2nd Chances

Chapter 8

Roxy glanced at the setting sun, and then towards her watch. It was nearly six in the evening. She had spent the whole day thinking of what she was going to do and now it was time to do the correct thing for once in her life. She lifted her chin in determination as she patted her hair lightly making sure it was still in its immaculate bun. She smoothed over her dark skirt and blouse then started towards the house.

She was sure if he saw her making an effort he would forgive her. She tried to ignore the little voice in her head telling her she didn't really want to do this. That her father and her job could all go to hell. She stiffened, and told herself resolute No, this is the correct thing to do, this is what I should do. I need to stop acting like a stupid child who thinks she knows better than everyone else. Her plan of coming to his home had to work, if it didn't she didn't know what she was going to do.

She knocked on the door of the large elegant house and her father opened the door almost as if he was expecting her. "What may I do for you," he asked coldly and Roxy gave him a pleading look. "I thought I made myself clear yesterday!" Roxy lowered her head nibbling on her lip feeling so ashamed of herself.

"I wanted to apologize. I realize now that you have been right and only have been thinking of my best interest. I also realize that I have done nothing to thank you for your efforts and in fact I seem to have done everything possible to make it harder on you. I know your angry with me but I promise I won't cause you any problems again," she explained looking at him hoping desperately he would forgive her.

Her father stood there in silence for a moment and looking at her intensely as if he was examining her soul. "What about Jamie Emanual," he asked and she shook her head.

"I have told him it was a mistake. I realize that I was only thinking of myself and not of how it would affect you or your business. I will longer see him outside the office," she explained feeling her heart ached as she said it but she tried to swallow the pain. He opened the door wider so she could come in and she knew he had forgiven her.

"Well then that will be not at all. I fired him today," her father told her as he closed the door and Roxy's head shot up in surprise.

"You're fired him," she asked in surprise and her father eyed her with suspicion. "I mean I thought the company really needed him." She tried to sound like she didn't care whether Jamie was fired or not.

"That was before the idiot decided to sue me twice," her father spat angrily and she looked at her father confused.

"He is suing you, what for?" Why would Jamie do such a thing?

"First due to I wanted him gone because he so foolish let himself be placed in a situation very unprofessional with my daughter and secondly he actually was pretending you two had a relationship and that because of my "harassment" you two were having relationship problems," he explained laughing as if what he just said was the funniest thing of the century. She chewed her lip trying to fight off the fluttery feeling in her stomach and the warmth that filled her thinking Jamie actually was willing to fight against her father for her. She shook her head in refusal; she wasn't going to betray her father again.

"I had just finished speaking with my lawyers, they actually want me to reach some agreement with that idiot, I guess his lawyer had made a good case for the harassment lawsuit," he snapped then looked at her with a hard determined face.

"Maybe I can talk to him, and make him drop it," Roxy said chewing on her bottom lip till it became raw wondering how she could fix all this mess.

"No, that isn't enough. No one messes with me like this and now that you've come to your senses you're going to clarify that I didn't cause any relationship problems and what's more there never was a relationship to begin with!"