The Dutch girl

~3.8~

"What the fuck happened last night?" Dad asks when I come into the kitchen.

"Jake came by yesterday. He told me he was dying and wanted one last chance."

"And now?" He asks as I take a seat at the bar.

"I'm not seeing him anymore and he will be death soon." I say shrugging my shoulders.

"You don't want to give him a chance to explain himself?"

"He told me he left us to keep us safe, dad. I for sure wasn't safe, he broke us." I say, voice breaking at the last part.

"Keep you safe from what?"

"Grandpa, he abused him he said and he didn't want us to go through the same thing, yet he goes off with another girl and gets her pregnant."

"So that's why he wanted to talk to mom."

"You talked to him?" I ask shocked.

"When he came to the bar the day you talked to Genevieve." He says sliding me a glass of water.

"When are you going to grandma?"

"In 2 weeks. I can get you a ticket if you want."

"I don't know if I want to go there on Christmas day."

"I'm going a week before, you're welcome to join Laura and me, maybe take your siblings with."

"I'll ask them if they want to." I say standing up.

"Where are you going?"

"School? It's Thursday dad." I say laughing. I grab my bag and put it on my shoulder.

"Is Stephan picking you up?"

"No, I wanted to ask you if you could drop me off."

"You can take a car." He says.

"A car? How many do you have?"

"4 in my garage, and 1 for daily use." He says walking me to the garage.

"Why do you have so many cars?"

"I got no clue, the girls got one when they turned 16, Laura has one and they are all in the garage." He says.

"So you just got 2 cars?"

"One I use everyday and one I use for special occasions."

"You got to many cars." I say looking at them.

"Just choose one and go to school before you're too late." He says pointing his hand at the cars.

"I'm going for the red one." I say looking at the MG convertible.

"Here are the keys. Be careful please." He says giving me the keys. I nod and get in the car. He opens the garage and I get comfortable in the car. Put my bag on the passenger seat and connect my phone to the car. I start the car and drive away when the doors are open. I drive to school and park the car there. I get out and grab my bag. I lock the car, put the keys in my bag and walk inside.

"Who's car is that?" Kylie asks when I get to them.

"Dad's, I could borrow it for the day." I say.

"It's amazing." She gasps.

"Wait, why were you at Luke's?" Stephan asks after giving me a kiss.

"Jake was at my house yesterday, we got into sort of a screaming match, it got pretty bad and I just didn't want to be there at that point. So I called my dad, grabbed some clothes and everything and I went there for the night, probably staying there a few nights till everything at home calms down."