If You Were Mine by Jennifer Sucevic

Author:Jennifer Sucevic [Sucevic, Jennifer]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-03-12T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Eighteen

JT

Have I mentioned just how much I hate being summoned home by my parents?

It doesn’t happen very often, but when it does, it turns my whole day to shit. Because of that, I avoid them as much as possible. It’s not so much my mother as my father, but they’re a package deal. He’s a real blowhard who is impossible to please. I should probably clarify that statement with- there is absolutely nothing I can do to please him. My older brother Joe, on the other hand, can do no wrong.

He’s the golden child to my black sheep.

Joe is two years older than I am and plays for Minnesota. He was drafted as a first round pick and is a rising star within the NFL. I know my parents were hoping he would go to Green Bay. I don’t think they gave a damn where I ended up.

Since my father played in Green Bay and later became involved in the organization, they’ve always kept a house here. Their place makes mine look like a complete shithole.

So ponder that for a moment.

My family comes from old money. Generations of it. I have no real idea how the first Higgins made his fortune. Might have been railroads or banking. I’m quite certain my father has yammered on about it over the years, but I really couldn’t tell you what he said. I have a habit of tuning out whenever he’s talking.

Call it a coping mechanism.

Because I haven’t heard from them in a while, I guess it was only a matter of time before I got one of the dreaded phone calls. A definite upside to not making headlines every other week is not being on the receiving end of a berating phone call from my father reminding me of what a disappointment I’ve turned out to be. And how my mother is too ashamed to show her face at the Junior League and Historical Society meetings she presides over.

Now I only receive a call when I’m told in no uncertain terms to hightail my ass home.

For what exactly?

I have no idea.

But I’m sure it won’t end well for me.

It never does.

Inevitably my father and I will end up in a shouting match over something ridiculously unimportant. My mother will sit there staring at the pair of us all the while wringing her perfectly pampered hands. And I’ll finally get fed up with all of it and take my leave until I’m once again summoned home.

It’s an ugly cycle.

I suppose that would be one good thing about getting traded.

No more of that bullshit.

As much as I hate going there, at least I can check in and see what Bess is up to. We don’t get to see each other all that often, especially during the season. Although, every once in a while, I’m able to cajole her into meeting me for lunch.

The thought of spending an entire afternoon in my father’s austere company is mentally exhausting. Amusingly enough, I seem to be the only one who rubs him the wrong way.

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