Forever With You by E. L. Todd

Author:E. L. Todd [Todd, E. L.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Fallen Publishing
Published: 2015-03-01T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

Skye

I was working in my office when there was a knock on the door.

“Come in,” I said without looking away from my computer.

Dad stepped inside. “Have a moment, Ms. Preston?”

I refrained from rolling my eyes. Everyone knew I was his daughter, so it was stupid to be so formal all the time. It was borderline annoying. I admit it was unprofessional for me to call him Dad but he should be able to address me by my first name. “Yes. Do you need something?”

He sat in the chair facing my desk. “I’m throwing the first pitch for the Yankee game. I got dugout tickets for everyone. You can make it, right?”

I stared at him blankly. “Hold on…back up. What are you doing?”

“Throwing the first pitch for the Yankees.”

“Uh, why?”

“I gave them a large donation to redesign their stadium. As a thank you, they asked me to throw the first pitch.”

“Oh, well that’s cool.”

“You’ll be there?”

“When is it?”

“Thursday,” he said. “It’s an important game. They’re playing the Mariners—your mom’s favorite team.”

“Tensions are going to be high…”

“Round up the gang. They’re coming too.”

I immediately thought of Slade and Trinity. “I don’t think everyone can come.”

“I doubt anyone would want to miss front row seats,” Dad said.

“Well, Trinity and Slade might…”

His eyes fell in sadness. “Mike told me about that. Scarlet and I weren’t happy to hear that news.”

“I wish Slade would just grow up and commit to Trinity.”

He shrugged. “Men see commitment differently than women.”

“What does that matter? Did you have trouble marrying Mom?”

“No,” he said quickly. “But she almost didn’t marry me.”

My eyes narrowed in confusion and my heart skipped a beat. “What are you talking about?”

“On our wedding day, she left me.”

My jaw dropped. “I don’t remember that coming up…”

“Well, she got cold feet and freaked out. She and Ryan took off. But he talked some sense into her so she came back. Then I begged her to marry me. Fortunately, she agreed.”

I still couldn’t believe that. “Oh my god…”

He shrugged. “I don’t blame her. I did a lot of stupid things in our relationship. I know you’re angry with Slade for his behavior, but I treated your mom far worse than he’s ever treated Trinity.”

“Then why did she marry you?” I blurted.

“She knew I changed. I proved it to her several times.”

It was hard for me to imagine my dad as an immature jerk who didn’t know what he wanted. He put my mom on a pedestal and lived his entire life for her. He was loyal to her to the point of insanity. Imagining a different version of him was nearly impossible.

“My point is, don’t give up on them. Hopefully, they’ll find their way back to each other. When I loss your mom, that’s when I realized I couldn’t live without her.”

“But…this is different. Slade said he never wants to get married.”

“I think he’ll change his mind.”

“But he did. He told Trinity he would do it for her, but he was such an ass about it that she kicked him out.

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