Chapter 51: Don't let her go

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"Go enjoy your coffee" Gloria says to me as she guides me out of the kitchen.

"Sure I don't need to help with the dishes?" I ask one last time. But she ensures me with a nod.

"Go sit I have Astrid" she says and I nod. Astrid doesn't look too happy that I get to get out of doing dishes when she has too. But her mother won't let me help.

"Go enjoy your coffee Hiccy" she says playfully before disappearing into the kitchen.

I sit down on the couch with my coffee and phone. Astrid's 3 overprotective brothers are sitting beside me staring me down as I sip my coffee. But my uncomfortable situation is interrupted by my phone ringing.

"Hehe it's ringing" I say nervously not quite sure why I had to say that out loud. It was rather random and I hope her brothers don't think I'm the type of guy who narrates everything.

I look down to see who's calling and to my surprise it's my father.

"Okay" I say before getting up to take this upstairs. It rings in my hand as I run up the stairs.

"Dad" I say and close the door behind me to what I think is the room I borrowed while staying here at the Hoffersons but it's not.
I look around a white room with blue curtains and trophies on every shelf.

"Hiccup good you picked up" my dad's voice says as I pick up an honers diploma. I'm in Astrid's room.

I need you to come to New York

his sentence caught me off guard and I put down the framed diploma.

"What?" My father was the one who shipped me to Los Angeles and now he suddenly wants me back.

We're closing the Frost deal everything is ready to be signed to I need you to come back home

before LA all I couldn't think about anything else but the Frost-Haddock deal but now it's the furthest from my mind.

"But dad I'm at Astrid's parents house" I say explaining my situation.

You can bring her! She can meet your friends and family at the launch party, now isn't that a great idea

"Dad" I start "cant you close the deal yourself".
Bringing Astrid to New York means that I have to tell her about my true identity and I'm not ready for that.

Please Hiccup you've met her family now it's my turn to meet her. And I need you to be here and close the deal with me.

"Why?" I ask. When I left New York my father told me he was going to take care of the Frost so it confuses me why he needs me now.

Well we need your signature for a very important piece of paper

"What paper?"

I need you to sign a contract about your future  in Haddock industry

"What does that include?" I ask my father. We've been for sometime talking about signing my name as a partner in the company so that when my father retires I can with ease take over the company.

Hiccup, Frost needs insurance about your future in Haddock industry. They don't want to work with anyone else the next 10 years.

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