The Summer I Spent With You {L.H} ~ Book 2

Chapter Nineteen

I let it ring a few minutes before reluctantly swiping my phone to accept the call and holding the phone to my ear.

"Hello." I made sure to make my voice as flat as possible.

"Hello, Mila. It's dad." He spoke from the other end of the line.

"I was aware, I have caller ID believe it or not. " I could hear him give a sharp intake of breath and I smiled in satisfaction to myself.

"I wanted to talk to you. About yesterday."

"Go for it." I replied curtly.

"If we're going to resolve this, I need you to stop with the attitude Mila. I don't care how old you are, I'm still your father."

"Okay." I replied bluntly.

"I'll admit that I was wrong in some of the things I said to Luke. The way in which I said it could have been much more dignified-"
"You think?"
"Mila." He warned. "I want to apologize for the manner in which I dealt with the situation."

"Maybe, possibly; you should be apologizing for what you said to Luke?"
"I do not regret what I said, I believe everything I said to that boy is true. He is complete poison."
"Well I have no idea why you phoned if you're not actually going to apologize or even reconsider what you did. Because Luke is in my life whether you like it or not."

"Mila, I don't know what else to tell you." I could hear him starting to get frustrated. I was glad, in terms of emotions, we were finally on some even ground. "As long as you are with Luke, you nor him are welcome in my house."

"What? Are you kidding?" I spluttered.

"I will not have anything to do with that boy, or anyone associated with him."

"You can't just kick me out of the family!"

"Please don't bother contacting any of us, including your brother, until your finally over with this foolishness."

"You can't make me stop speaking to Matias, or Rylie! Or my mother!"

"That's all I have to say on the matter Mila. Until you realize the stupidity of this, you are not welcome in this family. Maybe some tough love will knock some sense into you."

"Are you kidding me?" I screamed  down the phone but he had already hung up. I slammed my phone down and stood up as Gloria rushed into the room.

"What's wrong?" She asked, hairbrush in hand and a worried expression on her face.

"The fucking dick just called me and has told me I'm cut off from my family! I'm not allowed to speak to any of them, they've all shut me out because of Luke."

"What the fuck?"

"I'm so fucking angry." I felt angry but the tears on my face said otherwise. The suffocating feeling in my chest and the lump in my throat told me I was actually rather disappointed and sickened by the content of that phone call. How dare he do that? I will not leave my little brother alone, I will not finish a relationship that was barely started with my sister, and I will not let me mother leave me so easily.

I was finally at breaking point and all hell was about to cut loose.