Inked In Love

Forty Seven

Forty Seven

I slammed my phone down onto my table, annoyed that my mom wasn't answering my calls. She is not making this easy for me and every call she ignores just prints her into a more negative light.

In between seeing Theo and work I'm trying to further improve my relationship with my father and that means getting to the bottom of what mom is hiding.

"Rough night?" Tina and Ryan walk into my office. I force a smile when they bring in food, normally I eat lunch with them but today I just didn't have the energy. Theo was off today anyway and I think he was taking Dillan to the doctors for a check up.

"Rough week" I replied, shoving the papers scattered on my desk into a folder.

"You're telling me, somehow its my fault that the netball girls aren't winning tournaments" Ryan said sitting down next to Tina. They brought pizza with chicken tenders, probably from the chicken shop near the centre.

"I'm telling you, you need an assistant coach" I said. Those netball girls can be a handful and the coach is struggling as it is.

He stared at me. He knew I was right, but he could never admit it obviously.

" What's got you all stressed about. Heard the team talking about sneaking out of training just to avoid your rage later" I lifted my head up at Ryan's comment.

Tina shook her head at Ryan. " They said what" I jumped out of my seat.

Ryan grabbed my arm and pulled me down. "Don't worry I already spoke to them. I actually said I would tell you to not go crazy on them so they won't be going anywhere. So if you march in there you're kind of defeating the purpose"

He was right, it would be pretty stupid.

I sat back down. They both sighed in relief.

" It's about my dad. I think my mom knew of his condition when they were together. She's not answering any of my messages or calls now"

" seems dodgy to me" he mumbled. Don't I know it.

" I really regret calling him crazy right to his face, I shouldn't have judged him" Tina said quietly. She pulled at her jumper bringing the sleeves over her fingers.

I placed my hand on her arm. " I was the same, none of us could've known that he had actual issues" I said.

I knew that I would have to confide in Jay. He hated that I was talking with my dad again but even he admitted to feeling guilty for how we all treated him.

Imagine having a problem like that and have nobody listen. The only people that listened were the ones being paid to.

I Figured I would invite Jay for dinner tonight and talk it over with him. Recently Jay and my mother have been chatting more regularly so he could help me in getting hold of my mother.

The longer she leaves it the more pissed I am going to get, that wasn't good for any of us.

The door to my office slammed open, hitting against the wall. Jenny walked inside. She handed me a folder. I knew exactly what this was but I didn't expect to receive it until the end of the week.

I guess not having a boyfriend has given her a lot of free time.

"Thanks jen" I said taking it from her. She nodded and left quietly.

"speaking of issues, when are the two captains going to sort their shit out" Ryan said when she was gone.

I sighed, "Hopefully soon, their moods are affecting their teams" I said thinking back to how many times oliver has moaned to me over coffee.