Belong To You: Acquainted Series BOOK II
At a very young age Alice Fox lost her mother and with no father or family around she was adopted and taken care of. Now she attends Calvary University-one of the best Ivy leagues schools there is. Her bigge...
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Not sure how much time has passed. But as soon as Emmet saw me, he knew exactly who I was. Then when Lori confirmed it he cried and pulled me into a hug. We've been standing here in this hug since and I have lost track of time.
This seems like a good start even though we actually haven't spoken.
Lori clears her throat. "Sorry guys, just making sure you guys are still breathing." She chuckles lightly.
Emmet and I slowly pull apart. His eyes are red from the crying and I imagine mine look the same. For the first time in a long time I'm standing in front of my dad.
"Yeah, sorry I was—" Emmet clears his throat as he tries to find the right words. He looks nervous in a cute way.
Smiling, I nod. "Me too."
This time, Emmets eyes search behind me and I remember that Jay is also still here. He's been so quiet and this was a lot that I completely zoned out. I turn back to face my boyfriend and take his hand. "This is Johnny, my boyfriend."
Johnny smiles, extending his hand to him. "Nice to meet you."
Emmet quickly takes Jays hand. "Same here." His tone friendly, even though he seems a little bit surprised by all of this.
Finally now that the introductions are out of the way, we move to the inside of the mall and find a place to sit at in the food court and we all get some coffees to warm up. And Lori is the first one to speak again about this whole scheme we had going on.
"I'm sorry that I didn't tell you about Alice sooner brother, but I didn't think it was a conversation to be had through the phone while you were on the road working."
With a sigh, Emmet nods. "I get that but you could've said something when I got back—"
Instantly I speak up. "I asked her not too." I say fast and both Emmet and Lori turn to face me. And I can tell that Lori isn't okay with me so when she opens her mouth to protest I continue. "I was afraid that if you knew I wanted to see you, that you'd say no." Since in reality I don't know this man, I don't mind telling a small lie to cover for Lori. Technically, it's not all a lie because I was actually afraid of him not wanting to see me. Emmet's brows furrow, like his feelings are hurt by what I said. "And I needed to see, there are so many things I need to."
"Why would you think that I wouldn't want to see you though?" He asks. "I always wanted to see you but your mom wouldn't allow it and—"
"My mom?" I interrupt again. "When did you speak to my mom?" I shake my head not wanting to believe that he actually had contact with her. "She would never keep me from seeing my father!" I start to feel anger building inside me.
