Resurfaced by Wendi Wilson

Author:Wendi Wilson [Wilson, Wendi]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-04-03T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fourteen

“How’s mom doing?”

It’s been a few hours since Grandad left after lunch. After coming out to say goodbye, she told us she was tired and went back into the other room. I haven’t seen her since. Dad checked on her a couple of times, but she hasn’t emerged from the bedroom.

“She’ll be okay, sweetheart. She’s just a little sad about leaving her father. She already went through this once. To do it again is just… hard for her.”

“I understand. I know what it feels like to live without your father.”

“I’m so sorry, Kai-”

“No,” I say, cutting him off. “Don’t apologize again, please. I don’t blame you for your choices. I know you did it for me.”

He seems to shake off his guilt and smiles. “Tell me about your life. I know about the bad stuff with Coraline. Your mom told me all about that. I want to know the good things.”

The good things? There’s not much to tell. The look on his face is so hopeful, though, that I have to come up with something.

“Well,” I say, “my best friend Ana is amazing. She always has my back and she’s hilarious. We met in second grade and, as Mom always says, have been attached at the hip ever since.”

“That’s good. I’m glad you’ve had someone to lean on, other than your mother. Any other friends?”

“Um, not really,” I respond, my voice quiet. “I had Mom, though. And I had the beach behind the house. Swimming has always been my saving grace. Whenever I was lonely, or sad, or mad at Mom, I could jump in the sea. It always made me feel better.”

I close my eyes and pinch my lips together. How could I be so insensitive? My greatest joy has been his prison for the last fifteen years. Here I am, going on and on about how amazing the ocean is, when he probably can’t wait until the day he never has to touch its salty waves again.

“Tell me about Bryce,” he says.

“Okay,” I say, grateful he’s changing the subject. “What do you want to know?”

“Everything. How did you meet? What’s he like? I need to know if he’s good enough for my little girl.”

I laugh. I can’t help it. Most girls my age would be annoyed with a meddling parent, especially one that thinks no boy is good enough for their daughter. But not me. I’ve wanted this my whole life. A dad that would be there. A dad that would care enough to vet out my boyfriend. A dad. Period.

“Well, things didn’t start out too smooth.”

“They rarely do,” he says with a smile.

“He was so cocky. He thought the world revolved around him and all the other girls at school proved him right. You should have seen them, Dad, falling all over themselves to get his attention. It was disgusting.”

He laughs. “You didn’t like him?”

“Not at all. I mean, I’m not blind. He’s very handsome, but his attitude from the first moment I met him turned me off.

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