly didn’t care, and why would he? “Thomas Taylor I watched you in a film a few weeks ago, you were kicking the s**t out of about 15 men, my god son you must be fit” he punched my chest and I nearly let out a scream because it hurt like mad. Lydia was still over his shoulder as he shook Chris by the hand. Poor Chris let out a yelp like a wounded animal “stop being so rough John” she said “you weren’t saying that last night kid” he said then slapped her arse and winked at the big man. The big man loved dirty jokes and he was pissing himself laughing. “Shut up John put me down” he gently put her down and kissed her on the forehead and turned to the girls and his whole manner changed into a gentleman “Hi Carmela, you look beautiful sweetheart, how’s the kids?” he said kissing her cheek “Stacey you always look lovely” he said kissing her, and they were putty in his hands all of them were playing with their hair and giggling. Then he said hello to Lilly and she went bright red, “Hello John” she said “only my close friends call me John please call me Sir Steel I prefer it” she was embarrassed and apologised but I could tell he was only kidding “don’t listen to him Lilly” said Lydia “he’s pulling your leg” he looked at Joanna, she stood with her face like fizz as usual and her arms folded, she didn’t look impressed by him. “Hello, Joanna is it? you’re Frans girlfriend aren’t you? I think I’ve done business with your dad George, he’s a good man, but thank god you have your mothers looks your lovely” and Joanna melted, she was batting her eyelashes and giggling as he gently shook her hand, this guy must be seriously charming to have that effect on her when she was sober. Then he turned to everybody and said “I’m going to make us all my famous cocktail, it’s called Sylvia after my dear old mum god rest her soul, my dad used to make it for her” all the girls said “aww” Lydia just rolled her eyes, “my dad was a fly old dog he would make them to get her in the mood, if you know what I mean?” the big man laughed “and does it work?” he asked with a chuckle “well let’s just say there was 8 of us kids” we all laughed “anyway Joanna let me make you a Sylvia, Fran you can thank me tomorrow” he said with a chuckle “can I have one John?” asked Lydia “of course kid, I’m making you four” he said with dirty laugh, as he roughly pulled her close to him. “Joanna’s not drinking” said Fran. Joanna could be a nasty drunk and I don’t think he wanted to be embarrassed by her in front of Lydia. “Thank you John I’d love a Sylvia” Joanna said in a seductive voice. “Right, Kid you can help me” he picked Lydia up again over his shoulder “sing my mums favorite song while I’m making them” then without hesitation she started singing as they disappeared out of the door and into the main house. “f*****g hell” said Chris with a laugh and he was shaking his hand as if he had broke it. “He’s so handsome” said Joanna. Stacey was nodding her head at her “I told you he’s an Adonis” Carmela looked like a love struck teenager and Lilly was quiet as usual. “he seems nice” said Chris. “He really likes you Fran” but Fran looked confused, he was used to being the main man in Lydia’s life and every one of her ex boyfriends knew that, including me. But that didn’t seem to be the case with John and I could tell Fran didn’t know what to think. Twenty minutes later John appeared with a tray of drinks in martini glasses and he had changed into a T-shirt and jeans. He obviously hit the gym because he was huge. The cocktail was delicious but I felt drunk after the first one. We all stood around drinking our cocktails as John was telling a story about his meeting from that day and I had to hand it to him he was a funny guy. As he was talking Lydia was sipping her drink and he tipped the end of her glass up so she would drink faster. “Get that down you kid, I want you extra slutty later” he said, the big man thought this was hilarious. The drink spilled onto her vest top but she just laughed. “I can’t remember the first six months of our relationship because he made me drink so many Sylvia’s” they all laughed apart from me, thinking about them together had me close to tears. Then John said “ I’ve fired up the Barbecue I’ve got an extra special steak for you Fran, I was going to have it myself, but you are my special guest tonight” Fran smiled. I could tell as well as him that John wasn’t a brown noser that he was a genuine fan. And he seemed an ok guy even if he did share a bed with the love of my life. A little while later we sat down to eat. Lydia was buzzing about helping him as he casually made the steaks and chatting to Chris and Carm. He sat at the head of the table and I felt like a silly kid next to him. I