Marley (Carnage #3)

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by Lesley Jones


  I get a round of applause as we approach and lots of pats on the back.

  “Did you phone ahead and tell them how good my performance in the cupboard just was?” I whisper into Ashley’s ear.

  “You’re shagging was shit, but you play great guitar, Rock Star.” She whispers back.

  Cheeky cow.

  We spend the next few hours drinking and enjoying the company of the people we love most in the world.

  Only one person is missing, but he’s never far from my thoughts.

  Our lives have continued along without Maca. Our kids have grown, and music has continued to be made. For us, nothing much has changed. For Georgia? Her world is one that none of us thought would ever happen.

  When Cam came into her life, or should I say, back into her life, none of us were best pleased and by none of us, I mean myself and my brothers. Ash, Jimmie, and my mum seemed to be over the moon. Ash admitted to me then that she always felt that if she and Maca hadn’t reconnected that night at Jimmie and Lens, then George would’ve ended up married to Cam. I had never seen them together, so I had no clue about their relationship back then. All I knew was that bloke worshipped the ground my sister walked on, and would do anything for her and their kids.

  Georgia had been unbelievably lucky when first Jimmie, then Ash, offered to become surrogates when it was found that her eggs had been frozen.

  I was shocked when Ash asked me if I would mind if she carried George and Cam’s child for them, and I honestly didn’t think she would actually see the whole process through.

  She didn’t mind being pregnant, but she hated that she always gained so much weight.

  I agreed, thinking that when it came down to it, she’d back out. She didn’t, and then I sort of had a wobble. I felt guilty. Maca was my best mate, my bro, and here I was letting my wife carry the child his wife had created with another man.

  Len was in the same boat as me, so it was him I went and spoke to about how I felt, and all he said was, “Just think about how happy Maca would be to see her finally become a mother.”

  I was sold and we were all over the moon when both of the girls fell pregnant.

  When Ash found out she was carrying their twin girls, she wasn’t quite so ecstatic. She actually didn’t put on as much weight as she did with our own kids, but her belly just seemed to grow daily.

  I thought that it might be a little weird making love to my wife, knowing that she had another man’s babies growing inside her, but it wasn’t. In fact, she just looked more beautiful to me because of the amazing gift she was giving to my sister.

  Despite the fuck awful tragedy that had decimated our family for a while, we were now a happy and contented bunch. Despite the glare of publicity, our kids were all growing up great and were all as close to each other as I had remained to my brothers and sister.

  Life was good for the Layton family, life was fucking good.

  Oh, and that book? I hit delete and never showed it to a soul. Some stories are just best left untold.

  THE END

  PLAY LIST

  https://play.spotify.com/user/lkjis/playlist/5WkmtY8DRpKolekz7BSh1b

  Marillion, Lavender

  Simply Red, Money’s too tight to mention

  Eurythmics, There must be an angel

  Run DMC/Aerosmith, Walk this way

  Van Halen, Why can’t this be love

  The Clash, London calling

  Right said Fred, I’m too sexy

  Blondie, Denis

  The Buzzcocks, Ever fallen in love/ orgasm addict

  Joni Mitchell, River

  The Jam, English Rose/Butterfly collector

  Ray Charles, Georgia on my mind

  David Essex, Rock on

  Transvision Vamp, Baby I don’t care

  The pointer sisters, Automatic

  Maze. Feat Frankie Beverly, Joy and pain

  INXS, Mystify

  Creed, With arms open wide

  Metallica, Fade to black

  Fatboy Slim, Praise you

  Eminem. Feat

  Dido, Stan

  Basement Jaxx, Red alert

  Moloko, Sing it back

  Oasis, Wonderwall

  Nirvana, Smells like teen spirit.

  Bone Thugs N Harmony, Tha crossroads

  Massive Attack, Unfinished sympathy

  Armand Van Helden, U don’t know me

  Frankie Goes To Hollywood, Relax

  Tears For Fears, Everybody want to rule the world

  Paul Hardcastle, 19

  The Rah Band, Clouds across the moon

  Gloria Estefan, Don’t wanna lose you

  OTHER BOOKS

  by

  Lesley Jones

  CARNAGE BOOK #1

  The Story Of Us.

  http://bit.ly/carnageus

  http://bit.ly/carnageuk

  http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/carnage-lesley-jones/1118732812

  https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/carnage/id918257635

  CARNAGE BOOK #2

  The Story Of Me.

  http://bit.ly/carnage2us1

  http://bit.ly/carnage2uk1

  http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/carnage-2-lesley-jones/1120044472

  http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/carnage-2-lesley-jones/1120341080

  https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/carnage-2/id918261612

  SAVIOUR SERIES

  http://bit.ly/savresus

  http://bit.ly/savresuk

  CONVICTION

  http://bit.ly/convictionus1

  http://bit.ly/convictionuk

  http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/conviction-lesley-jones/1121350327

  https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/conviction/id982853092

  AUTHOR BIO

  Lesley Jones was born and raised in Essex England but moved to Australia nine years ago with her family.

  Marley is her sixth novel in just under three years of writing.

  She has quickly gained a reputation as a writer of gritty, down to earth characters, involved in angsty and emotional plot lines. Carnage having won a number of awards for ‘Best Ugly Cry’

  Her readers love the fact that she can switch her stories from hot and steamy, to snot bubble crying, followed by laugh out loud moments, in the space of a few sentences.

  She has described the very best part of her job is meeting her readers and already has plans to travel to the U.S for several events during 2016, a list of which can be found on her web site.

  When not writing, she has admitted to being a prolific reader, getting through around four or five books a week.

  She is a fan of reality TV, listening to music and watching her son play football.

  Connect With Lesley @

  http://lesleyjonesauthor.com/

  https://www.facebook.com/LesleyJonesAuthor/

  https://twitter.com/LesleyKJones

  https://instagram.com/authorlesleyjones/

 

 

 


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