The Truth About Secrets by L.P. Dover

Author:L.P. Dover [Dover, L.P.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Books by L.P. Dover LLC
Published: 2021-08-23T18:30:00+00:00

15

Clara

I had to admit, it was pretty amazing meeting Zac’s boss. Galen Matthews was an extremely successful man and he’d done it all by himself. I admired that quality in people. Even if Zac and I didn’t like each other, I was proud of everything he’d accomplished.

I could hear a set of footsteps shuffling across the hardwood floor in the living room, and I already knew it was my dad in his slippers. My mother was in the shower upstairs because I could hear her singing.

“Want some breakfast?” I called out to him. I’d been up since seven, wondering if I was going to go over to Zac’s house or not. It was Friday, the last day of my auction sentence. Even though he told me I didn’t have to be there, I was still torn. Should I go or should I not?

My dad slowly walked into the kitchen, wearing a white T-shirt and a pair of plaid flannel pajama pants, and sat down at the table. The chemo he was on was said to have minimal loss of his hair, but I could already see it thinning in places. He looked longingly at my eggs and bacon. “I’d give anything to be able to taste that right now.”

I pushed my plate over to him. “Do you want it? I can make some more?”

He chuckled. “I’m not hungry, sweetheart. Last night I ate like a horse, but this morning, I’m nauseous.”

Each day was different with him. I just hoped and prayed it got better for him. With him having stage four cancer and it being in other organs as well, I couldn’t see him ever being able to get off chemo. My only wish was that he’d be able to enjoy life. It hurt my heart to think that this was it. He cleared his throat and stared at me with a nervous expression on his face, almost as if he didn’t want to tell me something.

“Dad? Is everything okay?”

“Well,” he said, sounding sheepish, “are you planning on going to Zac’s house today?”

I ate the last bite of my scrambled eggs. “Not planning on it. Why?” I stared at him for a few seconds and lifted my brows when he didn’t answer. “Are you going to tell me?”

He sighed. “I got a call last night and I was hoping I’d feel well enough to do it today, but I just don’t.”

“I’ll do whatever it is,” I said happily. The only thing I could think of was something having to do with the country club. “Do you need me to work at the club today?”

He nodded. “If you don’t mind?”

I waved him off. “Of course, I don’t mind. What do I have to do?”

“Oh, just help plan a party is all,” he said, looking away.

That was easy enough. I knew all of the vendors my father used, and if there was food needed then Agnes Witherspoon was my lady. How hard could it be? I got up and walked over to the counter where my mother had a pen and pad out for when she wrote down her grocery lists.

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