Sin

Chapter Twenty: Choose

Home...

Alex heads in. She sees her dad sitting on the couch in the living room reading a book. He looks at her

Alex: Hi

Dad: Pssh

He shakes his head and goes back to reading

Alex: What?

Dad: Really? You wanna talk now?

Alex: Oh for the love of god

She walks in the kitchen

Alex: Dad!

Dad: What?!

She rushes into the living room

Alex: What did you do to the flowers?!

Dad: I put them in your room geez. I'm not that cruel

She sits next to him

Alex: Sorry

Dad: No I get it. You really like him

She rests her head on his shoulder. He looks at her, puts the book on his leg, and wraps his arm around her

Alex: I'm confused

She lays on his lap, her head on top of the book. She looks at him as he looks at her, putting his hand on her face and stroking it. She looks as his neck and sees a bandage on it. She points at it

Alex: What happened?

Dad: I got another tatoo

Alex: Why?

Dad: Just cause

Alex: Is it because of me?

He shakes his head

Dad: No sweetheart

He leans in and kisses her

Dad: So you're confused?

She nods

Dad: I hate to do this to you but... You have to choose

She sits up and stares at him

Dad: You can't have both sweetheart

Alex: Well yeah I'm not a slut like Steph... Or maybe I am?

She covers her mouth in shock

Alex: I'm a horrible person

Dad: Alex

She gets off his lap

Alex: I need to be alone

She runs to her room and locks the door. She sits against the door and sees the flowers on her end table. She starts to cry

Later that night...

Alex is at the deck where Dexter took her. She's staring at the lake

Dexter: Hey

She turns around and sees him

Alex: Hey

He goes next to her and looks at the lake as well

Dexter: So what's up?

She takes a deep breath

Alex: We have to talk

He looks at her

Dexter: About what?

Alex: Us

Dexter: Us?

She looks at him and nods

Dexter: What about us?