Best Friend's Daddy by King Kohen

Author:King, Kohen
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2022-02-19T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 3

After our tuna sandwich lunch, Tessa and I both take Lizzy to work. The gas station isn’t far from my house but it is on a busy street in downtown with heavy traffic. Lizzy works here four nights a week besides her other part-time job in the college library during the days.

We made it there before three o’clock.

“What time do you get off from work?” I ask Lizzy.

“At ten,” she says.

“I’ll pick you up,” I say. “Don’t take the bus. It isn’t safe.”

Her eyes brighten for a moment but she shakes her head. “Thanks but it won’t be necessary. My stepdad will pick me up.”

“No Lizzy. He’s a jerk. Let James do it please?” Tessa says.

Lizzy gives Tessa an admonishing look. “He’s okay, Tess.”

Tessa pouts. “Okay, I’ll see you in class tomorrow.”

It’s a gorgeous summer day. Since Tessa will be alone for the rest of the afternoon, we stop by a park on our way home. Tessa and I sit on the grass in a shaded area next to a lake, my arm wrapping around her shoulders. We watch children play and ducks bathe silently for a moment.

“Dad used to take me and Tom here,” she says.

“Do you miss him?”

“Yeah. I really shouldn’t, considering how little he’s done for us in recent years. I know I sound ungrateful because he paid for the mortgage of the house and also my college expenses. He even opened a bank account for me and transfers money to it every month so I don’t even need to work. But I wish he had spent more time home instead. I might not have needed him as much, but Tom and Linda did. And now, he’s gone for good.”

I don’t know what to say and I’m as sad as she is, seeing a perfect family falling apart. I pull her to me and kiss her head. “This is just the way life is, little girl. People have good times and then bad times.”

She whips her head around to look at me. “Are you saying it’ll always be like this? Will it be over between us one day?”

I open my mouth but find no words. What am I supposed to say to her? Frankly, I know better than wishing the fairytale would last forever. Tessa is a whimsical girl and one day she’d find a better guy, hotter and younger than me. But saying it out loud would be ripping her heart apart. “We would be together as long as you wish, sweetheart,” I say to her.

She grins. “Then it’ll be forever,” she says and kisses me.

I kiss her back passionately and pray fervently in my heart that she’d never change her mind because I’ve completely fallen for her.

When I let go of her, she says, “I have a request, James.”

“What is it?”

“Can you love Lizzy, too?”

I hesitate before I speak. I’m crazy about the girl’s body, but I don’t know her enough to love her. “I’ll try,” I say.

“It shouldn’t be hard,” she says, assuring me.

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