Mr. Irresistible by Karina Bliss

Author:Karina Bliss
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi, pdf
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2007-10-31T04:00:00+00:00

“I HATE MY DAD.”

Alternatively sobbing and grinding his teeth, Dillon walked back to camp with Kate.

“Don’t say that,” she said. “You don’t mean it.”

“He keeps fighting with Jordan, and now he says I can’t have a gun.” Dillon’s chest heaved and he let loose another outburst of sobbing.

“Oh, Dillon.” She stopped and hugged him, and because they were alone, he let her.

“It’s only because Jordan wants to give it to me, that’s the only reason.”

“Jordan is just as much to blame as your dad is.” Kate sounded mad, too. “He shouldn’t have said he’d only listen to your mum. You wouldn’t like it, would you, if your opinion got ignored?”

But Jordan was perfect. “Dad’s been fighting with Jord the whole time,” he said. “It’s all his fault. I hate him.”

“I don’t want to hear you say that again,” Kate reprimanded.

“You hate your dad.”

Her eyes widened in shock. “I never said that.”

“Why else wouldn’t you see him then?” In one of their many chats, Dillon had discovered Kate hadn’t seen her father for seven years. When he’d asked why, she’d refused to talk about it.

She got flustered. “He lives in another country.”

“Do you talk to him on the phone?”

She struggled to answer, and Dillon recalled his own troubles. “The only thing I want in the whole world is a gun,” he whined, ignoring the fact that his birthday list was two pages long.

“Well, you can’t have it.” Looking behind him, Dillon saw Mike striding to catch up to them. For a moment he worried that his dad had heard him say he hated him. Then he stuck out his lower lip. Mike looked at Kate. “Mind falling behind?”

“Sure.” She stopped and settled by the side of the path. When the boy opened his mouth to protest, she cut him off. “Go with your dad, Dillon.”

Dillon stormed ahead. Well, he wasn’t going to talk to Mike, no way. For ten minutes they marched through the bush without speaking, while Dillon tried to leave his father behind. Mike started puffing, but kept up. The boy’s pace slowed as the anger worked its way through his system, until all that was left were bewilderment and sadness. He finally blinked away tears.

“When you’re ready to talk, I’ll tell you a secret,” Mike said from behind him.

Dillon’s interest was captured, but he feigned disinterest for another fifty yards. “What?” he grunted, slowing somewhat.

Mike finally reached him and they walked side by side. “If I tell you, you must promise not to tell anyone, Dillon. The only other person who knows is your mother.”

There was such gravity in his father’s tone that Dillon shivered. “Okay.”

“I had a brother,” Mike said. “His name was Dave. He was a year older than me, and we were best friends. He and Dad used to love to go hunting, but I always tried to get out of it. I was a hopeless shot and I much preferred staying at home painting my model airplane.”

“You see, Dad, you’re just saying I can’t because you don’t like it.

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