Dad's Obsession

Chapter 13: Business Call?

Dad heads back up the stairs with his coffee in hand. We hear a bang of the door hitting the door frame fast and hard "What do you think your Dad's doing up there?" "I don't know properly in his office working on something" "Why did he slam the door shut?" "I don't know and I don't care, you done" "Yeah" I grab both mine and Amelia's plates and throw them in the trash. "So what do you want to do now?" "How about we go to the mall and get costumes for tonight when we hand out candy for the trick-or-treaters" Amelia asks sitting up straight and smiling big and looking all excited "Okay sure, but we have to tell my dad first before we leave" "Okay" we both head up the stairs and toward my Dad's office as we get closer we hear muffled yelling through the door "Is he yelling?" "It sounds like it, is there anyone else in the room with him?" "Not that I know of I mean we both are here my brother is at college and Mom is on a flight to Florida again i'm pretty sure, he might be on the phone with somebody though" "Maybe" I knocked on the door, and waited for a minute but there was no answer Dad was still yelling into his phone it sounded like.

So I knocked harder than the last and waited for a minute but still no answer and the yelling got louder "Can he not hear you knocking on the door?" "I guess not, that or he's just ignoring me" I put my hand on the doorknob about to open the door when it gets ripped from my hands, I look up and it's my Dad he has a crease in his forehead with a vein popping out and his eyes are tight in the corners, and he's gripping the door very tightly with his phone in his other hand but I can't see the screen so I don't know who he's talking to "Hey what are you doing out here I'm on a business call," Dad says trying to smile and look convincing "Um well we were going to tell you that we are going to the mall for some Halloween costumes for tonight," I say a little slow and confused by his behavior.

"Oh okay yeah that's perfectly fine and um maybe could you guys also go to the store and get some more candy for the trick-or-treaters" "Um yeah sure we can stop by the store no problem" "Okay thanks bye girls I have to get back to my business call now" "Okay bye Dad" "Bye Mr. Smith" "Bye Amelia" when Dad said Amelia's name he said it in a sort of weird tone and he was looking at her really deeply before closing the door and we hear him sigh and start talking on the phone again. As me and Amelia start heading down the stairs we hear Dad start getting loud again "My goodness he just got back on the phone and he is already yelling again" Amelia says looking back up the stairs and toward Dad's office door "I know right, what on earth could he be fighting about over the phone? And with whom?" I asked, throwing my arms in the air to extract my point. I go and grab my keys and wallet and go to the front door, Amelia grabs her purse from the couch and heads to the front door as well.

That was until Alex busts through the door looking all frantic "Is Dad here?" "Yeah he's upstairs in his office" Alex starts toward the stairs "But he sounded mad and he was yelling while being on the phone with somebody," Amelia says adjusting her purse strap "Damn it," Alex says turning and running back to his car and driving away quickly "What was that about?' "Lord, would I know," I say rolling my eyes and stepping outside, Amelia does the same and she heads to the car while I lock the door and turn toward where Amelia is standing in front of my car "You know we never cleaned the egg off the side of the house," Amelia says looking at the mess I head over and to see the mess from the eggs "Damn I didn't know it was this bad," I say looking at all the egg shells and stained brink on the house.

"Yeah I know that girl wanted to get revenge against you" "Yeah, but I can't do anything about it now, I'll just have to see if Dad can hire a cleaner maybe" I turn around and open my car door, Amelia comes over to her side and does the same "And what if he makes you clean it?" Amelia asks, laughing a little at what my expression is. "Yeah no I didn't do anything, if I could I would make that little good-for-nothing beetle clean it with her tongue," I say getting in my seat and starting the car. Amelia gets in too and buckles her seatbelt "My goodness you sure do have temper issues'' she says in a squeaky voice to annoy me further because it reminds me of the beetle "I will end you" I say glaring at her, she puts her hands up in surrender and we drive out of the driveway.

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