Two years after Kate Dixon finished high school,she had been living with so much emptiness in her heart,even while in college.
And it all started when her first love,Dexter Miles suddenly left for Canada when they were in high school. It had been th...
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Mr. Miles continued signing off on some documents at his desk. Dexter stared at him once again and realized that the blank expression on his father's face had not been neutralized since he had stepped foot into his study.
Dexter now wished he had let Sean and Tyler followed him inside his father's study room. He fidgeted slightly on his feet,from standing too long and from feeling uncomfortable.
"At this point,I'm guessing you should already know what your priorities are",Mr. Miles said in his husky voice right before Dexter could break the thick suffocating silence himself.
"I'm sorry,Dad. I was just__busy and I kinda forgot about the conference too",Dexter rubbed the back of his neck a little sheepishly.
Mr. Miles finally looked up at Dexter. "Busy. What exactly can you be so busy about for you to miss such an important occasion? Do you know how embarrassed I was when I already told the shareholders you would be coming?" Mr. Miles raised his voice a little.
Dexter cleared his throat lightly and then spoke,"I'm really sorry_",He took a moment before continuing,"It's just that Sean,Tyler and I have been working on this project,um__we started the idea of making graphic novels months ago and we're aiming for the audience at age 18 and above. It's part of the reasons I came back from Canada and why I've been_quite busy". He completed cautiously and waited for his father's reaction. He hoped he had sounded really convincing because there really was no turning back now.
Mr. Miles furrowed his eyebrows a little,"Graphic novels? Since when have you been thinking about that?" He questioned.
"For a while now",Dexter stuck his hands into his pockets,already regaining his confidence slowly. Mr. Miles then began to nod slightly in partial agreement. "Mr. Powell made some comments about you. He even said he made you take charge of his position in that university_",Mr. Miles suddenly said randomly and Dexter smiled a little_he wasn't going to be in much trouble as he had predicted. "Seems like you're making yourself useful a bit,but still.... Anyway__I also heard that Melina is here in New York and you let her stay in the hotel",Mr. Miles' voice became stern again.
Dexter swallowed lightly. Dang it,he knows she's here. "Yeah,I um_ I just thought maybe she might be uncomfortable..."
"If you're going to stay a little while for your_whatever it is that you're working on,you should definitely let her be with you. You guys have been staying together for two years in Canada,what's there to be uncomfortable about?" His father cut him off.
Dexter's eyes slowly slid down to his desk in a slight feeling of guilt. "Yeah",He mumbled. "Oh and_",Mr. Miles said and Dexter looked at him again,"_You should stay for dinner,your mother is also coming over".
Dexter resisted the urge to scoff. He should have known,his father wasn't too angry about him not coming to the conference because his mother was going to have dinner with him tonight. Very typical.
