I pushed the glass door open to the office. I walked straight to the front desk, "I need to talk to Mr. Alec Newbury."
"Okay. Sit down, dear." The lady stood up and walked into the back. I sat down in a plush chair and tapped my fingers against the arm of the chair.
The lady returned 3 minutes later with a man following her. I rose. This was Alec Newbury. The next step on the path to my father. "Mr. Newbury, I need to talk to you about my father. My name is Melody," I say.
He looks like I just slapped him. "Melody?" I nod, "you were so little when I last saw you."
"So I've been told," I smile.
He hugged me, "come into my office."
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As much as I hate politics, I walked into a politicians office. Congressman Alec Newbury. On his desk there were three pictures. One of him and a pretty young woman in a wedding dress. One of a baby in the arms of the same woman. And the third was a picture of 7 people walking away from a collage all wearing caps and gowns. I recognize one of them as Kirby Keager and another as Alec Newbury.
"So you wanna know about Billy the Kid," he says. I nod. "Well your father was an asshole. A complete and total asshole, but he was one of my best friends. He couldn't keep a job. He lost everything in the end. Felicia, you, everything. Even though he left he loved you. He loved you so much. He wanted to be a weekend dad, but he didn't want you to suffer the confusion. All Billy wanted was to not grow up. He wanted to stay young. Enjoy his youth. He saved our friend Jules Van Pattens life. I don't know all the details. You might wanna ask her, but we all miss him and Wendy. Who left a couple years ago to be with him. They really loved each other. Anything else you wanna know?"
"Yeah, uh what was his favorite um ice cream flavor?" I ask. I really actually want to know because ever since I was a kid I would pry at John to tell me his favorite ice cream flavor and he would never tell me.
"Billy liked plain ol' chocolate." Alec informs me.
I stand up, "thanks so much Mr. Newbury, I really appreciate it."
"Anytime Melody," he says as I close the door behind me. I drive to the next stop. The house of Alec and Leslie Newbury.
Okay I put Wendy and Billy & Alec and Leslie together because I ship it so much. So don't hate if you ship something else
Stay Gold
~Katie
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A Search For A Father
FanfictionMelody Jameson has never felt that fatherly love that everyone else feels. Her parents always fight, but one night when her dad says something she's never heard before she goes on a search. A search for her real father. William Hicks. This is a S...