could tell he was used to being the centre of attention. Lydia sat down next to him and he cut up her steak like she was a little girl. They finished each other’s sentences and it irritated the s**t out of me. They seemed like they had been together for years like an old married couple. He couldn’t keep his hands off her and he would constantly look her up and down when she was talking. It was like he was undressing her with his eyes. Lydia was cleaning the plates away and Lilly was telling John a really boring story, she was stuttering her words and her face was scarlet when one of the men that worked for him came over “sorry to interrupt your evening Sir Steel, but there is an important phone call for you” he didn’t look happy that they had interrupted his conversation “is it one of my sons?” he snapped “no” the guy said timidly “then it can wait, Lilly is telling me a story” the man scurried away. I thought it was nice of him to be so patient with her because sometimes she really irritated me. “How many sons do you have John?” asked Joanna in a sexy voice but he didn’t seem impressed by her “why? are you looking for a new boyfriend?” We all laughed “I have three sons. They all work for me and they are all in there late twenties” he said proudly “and they are all as handsome as John” said Stacey and he gave her a huge smile “don’t believe her, those three are no where near as handsome as me” Stacey was laughing her head off and it was pretty obvious she fancied him. Then John said “and I had a daughter Mia but she died when she was sixteen” everyone of us went quiet. I must admit I wasn’t expecting that. Carmela was sitting close to him “I’m so sorry John, that must have been heartbreaking” she said as she stroked his arm. “Yeah she died of a rare kind of cancer, all the money in the world and I couldn’t help her” his eyes were sad. “The thing is she wasn’t my real daughter, my ex wife Sharon and I split up when our boys were really young and she ran away with my business partner Malcolm. They got married and only seen my boys every now and then but they had Mia together, all three of them were in a terrible car accident and Sharon and Malcolm died” “oh my god” said Stacey we all sat in silence listening to him “Mia was only three years old and my boys had already lost their Mum I didn’t want them losing their little sister too and Sharon had no family to take her so I adopted her so she could grow up with her big brothers, and she became like a daughter to me” Carmela wiped a tear from her eye “wow John that’s so kind” she said “she had been badly injured in the car crash so she was in a wheel chair her whole life, but she was a clever girl and she loved music. She was obsessed with you Fran. That’s how I got into your music. I used to take her to all your gigs and she wanted to be Lydia when she grew up. Breaks my heart that I’m sitting here with you and she isn’t” my heart bleed for the guy, although he was a joker and a scary fucker I could tell that underneath it all he was a good guy. Then Lydia appeared “John Steel” she shouted “I’m going to f*****g kill you” she stormed towards him, we were all in shock, he was just telling us about losing his daughter and now she was shouting at him. Chris stood up and put his hands up to stop her “this isn’t a good time Lydia John was just telling us...” but she just pushed by him “oh shut up Chris” she snapped “John do you mind telling me why there’s a Lydia Knight s*x doll, in the back bedroom?” He threw his head back and was holding his sides laughing. Lydia went into the kitchen and dragged out a life sized rubber doll with long dark hair red lip stick on and a leather jacket, a thong, and a big pair of t**s. He was laughing so much his face was red “I’m sorry kid but I had one too many Sylvia’s last week and I thought it would be funny to order one of these and put it in our bed to scare you” then she started laughing too. “John I b****y s**t myself” he pretended to tickle the rubber doll under its chin “any way kid she arrived last night and we really hit it off, she doesn’t say much but we have a real connection” we all laughed “her names Lynette and I know she has one tit bigger than the other and her eyes aren’t straight but I think I’m in love with her” Lydia pretended to be in shock “it’s me or her John I can’t play second best to this b***h” they were like a comedy double act. “I’m sorry Kid but I need to pick Lynette she’s the one” she pretended to be pissed off and slapped his arm and he dragged her onto his knee. “I can’t believe you found her, I was going to scare you” he looked disappointed “I’m glad I did find her, you’re a bully John” he laughed and kissed her cheek” Lydia stood up and folded