Daddy's Best Friend
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ed, feeling a bit tongue-tied. He was always in my house but I didn't expect him to be here toda
there, Sophia. Don't just
gulfed me, sending a shiver down my spine. My heart raced like a hummingbird's
ing my hair. I pulled back, his t
up, Henry. Turning sixteen soon, high school, and
me wrong, my dad is important to me, ever since I lost my parents, and he adopted me; he was a good friend of my mum.
his eyes that always intrigued me.
ling the heat rise in my
e dining table. "Join
y, I should, uh, take a shower first. Be back soon." I have had dinner with them in the past but
heart still doing a marathon. Changing
to get lost on the way out. I stole glances when I thought no one was looking, but Dad's knowing smile told me otherw
e honey, and my attention clung to them like a magnet. But wh
hing about his present that felt so different to me. My dad ALWAYS told me that I act a
hts about college?" He has always been a conversationalist, he loved to talk about things
" he repeated his question, I was l
ked on my food. College? Did he really ju
ring Ivy League schools. Maybe Brown or Harvard." I have always wan
yebrow. "Wow, aiming high.
es at being called a kid. "I'm
vers down my spine. "You're right. I should start
ow up, I guess." These were one of those moments that made me totally believe in my feelings for Henry. There was somethi
eed. So, young lady, any other plan
happy dance at the nickname. "Just t
her eyes on the debate c
ubject. "Yeah, I enjoy speaking my min
ng pensive. "Debate club, huh? That's
makes me so proud," my dad said boastfully and I know that was how he tru
f us. My heart raced, and I felt a rush of courage. "
of intrigue. "I'd like tha
asn't just a silly infatuation. It was real, complex, and maybe, just maybe, he saw me as more than a k
n our conversation. Then, like a sudden gust of wind, my d
have to bring that up now? And what does he mean by H
true. I'm actually setting up a new office in California, Flori
o. I felt a sinking sensation in my chest. He was leaving
nia. That's a big step. How's eve
t of work, but I think it'll be worth it. Once eve
m of emotions swirling inside me. I was having a raging heart attack and I could feel it,
at's a big commitment. But
heart pounding in my ears. I managed to fin
ly, I'll be based in California, because I would have to manage operations and overall p
est. What does that even mean, it wasn't the hope or assuran
t made my heart skip. "Definitely. You'll
ckled. "I
process what Henry had just said. He was leaving, yes, but he was also lea
d said, "Why don't you s
sipping my water with mo
entle, "Another tim
ut?" He had always asked me to walk Henry out and any of our other
t? I nodded, my pulse racing again. We re
umbled, my gaze flickering to
anding. "Anytime. You're
winkle in his eyes, had
phia," he said, p
a whirl. When I turned around,
t tonight,"
eks, and I shrugged.
changed the subject. "I'm going to
ce, and his words, all echoed in my mind. Tomorrow, I vowed, tomorrow I would take a step bey
I needed to act a