Sinner Like Me

Its a bunch of he said she said

THE NEXT DAY

Nicolette's POV

Today is the day I get to pick up my  car from Bud's body shop. I will also get to the bottom of whatever was said to Dalton from my father. I just hope my dad doesn't do anything stupid either. I know how to make correct choices. I haven't touched any thing illegal, I drink wine and some other cocktails but nothing I do is illegal. It's as if my father doesn't trust me to do the right thing. I mean all I would love to do is have Dalton as a friend but I knew something was off by the way Dalton was speaking to me on the phone. It was as if he was being cold and closed off. I won't allow that anyone to make the choice for me. I can decide who I want to spend my time with and whether that is Dalton or the pope I will spend it how I see fit.

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It's around 230 pm and daddy pulls up in his truck. I'm kinda nervous. My father has noticed this. Crap.

~Sheriff~ What's wrong pumpkin?
~Nicolette~ I am just ready to get my car back is all.
~Sheriff~ I hope that newbie mechanic didn't work on your car.
~Nicolette~ So what if he did daddy? He is just as qualified as the next to work on vehicles. What do you have against Dalton anyways?
~Sheriff~ He did time in prison for drugs and other shit.
~Nicolette~ I know he did time for that stuff. He told me just yesterday on our way to the shop. Bud even told me he saw a change in Dalton's behavior since he started working for him.
~Sheriff~ People like him do not change!

We pull into the shop parking lot and I was hoping to get my car and leave. But my father follows me inside and I see Dalton working at the counter.

~Dalton~ I'll go get Bud for you
~Sheriff~ Thanks..
~Nicolette~ Oh no we are doing this now. Daddy what did you say to him yesterday?
~Sheriff~ Nothing
~Nicolette~ You are lying... Dalton what did he say to you please, tell me?

I am literally sitting here pleading with this guy. I know something was said and the way my father is acting, is he told Dalton to stay away from me.

~Dalton~ Don't worry Sheriff, you made it perfectly clear to stay away from her. I'll stay away just like you asked me too because according to you, I'm not good enough for her.

I am absolutely pissed. How dare my father decide this for me? It's my decision and mine alone for him to decide who I spend my time with and who I don't.

~Nicolette~ Damn it daddy it isn't your choice. I wanted to become friends with him.
~Sheriff~ HE DID DRUGS!
~Dalton~ I haven't done drugs in 6 years plus now. I'm clean and sober. That was Bud's deal with me working here.
~Sheriff~ Stay away or I'll have you thrown in jail.
~Nicolette~ DADDY!

Dalton walks over to me

~Dalton~ Look Letti, maybe it's best if we stay away from each other for now. If anything else happens with your car let me know.
~Nicolette~ Okay thank you. Tell Bud thanks.

He walks back into the shop and I storm out to my car. Daddy runs after me.

~Sheriff~ I was trying to protect you. He isn't good for you...
~Nicolette~ Yeah I guess now we'll never know! So thanks for that but I have errands to run so I will be back later.

Daddy leaves and I drive to the park. I'm too angry to go home with my father. As I'm sitting here thinking about everything, I feel someone pulling up next to me. I look over and I see Dalton there. What is he doing here next to me?

~Nicolette~ What are you doing here? What if my father sees you here?
~Dalton~Look I tried my hardest to not want to come here but here I am. I'm here wanting to spend time with you. Your father is right, I did a lot of bad things in the past but that isn't who I am anymore. I don't do drugs at all, Bud test me all the time and it's random. So I can't do anything and not get caught.
~Nicolette~ How do we do this?
~Dalton~ Friends for now?! We text each other and we run into each other in public and leave it at that.
~Nicolette~ Okay. Just be careful. I wouldn't put it past my father to have someone drug your drinks or plant drugs inside your vehicle. If it means keeping us apart he would do it.
~Dalton~ Has he always been this way?
~Nicolette~Shortly after my momma died is when he became more over protective of me. Controlling who I was friends with, what I did after school, whatever he could control with me he did it. I haven't stood up to him about it til today because I live with him. I had no choice in the matter. But now that I stood up to him, he's going to be watching me closely. He may even put a tracking device on my car as well.
~Dalton~ Um isn't that illegal?!
~Nicolette~ It is but my daddy doesn't give a rats ass. He can claim he needed to make sure I was safe. That's how he is.
~Dalton~ Well I need to get back to the shop. Be safe and change my number to something else other than Dalton.
~Nicolette~ Like what? I don't have female friends or anyone for that matter..
~Dalton~ You'll figure it out.
~Nicolette~ You too!

I leave the park and head to the store to pickup everything that I have needed to get but didn't since I didn't have a car. As I am loading things into my car, I see a flashing light in the trunk. It's a tracking device. I wonder how long this has been here. I close my trunk and drive home. Daddy is outside. I grab my things and the device. As I walk up the steps, I place the device in his hands.

~Nicolette~ So much for trusting me right?
~Sheriff~ Babygirl I did this for your safety. I placed this today...
~Nicolette~ No it was under the Jack which hasn't been moved in years. I'm fed up with this shït daddy. It stops now.

I go inside and into my room. I send Dalton a message and I tell him that my father already had a device in my car for at least years now. He isn't surprised at all. He tells me that everything will be okay. I put everything away and head downstairs for dinner. I have absolutely nothing to say to him. This is low. Even for him.

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Yes you are supposed to hate her father right now. He will change but not right away!