Wishing on Dandelions

Chapter 14

The walk to the car is completely silent, awkward silence. Once we get in the car he turns toward me, tears falling from his eyes.

"Are you even trying or are you just having fun toying with me," he sorta yells at me and I start crying.

"No, I'm not just toying with you, I don't know how to fix this, okay, I don't know how to try. I love you, you jerk." I yell back til I get to the last bit.

"I love you too, sorry but I hate this."

"Me too."

"So did you find out your dad's name?"

"Jack Donovan."

"So start googling when we get back?"

"Yes, if my mom's name is on his marriage records, it's him."

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"That's him, so what now?"

"I guess we call him," Adam says like a question.

"Okay, you do it."

"I have no idea what to say, I'll guess I'll just wing it."

He dials the number, "Hello, is this Jack Donovan?"

He puts the phone on speaker, "yes, may I ask whose calling?"

"Adam, I'm a friend of Jolene's."

"Who? Jolene?"

"Your daughter with Jamie Evens."

"Her? The crazy lady that sent me packing one morning without explanation? I have a daughter with her?"

"Yes."

"So why am just now finding about about this?"

"The only reason I know is because I looked in Jolene's medical files so I could contact you."

"Medical files?"

"She's been in the hospital for almost a week, she's a coma, got into a real bad car accident."

"Oh my god, where?"

Adam tells him to come to his house because my mom is in my hospital room.

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4 hours later, the doorbell rings, we all head to the door and Adam opens it, revealing a 6 foot man with black balding hair and a little bit darker eyes than mine.

"Please, come sit sir," we all go into the dining room and sit at the table. Adam's parents won't be home for another 2 to 3 hours so we don't have to worry about them barging in.

I whisper into Adam's ear to tell him what's happening with me.

He tells my dad and my dad actually believes him and starts talking to me through Adam.

"How's life with Jaimie?"

"She's a crack addict who pays no attention to me."

"I didn't know you existed, I swear."

"You do know, so what are you thinking now?"

"That I want to know you and I want you to survive, I may have just found out about you but I care about you."

Wow. A parent that cares about me. I have Adam tell him everything about my mom and my relationship with her and her boyfriends.

"Would you like to come live with me? I'll give you money and you won't have to work. It goes to the same school. I live 15 minutes away from the school."

"Thank you but I think she's getting better, I went to the hospital today and she promised me that if I come back she will get help, she said she loved me and needed me and how sorry she was. I believe her."