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Closing my eyes, I shove her flirtatious voice firmly out of my brain
"Let’s play it by ear," ree And e hang up, I feel a little lighter My head’s not as cloudy and for once, I’ close to me for the rest of the day
Chapter Three
If there ever coether, keep me in your heart, I’ll stay there forever – Winnie the Pooh
Drew
My dad shows up Friday around noon and we go to lunch, at one of the popular cafés don that’s full of college students and people on their lunch break from the nearby businesses It’s small and busy and the tables are tiny and round Our knees buainst each other because we’re both tall, and it feels incredibly aard I’ much beyond small talk because he’s the one with the oing to drop that particular boht scar him for life Ruin our relationship forever
I’s us our lunch, he finally says so important
"I filed divorce papers yesterday Adele will be served soaze and find hiured out For a s his fork into the salad he ordered along with his sandwich and eats Like what he said really didn’t matter at all
"Where is she?" I ask after I s I can’t bring myself to say her name
Fable would like that If she had a chance, I know she’d scratch that bitch’s eyes out
"She’s still at the house I asked her to leave and she refused" Dad wipes the corner of histo do about that I can’t kick her out--yet She really has nowhere to go But she was the mother of o?"
He shrugs "I’ at a hotel for the moment And she’ll trip herself up I have a plan"
My appetite leaves ly divorce and I’m somehow involved, I don’t think I can take it "What’s your plan?"
His gaze is pointed again, directly ai an affair I know it, I can feel it, but I don’t have proof"
My sto to do with her and o No way could their current proble to do witharound with?"
"That I’ on for a few months but I know she’s involved with someone And I don’t think this is the first ti"
Shit I haven’t been with her in years And ht This isn’t the first ti string of guys She thrives on attention Needs it like we need oxygen to breathe
"I’h this and deal with an evil, cheating, iht to his family My dad’s oblivious He definitely has his faults I know he’s not perfect, none of us are, but I wouldn’t wish this on hih Now he has to deal with the fallout of their dissolving e
"Don’t be sorry" My dad waves his hand, disers "She’s a stupid bitch who finally ran out of options Whoever she’s fking, I think he works at the country club"
She’s slu," he continues "She’s dressing like she’s twenty and listening to ht her working out in a Justin Bieber T-shirt a feeeks ago while listening to some boy band She’s too dae does that?"
I want to laugh but I don’t I’ at my dad’s irritation More like at her desperation and the fact that she seeo into a co an affair?"
"I’ator He’s tailing her now Finding out all her juicy secrets Bitch doesn’t stand a chance"
Neither do I if he finds out the juicy secret I share with her "I hope it doesn’t blow up in your face"
"How could it? I’ here She is I’ve been faithful to her our entire uilt nestles in deep withinI want to hear I’d al but cheat on Adele "Really, Dad? You can be honest withto tell"
"Really" His expression is hard; his eyes, as blue as mine, are cold "I loved her Deep down inside, I still do I have to wonder if she ever lovedhas she been unfaithful? Who else is involved? How deep do her lies go?" He shakes his head, his disgust clear "She’s wronged me Made a fool of me in front of our friends For all I know she’s been flaunting this boy toy of hers while I’ I don’t know"
"You talk like you want to get revenge on her" I don’t kno to react Don’t knohat to say His words…fill s I never want to her to confess I don’t know if I’ve ever seen ry sound, as if torn from his throat "Maybe I want to ave her everything When we firstin bed"
I gri I want to hear "Didn’t need to know that"
"Come on, Drew You’re an adult That sort of comment shouldn’t bother you" He studies me "Now that I think of it, you haven’t ether?"
My entire body stiffens at the reminder of Fable "We broke up" Not really, but technically ere never together so what else can I say?