All On Contract

Chapter 137 - A Father To Seven

Marshall's P.O.V:
"What the hell do you mean?" Tessa screams at her new lawyer Ben. Ben clears his throat and sits up as Tessa paces infront of the television. "I am their god mother!" She yells.

"I am aware of that Mrs-" Ben starts and get cuts off.

"So it should be easy for me to adopt Milo and Jameson." She says and crosses her arms across her chest.

"Well-" Ben starts and gets cut off.

"It's been a month and two weeks since they lost their parents. Their uncle has bailed out on them so it is my duty to take care of them." Tessa says.

"Yes. I understand that but the system think's you might not be stable enough to take care of an 8 year old and a baby at this moment i-" Ben starts and gets cut off.

"Do I look unstable to you!" Tessa yells, making me shake my head as I look away from her. "This is bullshit!" She yells.

"Tessa." I cut in, making her turn to face me. "A quick word?" I say and watch her shake her head. "It's only going to take a minute." I say as I grab onto her arm and pull her behind me. We walk towards the dining room and I close the door behind me as Tessa walks towards the table and takes a seat.

"What?" Tessa huffs.

"If you keep shouting at the man then it's going to really make you look unstable." I say. "He's only trying to help." I state.

"Yeah well my old lawyer would have done the job by now and-" She starts but I cut in quickly.

"Your old lawyer is Nick which you refuse to take any help from." I throw my hands up in the air.

"He won't be able to help me. Have you seen the condition he's in?" She says, clearly referring to his drinking. "He is unstable." She adds, making me scrunch my face up in anger and confusion. "I don't need his hel-" She carries on, making me cut in.

"You are the one that's unstable!" I yell, making her flinch. It goes quiet between us and I let out a sigh as I cover my face.

Why couldn't you control your fucking anger!

"How dare you." She whispers, making me let out a sigh.

"Tessa. Hear me out, baby." I say and fold my arms across my chest.

"No! How fucking dare you talk to me like th-" She says but I talk over her.

"Stop for a second and let me speak." I talk over her loudly but she ignores me and carries on talking over me.

"-When I am trying to do the right thing-" She carries on talking, making me cut in once again.

"You're doing the right thing for Milo and Jameson but you're pissing off every fucking one around you and your hurting everyone around you!" I scream, making her go quiet. "You are not the only one that's  all over the place after Chris and Karla's death." I say in a quieter tone.

"I'm not all over the place." She says, making me sighs in frustration. "I am perfectly fine." She adds.

"Well not everyone can control their feeling like you fucking do in such a perfect way!" I snap once again.

"Why are you getting angry at me?" She asks.

"I feel sorry for Nick because he has to put up with your bullshit." I say and watch her shake her head.

"Yeah. Take it back to Nick again." She throws her hands up in the air and turns her back towards me.

"Nick is the only one that can help you." I say, making Tessa shake her head. "Nicks their god parent. He's also a very strong lawyer." I add.