Mallory's POV
That was a nice talk over coffee, but I still didn't trust him. What made me believe that he wasn't going to come around & act the same way he did at the club that night? The only reason I dressed & acted decently was because I agreed to meeting him there. Otherwise, I would've acted like i would have any other time. I had to keep my mind straight. I shouldn't be thinking too hard about anything. Okay, i'm picking Sienna up from school, taking her to dad's house & going home where I can relax. I'll sit down & have a nice cup of tea & watch a movie. Yeah, that sounds good. I pulled into the parking lot. There was a line of kids, I figured I was supposed to walk up & tell the woman i needed Sienna Miller. There were so many kids, It was hard to find her in the sea of faces. But what was Benjamin trying to ask me? I remember him starting a question but then my call interrupted, I felt bad. But I kind of wanted some air anyways.
"Um, Mallory?"
"Oh hey baby girl!"
"Where's my dad?"
"He asked me if I could pick you up from school today. He was going to get out of work a few minutes late & didn't want you make you wait. But he'll be home when we get there."
"Okayy."
We hopped in the car & we were on our way. A ten minute drive till we got to dads house, not bad. I pulled into the driveway & got out the car. Sienna ran for the door, & daddy was there to open. He picked sienna up & swung her around. He never did that to me. I looked away, hoping he wouldn't notice what I was thinking. He grabbed my arm & pulled me in for a big hug. His arms were warm. I somehow felt safe again.
"Hey dad."
"How's my angel?"
"I'm fine dad, thanks for asking."
"We'll come on in."
"I shouldn't, I have to get home."
"You can't just get here & then run off. That's not fair!"
"Oh daddy, I have things to do & stuff to clean & things like that."
"Okay well, before you go I gotta give you something."
"What is it?"
"Come in & you'll see."
"Make it quick, please daddy."
"Sure okay sweetie."
I walked inside, they got new furniture. He ran upstairs while I fiddled with the picture frames on the tables. He put up some new pictures too. I can hear his footsteps on the hardwood floor, he's back down.
"Mal, I was looking through boxes of pictures i had & I found these albums. I figured you should have them,I mean if you want them."
He handed me three photo books. I flipped through the first two books, they were pictures of me when I was little & they all had little captions underneath them. This was wonderful.
"Of course, if love to keep them. Ill take a look at them soon. Thanks daddy!"
I gave him a hug & ran out the door. I really didn't want to be anywhere that wasn't home. I all of a sudden felt a cold blow, & I don't even know why. But what I did know, was that i couldn't get Benjamin out of my head. I wanted to know what he was going to ask me.
