The Aura of Love…A Puzzle for Your Pleasure: Chapter 8!

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Chapter 8

           Fuming, Jace realized he had to put some distance between himself and Reggie.  Once Remy and Zavier were gone, Jace bent down and, looking his niece, Ann, straight in the eye, said, “Sweet Pea, I’m gonna see you later.  Darius and I are going to get something to eat.
            “Okay.”
            Jace saw Anne’s smile falter, saw her eyes travel from her dad’s balled fists to his stone-like face, saw her stiffen, saw that she knew something was wrong.  Trying to erase her tension, he rose and said something he hoped would return her smile.  “You have a good time today.  Call me later and tell me how you liked the Double Dare.  Okay?”  He kissed her head before turning and walking away.
            He and Darius had only taken a few steps when Reggie’s yell slowed Jace’s pace somewhat.
            “Hey,” Reggie hollered, “I wanna talk to you, Jace.”
            This was not the time or the place to have the conversation Reggie wanted to have, so though Jace slowed, he continued walking.
            Reggie watched Jace’s receding back, watched him walk away like he hadn’t heard him.  His anger exploded and he ran up behind Jace, grabbing his shoulder and spinning him around.  “Hey, I’m talking to you, man!”
            Facing his brother, Jace’s anger was so intense, he found himself looking through a blood red haze.  His gaze landed on Ann and he forced the haze to diminish.  Through clenched teeth, he spoke to Reggie.  “What the hell is your problem?”
            “My problem?  My problem?  I’ll tell you what my problem is.  I got a problem with you dating that woman, that…that damn Remy or whatever her name is.”  Bitch was the word on the tip of his tongue, but he held back in his daughter’s presence.
            Jace mocked Reggie in a singsong voice and with a little side-to-side wiggle of his head.   “I got a problem with you dating that woman.”
            “Oh, so now you trying to be funny.”  He took a step toward Jace, and since he was a couple of inches taller and a few pounds heavier, others might have viewed his move as threatening to Jace.
            Hardly threatened, Jace stepped right up into Reggie’s face.