Chapter 78 Max - I Admit I Hurt Her

• The reflection of the hanging strobe lights flickered across the pool. It was a little before sunset, and the waiters were dressed in bright white starched shirts and red glittering pants, circling with trays balanced on their curt fingertips. It was a pretty chill Saturday night and Ryan was having a party to celebrate his one year anniversary with his boyfriend, Jake.
• I was seated with Samson and the rest of the boys. Jess was home, taking care of the newest member of the Sturm family — Ashton, with Ryan helping her out, despite being needed here. Samson was agitated, and I knew he wanted nothing but to bolt out of this place and go home to her. I didn't blame him though, Jess was one in a million, and there were times I was forced to concede that their love for each other was better than the best fairytale out there.
• Before he met Jess, Samson was a party whore. He fucked around, with multiple girls, stayed at clubs till dawn, yet still managed to turn up for work in the morning without getting hungover. I'd taken after him in this regard. When Jess came by, all sunny and pretty in a white waitress dress, the deal was not to fall in love. At all. She gave him a hard time, and it was hard to believe that they first had sex on their wedding night. Samson was never one for that much patience, but with her, he was practically unglued.