Todos os capítulos de Owned By My Best Friend's Father: Capítulo 51 - Capítulo 60

LEAH POVI stand there for a moment after Ethan's car disappears, coffee pot in hand, watching the empty street.The morning sun is hot, baking the sidewalk, making the air shimmer over the asphalt.Then I head to table four, where an older gentleman in a faded guayabera, reading a newspaper folded to the sports section, sits.He doesn't look up at me when I set the cup down, just grunts as he slides me a five. I leave his change on the table and move to the next.The counter is filling up as lunch rush gets closer, and a family of three takes the booth by the window. Two delivery guys in neon vests slide into the corner already arguing about something, probably a football match, their voices carry across the diner, words mixing until I can't tell who's winning.I'm wiping down the counter when Mira calls me over."Leah. Come here."She's standing by the register with a girl I've never seen before, she looks my age…Nineteen maybe. Her dark hair is pulled back, and not a single strand

LEAH POV The room goes quiet except for the sound of a couple arguing about something on the TV that I barely hear over my heart beating.I knew this was coming but I didn't think it was this soon we were very careful. Or so I thought.I pull my hand and reach for the glass of water on the table. I take a sip…anything to buy time as I figure out what to tell her.I can't tell her.I look at her, Emily Cross, my best friend, the kind of friend anyone would wish for.The girl who held my hand asking me not to cry when Victor showed up drunk for my fifteenth birthday.She had once shown up at my door with groceries when Mom's paycheck came late. Let me sleep on her bed for a week when the mold got so bad in our bathroom I couldn't stop coughing.She's been here through everything, every bad thing, every hard thing. And here I am sitting beside her, this close to telling her that I want her father.I can't tell her, I couldn't afford to lose her… if I do she'll never forgive me. And she'

LEAH POVI walk into the living room and find Emily fast asleep on the couch, curled up and covered in a blanket.I come closer to her and cover her properly with the blanket.If only she knew I just sent her father away.She turns and snuggles the pillow closer muttering something under her breath, her phone is on the floor beside her, she must have dropped it there. She looks so serene oblivious of the chaos around her.She isn't aware that I sent her father away because I was scared, too scared for her, too scared to let him in.I go back to my room and close the door.The purple elephant lies on my nightstand I gently pick it up and run my finger over the satin bow.I think of the proud look on Ethan’s face when he handed it to me. Then Damien’s face flashes through my mind…the way his face fell when I told him to leave.I set the elephant on my pillow, pull out my phone, and send a quick message to Ethan.Thank you for today and for everything.I take a photo of the elephant and

LEAH POVMonday morning comes faster than I want it to.I stand in front of my closet, staring at the hangers with only five blouses,three pairs of pants, and two skirts.I've been cycling through the same clothes for the past year, anytime I plan to buy something new something else comes up.I pull out a cream blouse and hold it up against me. There's a small stain near the collar, it's coffee from last month that never came out no matter how hard I wash.I put it back and try the white one as I button them up some come loose I sigh and put it back.I pick up the cream colored one against, the stain, which is small, maybe no one will notice.I pair it with black pants, my only pair that still fits for now they are faded at the knee but at least not ripped. Not yet.I pull out the only pair of flats that doesn't squeak when I walk.Emily would have known what I should wear, she'd pull something from her own closet if she had to, hold it against me, and if she didn't like the fit we ke

LEAH POVMy phone buzzes on the counter, the caller ID shows Emily. Finally, she's calling.I swipe to answer."Hey, Em. I was thinking about you. I had my first day at the boutique and—""Leah."Something in her voice stops me"Em? What's wrong?""It's my dad." Her voice cracks. "There was an accident. He crashed his car."The glass I am holding slips from my hand, hits the floor, and cracks, water spreads across the wood."What? Is he okay? What happened?" I ask."I don't know. I got a call from the hospital asking me to come in. They said he hit a tree….”I hear her voice crack and she begins breathing too fast she was about to have a panic attack. “He was driving and hit a tree. They said he was…" "Emily, listen to me slow down. Breathe." I press the phone tighter to my ear. "Where is he?""Jackson Memorial Hospital. I'm in a cab now but I don't…I don't know what to do. I called Marcus,He says he's on his way but I can't be alone, Leah. Please." She cries."I'm coming. Stay on t