Dirty Player_A Football Romance by Alycia Taylor

Author:Alycia Taylor [Taylor, Alycia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-03-31T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-One

Dominic

“Ah, Dad, why are you so upset? I thought you’d be okay with this,” I said to my father. I’d called him to find out if there had been any more news of someone lurking around near his work. Then, after some more discussion, I decided to finally tell him the whole story. I hadn’t expected him to be quite as upset and surprised as he was.

“Why am I upset? Are you really asking me that question?”

“Yeah, I’m really asking you that question. I’m an adult now. Surely I should be able to do whatever I want.”

“Dominic, it’s exactly because you’re an adult that you should realize that what you are doing is wrong.”

“Wrong? Why the hell is it wrong?”

My father sighed. I could picture him now, sitting there with his thumb digging into his temple. He had always suffered from headaches, but they seemed to get worse when something went wrong.

“Dominic, don’t raise your voice to me like that.”

“I’m sorry, Dad. I just don’t understand why you are so upset.”

“Look, we left for a reason. You know that. I know you were too young to understand it then, but you’re not too young to understand it now. Lionel is not the sort of man I want you hanging around.”

“But I’m not hanging around him,” I said. “I know what he’s like.”

“I know. But I just don’t want you mixing with her family again. They caused so much trouble for us in the past. I was worried about coming back here, but I didn’t think that you would actually try and meet up with her again.”

“Well, I hadn’t planned to. But I couldn’t help that she ended up in the same school as me, in the same class, and working on the same project.”

“I guess not. Well, what’s happening with the two of you? Are you an item or something?”

It was my turn to sigh. And as I rubbed my own temple I realized just how much like my father I really was.

“No, we’re not. There’s nothing to worry about anymore, Dad. We’re through. There was something, but I ended it. You were right, I suppose, it was causing too much trouble. And I don’t need trouble in my life. I need to concentrate on my sport.”

“Good. That’s what I like to hear. Why didn’t you tell me that in the first place without giving me so much reason to worry? Are you trying to give your old man a heart attack?”

“Well, it would’ve been nice to know that if things did actually work out that you would’ve supported me.”

Another world-weary sigh came through the receiver. “Dominic, my boy, I will always support you, but I’m also always going to look out for you.”

“Thanks, Dad. I guess.”

“So, what’s all this trouble then? Who is this person lurking around?”

“That would be Candice’s boyfriend. Or, her ex-boyfriend, should I say.”

“Ah,” my father said. “Jealousy can cause a good man to turn bad.”

“Yeah, well he wasn’t very good to begin with,” I said.

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