Redemption by Livia Lang

Author:Livia Lang
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Livia Lang
Published: 2016-11-09T22:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 10

A ce woke up on Saturday feeling the happiest he had in months. Maybe years. He hummed while brushing his teeth, came down early to the kitchen, and was cheerfully making pancakes when his father wandered in for a second cup of coffee.

Clete stared for several seconds at what was occurring before narrowing his eyes and asking gruffly, "Are you back on drugs, Ace?"

"What the hell, Dad? No, no I'm not!" Ace grunted, angrily flipping over a pancake. "Why would you even ask that?"

"Well, you seem…different." His father waved a hand around vaguely, still looking intently at Ace. "You’re smiling, and awake before noon on a weekend."

Ace shrugged and grabbed a plate from the cabinet. He also got out the syrup and placed it on the kitchen table. Finally, he slid his finished pancakes out of the pan and onto the plate. He took his time, knowing Clete was continuing to hover in the background with concern all over his face. Only once Ace was comfortably seated with his meal did he at last look up and address his father again.

"Maybe I'm just having a nice day? Is that a crime?"

"No, not at all. I'm glad to see you happy, I didn't mean to imply otherwise. It's nice to see you smile," Clete said slowly, making his way to the table to sit across from Ace. He was acting like Ace was a nervous animal that might scurry away if he made a sudden movement. "What are you doing today? Do I need to drive you somewhere?"

"Nah, you don't need to worry about it. Martina is actually going to come over later, and she'll drive me out to see some friends."

"Martina? You guys are going to hang out outside of work?"

"Yeah, and before you start, it's not against the court order. Martina checked, of course. You know how she is with rules." Ace rolled his eyes, but couldn't help a small smile from spreading across his face. Martina had cutely texted that morning confirming she was going to go to the party, since it was all above aboard legally; it had made Ace’s heart practically dance inside his chest. He was turning into such a sap when it came to that girl.

"Is this going to be the type of party you used to go to? Like the one that led to me arresting you?”

"Dad, can I not be interrogated so early in the morning? It’s making my pancakes taste bad. You don't need to worry; I'm going to behave just fine with Martina around. Hell, if I even so much as drank I think she'd turn me in to you."

Clete grunted in agreement, then took a long swig of coffee. It was hard to disagree with the fact that nobody loved rules as much as Martina did. Ace wondered what was going through the crusty old cop's head. His father had always been a mystery to him – an impenetrable force of morality that Ace had spent most of his life fighting against.

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