Chapter 17: Past the Garden Shed and Straight Ahead (J2, NC-17)
Fic title: Past the Garden Shed and Straight Ahead
Artist name:
amberdreams
Rating: NC-17
Warnings: past domestic abuse, sexual language, non explicit sex, cussing, Chad
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Jared didn’t get out of bed in the morning. He switched his phone off, ate gummy bears until he felt sick and tossed and turned in heat-festering sheets.
Whether Felicia had enabled him or not, he had made a plan and carried it out, murdering his own father. He had ruined his mother’s life, even screwed up Jensen’s life, and now his life was over. There was no way that Jensen needed his business, even if he could face him again. Was the house and it’s gardens even real? Probably not. And, if a faerie spell had protected him all this time, then it was no longer in place and things were about to get sticky for him. What would that mean for his mother? He sat bolt upright and flung his sheet off. His mother! He had to check on her!
He rang ahead, shouted at his Uber driver to ‘Hurry up,” and crashed his crutches on shined floors as he rushed to see his mother in the day room at Beechwood. Nurse Anderson looked surprised to see him, but she greeted him warmly. “Jared. How lovely to see you. How strange, we were only talking with the doctor earlier. He would like to discuss some changes regarding your mother’s treatment.
His heart plummeted into his stomach, “What happened? Is she alright?”
“Better than that,” Nurse Anderson smiled, “But it is for doctor to discuss with you.”
“Jared!” His mother welcomed him with bright eyes and a brighter smile. “They say I can come home.”
Nurse Anderson looked shocked, she shook her head at her, “Who told you that?” she asked.
“Jared knows who,” Gemma Padalecki proudly told her.
It wasn’t as clear cut as his mother had announced but her doctor was optimistic that a new treatment had seen incredible progress. The gears were turning at state level to have her released if Jared could prove he had adequate home care for her. It should be good news. It was good news, he corrected himself. He only had to find the resources to make it happen, and without the Ackles contract he had no idea how he would manage. For that matter, how was going to explain a disappearing mansion to Chad and Aldis?
He asked his driver to take a detour down Ambrose Grove on the way home. He blinked at the sight, squeezed his eyes shut and opened them again. The Ackles Mansion was exactly as it had been the day before - tradesman’s trucks lined the drive and a scaffold was being erected on the north wing. He didn’t know how or why everything was still in place but he wasn’t going to look a gift horse in the mouth. If it was still there, he still had a contract, and he could be professional. For his mother’s sake he had to be.
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