True Love by Davenport Fiona

Author:Davenport, Fiona
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-02-13T16:00:00+00:00

8

Diego

At Allison’s mention of a doctor, I jackknifed up and swung around to plant my feet on the floor while staring intently at the screen and silently willing her to elaborate.

“Do you want me to go with you?” Charlie asked.

Hell yes, I wanted her to go with my girl. I didn’t want Allison going to see a doctor alone. I jumped to my feet and started pacing, my mind running in a million different directions.

I needed to know what was wrong with her, and the fact I wasn’t there to comfort her and protect her from whatever news she received from the doctor was eating me alive.

“No. I need to do this on my own.”

“What about asking your mom?” Charlie pressed.

Allison sighed. “I know you are trying to help, Charlie, but I’m a grown-ass woman. I don’t need my mom to explain the birds and bees, and I don’t need her to take me to the doctor.”

“You’re right. Sometimes I forget we aren’t in high school anymore.”

Allison chuckled. “Working for our fathers doesn’t make it easy. Even moving out…”

“Well, your doctor appointment will probably put it all into perspective for you. Maybe if I actually had sex—”

I blanched as Allison rolled her eyes and shut her door, cutting off Charlie’s sentence.

Something had been niggling in the back of my mind as the conversation went on, and now it was like a glaring neon sign. Allison had mentioned going to her mother if she needed birth control. And Charlie’s joke...my heart practically stopped. If Allison was planning to go on birth control so she could sleep with someone else—both of those things would happen over my dead body.

I would kill anyone who dared to touch what was mine.

“Diego.”

My father’s voice brought me up short, and I spun around to see him sitting up in his bed. He motioned for me to come over and sit in the chair beside him. “Only one thing puts that look on a man’s face.”

My eyebrows rose in surprise, and he chuckled. “Give me some credit, son. I’ve been married to your mamá for forty-one years. I’ve seen it in the mirror from time to time.”

“Don’t worry about me,” I insisted, not wanting my father to stress over anything.

“Stop treating me like an invalid,” he grouched. “I get enough of that from your mother and sisters. Now, tell me about her.”

I hesitated, but my father was always the one I’d gone to for anything, so the story just spilled out. When I got to the part about hacking into her life, I cringed, worried he would tell me I was crazy and to get some professional help. But he’d laughed and glanced over at my mother.

“If they’d had that kind of technology available when I met your mother, I doubt I’d have done any different. Unfortunately, when she went away with her family, I had no way to watch over her.” He gestured to my face. “And now you see why I recognize your predicament.”

I nodded but tried to steer things away so he would rest.

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