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He stared at me with his mouth slightly opened. “I messaged you Any. I emailed you, I called. But I was blocked.” He pulled out his phone and placed it on the table. He clicked the contacts and clicked my name. I pulled my phone out and waited.
“The customer you have called is unavailable.” My eyebrows shot up.
“That’s not right.” I put my phone down. “We spoke when I was getting fixed up in the hospital.”
He nodded. “You called my office line, not my cell phone.” He sighed. “It’s a desk phone I check every day. I could still call you from that number…” He looked at me with a pained expression. “But it’s not secure, and what I wanted to talk to you about was personal.” He looked away. “But.” He waved his hand at his phone “You blocked me.”
“But I didn’t/” I pulled up my block list, which was empty, and showed it to him. “See.” I then scrolled to his number and hit
call.
“The customer you have called is unavailable.” The same voice rang out, and I raised my eyebrow.
“You blocked me.” He shook his head and did the same as me. He pulled up his block list, and it was also empty. “How the fuck?” There was a soft click and my door swung open. My father walked in with a sheepish look, holding his phone in his hand. I felt my stomach drop. “Daddy?” My voice sounded small to me.
“You tell the truth, Gav, or I swear.” My mother’s angry voice rang out from his phone.
“Mom?” I looked at my dad. “Why are you here?” My father wouldn’t look me in my eyes. “What did you do this time?”
My mother scoffed. “Your father likes to play puppet master. What do you think he did?”
“Hey now.” He furrowed his brows.
“Gavin!” my mom yelled.
“Daddy?” I tilted my head, and Rowan stood from his chair, hand still clutching the bottle of wine.
My dad started to pace a little. “Look. Don’t get mad.” My stomach rolled. The food in my stomach now feeling like it was bubbling back up.
“Gavin.” Rowan called out. “What is going on?”
He swallowed, but then he squared his shoulders like he decided. “Amy didn’t block you.” He turned to me. “And Rowan didn’t block you.”
I sighed. “I called-”
“I know.” My dad raised his hands. “I did it.” My mouth dropped open.
“What did you just say?” I staggered back to my chair and sank down.
He looked at me with a pleading look. “Please understand. When Rowan called me about your heat…I panicked.”
“Daddy.” I whispered, and I watched him wince. He heard the hurt in my voice. “Why?”
“I needed you to be focused.” He wouldn’t meet my eyes.
I laughed. “You needed me to focus?” I shook my head. “Wow.”
Rowan clenched his fists. “I came to you for advice.” His teeth were clenched. “I needed a friend, and you just took it upon yourself to what? Keep me away from your daughter?”
My dad stared at him for a second. “I trusted you with her wellbeing and she was bullied, almost taken out by Brandon, of all people, and then you left her to burn through her heat alone.” My dad growled low. “Why would I ever trust you with her?” But then he turned to me. “But Amy is an amazing young woman who is smart enough to choose the man she wants to be with.” He turned back to look at Rowan. “Even if it’s you.”
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“Then why?” Rowan growled.
“I already told you why. I needed Amy to focus on Vince and Brandon. And I neededo you focused on Verity and the council.” 1
“Why was that your choice?” I asked, still reeling from his confession.
“I’m your father.” He looked surprised I would even ask.
“I’m the king.” Rowan growled. “It’s not up to you who I talk to or what I focus on.”
“I knew what needed to be done.”
My mom, who I had forgotten was even on the phone, blew a raspberry. “My Gavin is a meddler. He thinks he knows best and pulled the strings to get people where he wants them. Like when he lied to me about cheating.”
“It’s not like that.” He cut in.
But I laughed. “It’s exactly like that.” I grabbed my wine and chugged half the bottle.
“Baby girl. I love you.” He seemed hurt that I agreed with my mom
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“Just because you said it doesn’t mean it takes away the pain you did.” I leveled him with a look. “I was mad that he left, but I could understand it. And when my heat muddled brain got past the pain, I even respected him for it.” My eyes cut to Rowan. But it was the silence after that shattered me.” I turned back to my dad. “You shattered me and made me think it was Rowan.”
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