Undeniable: Haven Falls (Book 5) by Sheridan Anne

Author:Sheridan Anne [Anne, Sheridan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-09-09T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 11

Dad walks through our front door, looking down at the mail in his hand, a stumped look marring his face as I fiddle with Aria’s hair, working on my braiding skills, though honestly, I should just give up. My braids suck, but Aria seems to love them so I’m happy with that.

Dad scrunches up his face, dropping the mail down on the entryway table except for one before scratching his ass and grunting in true trucker style. “Broken Hill University,” he grumbles. “The fuck is this?”

My eyes whip up from Ari’s hair and I accidentally yank a little too hard on it. “Owww,” she cries out, drawing out the sound while grabbing the chunk of hair from between my fingers and desperately prying it out.

“What did you say?” I ask, ignoring the whiney child sitting at my feet while gaping at dad who scratches is head in confusion.

“Maybe they sent it to the wrong place,” he murmurs, flipping over the envelope to take in both sides. He must have been looking at the back as a second later, his head whips up. “Why on earth is something from Broken Hill University addressed to you?” he questions. “Did you apply here?”

Wait. Did I not tell him about this? “Um…yeah,” I tell him. “Sort of.”

“Oh, Henley,” he says, letting out a sigh. “I wish you’d talked to me about this. Don’t get me wrong, I’m so proud of you for wanting this for yourself, but Broken Hill University? Do you have any idea what the tuition for this place would be? Shit. I can’t even think about that. Did you apply for community college here in Haven Falls? You know they have a pretty good science program.”

“I know,” I tell him as I fly up off the couch and snatch the big envelope out of his fingers, “and yeah, I did…as my back up.”

“Back up?” he shrieks as I drop back down on the couch, the nerves beginning to take over. “Look, Honey, you’ve been working your ass off lately, improving your grades and you’ve done an incredible job, but BHU isn’t exactly…affordable.”

“Dad…”

“Just…let me get this out, Honey.”

“But…wait.”

“I have no doubt that the second you open that letter there’s going to be a massive ‘Congratulations’ written at the top, but I don’t want you getting your hopes up. We simply can’t afford a prestigious school like that. I know you have big dreams and I swear to you, I will work my ass off to pay for community college, but BHU? I just…it’s not in the cards.”

Devastation pours out of him in waves as his gaze drops to the envelope between clenched fingers. My heart breaks for him. He’s always done everything in his power to give me the world and it kills him knowing that this is simply out of our reach. “I’m so sorry, Squish. I wish you’d said something about this earlier.”

I let out a sigh. “Thanks, dad, but if you’d just let me talk for two seconds, I would have been able to tell you that I applied for a full scholarship.

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