Bittersweet Irish Cream Ch. 12

If you've been following Jack and Ethan's love story, thank you! I hope you continue to enjoy them as much as I do. If you are new around here, rest assured you do not have to go back to read the first 11 chapters (But you're going to completely regret it if you don't!!). Chapters 1-7 were written as a Part One, chapters 8-11 are Part Two, and these next chapters, 12-15 are what I consider to be Part Three, about a year and a half jump from where we left them after their wedding.
Also, if you're following Connor and Afia, parts of Connor's story is weaved into the next couple of chapters so you'll see their individual HEA's as well.
As always, it's a love story first with erotic scenes in between. Please continue to let me know your thoughts.
--KK
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"School sucks!" six-year-old EJ said, slamming his homework book on the table, pouting in frustration.
Jack raised his eyebrow. "Don't let your dad hear you talk like that. What do you need help with?"
EJ's words came tumbling out, "I keep miscounting the dots, and then I have to start all over because it's not neat but it's not my fault it's the eraser fault making all these stupid lines and why do I have to do homework can't I just use my homework pass from last week?"
Jack sighed. "Let's start from the beginning, why are you miscounting the dots?" He walked over to the table to see what EJ was doing. As he was helping his son with his homework, his phone rang and it was Mina.
"Soooo...I have a situation here. Can you come down to the hospital?" she said evasively.
"You want me to drive to Providence right now?" Jack asked. "I'm here at the Inn with EJ and Ethan is at The Residence."
Mina puffed out air exasperatedly. "OK, can you just tell me one thing. Do you have a couple there, a Mr and Mrs. Byers staying there with their 16-year-old daughter?"
"Ummm...why? Because you know technically I can't give out that information, Sis."
Mina exhaled again. "We have a pregnant female here claiming to be 16 years old, who says that she is staying at the B that dimpled smile and that perfect runner's body of his. Ethan lucked out that the hottest guy in town also happened to be very gay. People have literally told him that. But Jack was also kind and empathetic, trustworthy and dependable, loyal and loving.
He's also kind of a killer, but that was neither here nor there in Ethan's mind. For Jack it was justified and he couldn't argue with the circumstances around it. As far as Ethan was concerned that was all behind them now, but he knew deep down that Jack would defend and protect his family from anyone that would try to do them harm to the fullest extent.
Maybe a part of him liked the idea that Jack played loose with his morals. He even joked with him that Jack was his own personal Dexter, a mild mannered respectable member of the community by day, murderer by night. But the other part of him was afraid. Not afraid of him, but afraid for him. Jack was calm, cool and collected in all situations, until he wasn't calm at all and Ethan had to physically restrain him. Even though it had only happened once or twice over the years, those were the moments that scared him the most.
Where Ethan may have a short fuse and flips out easily, Jack's fuse was long and attached to dynamite. It takes a lot to bring him there but when it does Ethan ends up screaming at him that Red Jackie, what he calls that angry and violent part of Jack, needs to die before his alter ego gets Jack Frazier killed. They never come to a resolution about it and end up having rough, angry sex and all was forgiven by morning.

Despite those moments, coming to Rockville changed his life and falling in love with Jack, marrying Jack and building his life with Jack has been a major part of that. They officially started their company, RedStar Corp, with the bed and breakfast, Inn Love at the B