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@peanutbutterparker: We are all so pleased to hear that Hero is pregnant. :] Mum is already on a flight to New York even though her due date is several months away, and I even saw Bennett cry! XD @peanutbutterparker: What a day! :3
@chessythrifts: @peanutbutterperry Congrats to sweet Hero! I’m sure you’re gonna be a wonderful uncle, Prospero :)
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the whole time ❤️
@chessythrifts: MY BOYS. I love the two of you SO much!!!
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@chessythrifts: Adorable!
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@chessythrifts: Where’s your Aussie jersey, hm?
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@chessythrifts: I am once again begging for your hand-me-downs.
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@chessythrifts: I am friends with THE prettiest girls!!
ALYCIA DEBNAM-CAREY attending the Zimmermann Summer Escape, June 3rd 2026
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@chessythrifts: Darling, you could make a rubbish bag look stylish.
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@chessythrifts: This photo isn’t doing much to convince my little girl she doesn’t need a kitten.
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@chessythrifts: Serving Princess Leia! (she had braids… right?)
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When @ivy.rogers asks you to be an obedient little model boy for a photo shoot, you say yes. We look hot, @chessythrifts 😘
@chessythrifts: @asspeenlol My first proper modelling job… sort of! You’re an absolute gentleman, darling! Don’t think I’ve ever giggled or blushed that much 🥰 (And yes! We do look hot)
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@chessythrifts: @paranormaljoey Are you okay? Val sent me photos of you asleep upright. Fully dressed. In a bar.
Both Matty and Chess knew she was in no position to be calling the shots or taking control. That being said, the moment he felt her hand wrap around his wrist, the model melted to her touch and let her drag him away. He didn’t bother resisting. He wanted to hear her out, even if he didn’t know if he’d like what she had to say. As they tucked themselves behind a line of clothing, it didn’t go amiss to the Brit that she hadn’t released her hold on him. He didn’t complain, nor did he draw any attention to it.
As soon as her apology came, he found himself immediately distracted by the sudden loss of her touch. His gaze travelled down to his naked wrist, before flitting back up to meet her eyes. He needed to get a grip and focus on what was important, but the truth was he really liked Chess. He’d had no reservations in making that clear to her either. Though Matty had been patient with the woman across from him, always wanting to move at her pace and never putting a label on whatever it was they were doing, he’d genuinely believed that they were veering ever closer to making things official. Being in your thirties and asking somebody if they’d like to be your girlfriend sounded a little juvenile to some, but the thought had flashed hot in Matthew’s mind on more than one occasion, and he’d been hoping to make it a reality soon.
And then along came little Hazel June, the sweetest girl he’d ever laid eyes on and the most shocking secret to boot.
“Psychic,” Matty found himself quietly echoing, his voice barely above a whisper. He huffed out a breathy laugh, giving his head an almost imperceptive but fond shake. He had enough nieces and nephews to know that Chess meant what she said – both on the psychic front and that she thought her daughter to be the best that there was. He also found that he believed her quite wholeheartedly.
But that didn’t change the fact that she’d lied, and that was the part he was still trying to wrap his head around.
It was true that Matty had a lot of questions, and he wouldn’t lie and say he wasn’t hurt by her deception. But he hadn’t missed the tremble in her hands, nor the way she’d fought to keep her voice from shaking too. His features softened as he shook his head, offering Chess a sympathetic smile.
“I don’t want you to never contact me again, honey. Don’t be silly,” he reassured her, keeping his tone light.
Even with the rack of clothes obscuring them from view, he knew that there were plenty of nosy blighters out there trying to get an earful of what was going on. His own frustrations at the situation aside, he didn’t want Chess’s dirty laundry being aired out to a room full of judgy models, nor did he think Hazel June deserved that sort of attention either.
“I understand wanting to protect her, Chess. I’m not angry about that. I actually think it’s incredibly sensible to not introduce strange men to your daughter right off the bat,” he noted, wanting to give her at least some benefit of the doubt. “But... Why lie? Why hide her from existence entirely? It’s been so long, and I... I thought I meant something to you.”
"Psychic." she repeated, nodding sincerely. She wasn't sure why this was the part of Hazel June's character witness he'd chosen to cling onto, but she was happy to roll with it. She suddenly realised she wanted Matty to know her little girl, all her little eccentricities and odd behaviours. "She wanders around our flat sometimes looking for cold spots, and talking to ghosts, and she does this thing where her eyes roll all the way back in her head, but I think that's mostly just to freak me out."
She heard herself titter nervously, knowing she was rambling but emboldened slightly by his laugh. He had a really nice laugh, after all. Even when he was holding back the full force of it.
"Really? Are you sure?" she asked, voice wavering. Her shoulders slumped as relief flooded her entire body. Or was it something like hope?
In the few moments he'd been out of her line of sight, Chess had made a bargain with herself. If Matty didn't want to see her anymore, she could learn to live without him. Chess had a good life, warm and fulfilling. She had the best friends in the world, and the greatest support system for her daughter. She could let Matty sever ties, til time stretched out between them and they were nothing but strangers. It would hurt like hell. Her heart might even break, and she would most certainly cry. She could learn to move on. She just didn't want to.
Because to not have Matty in her world in any capacity didn't bear thinking about. To never hear him call her honey again, to never be able to let him know Hazel? It was utterly unthinkable. Why would she ever want to live without this sweet man in her life? Now that she'd held him so close, how could she ever let him go?
She swallowed hard, thinking Matty was giving her a lot more grace than she perhaps deserved. Her intentions had been utterly, undeniably selfish.
"You did! You do." she breathed, her chest aching at the idea that Matty might think he was nothing to her. "I lied because it all meant too much."
"I was scared. I've never..." she gestured to Matty in his entirety, her hand waving over his body in mid-air. "I've never liked someone the way I like you. And I wanted to be a different person. I wanted to be someone spontaneous, and sexy."
She felt tears prick at her eyes, but she wouldn't cry.
"I didn't know how I fit into your world, how we would fit into your world. And the lie wasn't purposeful at first, and then I got deeper and deeper in it, and..." she sniffed. "I wanted to keep you. I wanted to stay in the dream a little bit longer."
Chess pressed her index fingers under her eyes, as though she could stop the flow of tears, the smearing of her mascara.
"I did a really awful, manipulative thing." she admitted. "I was insecure, and I let it get the better of me."
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joey going on a spontaneous trip that she didn’t spend weeks upon weeks planning in advance? stranger things have happened! (alternate caption: poppy is planning a tour, chess is elbows deep in fashion things and other people are busy so i was left to my own devices.) see you soon @.talkvalentina i guess?????
@chessythrifts: HAVE SO MUCH FUN! Don't do anything I wouldn't do! Give Valentina and Jax and Eli a big kiss from me!