her arms “you better get rid of her. Can you believe people buy stuff like this?” She asked and then stood in front of the doll with her back to us. John stared at Lydia’s perfect arse then looked at me and the big man and gave us both a huge smile then went back to staring at her arse in her tiny little shorts. It was as if he was inviting us to look at her. The big man didn’t need any encouragement, his mouth was already hanging open as eyes burned into her. Then she spun around and the big man jumped “and don’t throw it in the bin it’s weird, I don’t want someone finding it and having s*x with it” she said and did an over the top shudder. “I’ll get rid of it for you Kid” she dragged it back into the kitchen “come on Lynette you b***h, and stay away from my man” I had to laugh it was funny, then John said “Boys any of you fancy a Lydia Knight s*x doll, second hand only slightly used? I’ll give you it for a good price” he looked at us all with his eyebrows up as if he was really trying to sell it to us. “I’ll take it” said the big man and I could tell the big dirty bastard wasn’t kidding “sold” said John with a laugh “I’ve always wanted my very own Lydia” if that would have been me when I was with her I would have lost my s**t, but John just laughed “well it’s your lucky day wee man because you don’t have a chance with the real thing” Fran and I were pissing ourselves laughing. John was too good for the big mans tactics of trying to make him jealous. Lydia appeared out of the kitchen with dessert for everyone. John and Fran sat quietly talking and I could tell Fran actually liked him, and I had to admit that I liked him too. He was funny and didn’t mind a joke at his own expense. Not only had he charmed all the girls but he had managed to charm us lot as well. As Lydia sat with the girls I watched her every move. Every time she giggled my heart melted. I wanted to grab her and beg her to look at me the way she used too. But I knew that would never happen, she was happy with this guy and they seemed perfect for each other and she couldn’t look me in the eye when she spoke to me, and it broke my heart. After dinner John made us all a few more Sylvia’s and before I knew it all the girls were coming on to us. Joanna was really drunk and she thought she was whispering dirty talk into Frans ear but she was actually shouting for everyone at the table to hear. Carmela was rubbing Johns arm and she kept saying how impressed she was by his big muscles. Even Lydia was sitting on John knee and passionately kissing him in front of all of us. She took a fingers full of ice cream from his plate and smeared it on his neck and slowly licked it off. John looked at me and said “see I told you the Sylvia’s work. I don’t know what it is but it turns woman on” and he was right because Lilly had been rubbing my c**k under the dinner table the whole night which was a big deal for her because she never made the first move with our s*x life. I was hard as she rubbed the front of my trouser but not because of her but because I was watching Lydia’s every move. I had been engaged to Lydia and I don’t think I had every seen her this turned on before. The big man couldn’t keep his eyes of her but Fran looked uncomfortable. And Chris was watching her with his mouth wide open. John looked like the happiest man alive and so he should do. That night Lydia invited everyone to stay over because we all had way too much to drink, she smiled at me and said “you and Lilly can sleep in my old bedroom” she helped me get Lilly up stairs to bed “sorry about this princess, she’s a light weight” “don’t be silly Sylvia’s are a knock out, I’m pretty drunk too” she said as we lay Lilly out on the bed “night night honey” she whispered and kissed my cheek. I looked at her beautiful face and I had to hold myself back from kissing her. “Night princess” “Tommy” she said looking over her shoulder then she whispered “please don’t call me Princess” I was a bit embarrassed “sorry Lydia it’s just a bad habit, it won’t happen again. I know John probably wouldn’t like it” she just smiled “oh John wouldn’t care he’s not the jealous type. But I don’t think Lilly would like it, do you? And she’s so lovely I would never want to upset her, I really like her” here I was trying to make my princess jealous and all she could think about was Lilly’s feeling. It was like a boot to the stomach “Ok” was all I could manage to say. When she left she gave me a little wave as she closed the bedroom door “see you in the morning honey” and as the door closed I stood and looked around the bedroom that I had shared with her and nothing had changed, it was still the exact same, but now I was here with Lilly and I was f*****g miserable….