Cochran/Deveraux Series 6: Something to Talk About

Author:Melanie Woods Schuster [Schuster, Melanie Woods]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Literature & Fiction, United States, African American, Romance
Amazon: B00AMVU6F6
Published: 2012-12-11T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fifteen

Adam made it all the way out to the parking lot before he realized he’d left Alicia behind. With a heartfelt groan, he opened the door of the Range Rover and got in, driving around to the front of the hospital. Hoping fervently that Alicia was calm enough to have followed him, he looked at the big glass entrance and was relieved to see her exiting the main doors. He stopped the vehicle and got out to open the passenger door for her. Without a word, she got into the Rover and was calmly fastening her seat belt when he returned to the driver’s seat.

“I’m sorry, Allie,” was all he said.

They drove in silence for a few minutes, neither looking at the other. Alicia was the first one to speak, looking over at Adam and telling him they had to talk about it “You can’t just stash this away, Adam. This time we have to be able to talk about it really talk about how you’re feeling,” she said as she stroked his knee.

Adam’s jaw tightened and his hands gripped the steering wheel so tightly that his knuckles paled.

“That’s just it Allie. I don’t know how I feel about it. This is ... this is just too much to take in. In the space of a weekend I found a bunch of family I had no idea existed and now my father announced that he has another child, a child none of us ever heard of. And since he admits that he did it when my mother was still alive, we’re talking about an adult son, Allie. Someone we know nothing about and who knows nothing about us. I told you before I felt like I didn’t know my father. Well, now I know I don’t know him, I don’t know him at all.” Adam’s voice was low and intense with anger.

Alicia said a prayer for guidance before speaking. “Adam, I know this is a lot to take in, but maybe there’s more to the story than you realize. Maybe there were extenuating circumstances that made your father—”

Her words were cut off by an angry gesture from Adam. “Allie, that’s crap. My father, by his own admission, cheated on my mother. There aren’t any extenuating circumstances; he couldn’t control himself, that’s all. He didn’t have enough regard for my mother to honor his commitment to her and now he has the twisted idea that somehow we’re supposed to form some kind of bond with this guy. The whole thing is just crazy, Allie. And my family is crazy to even think about going along with it,” he ended in disgust.

“But, Adam,” she began, only to be cut off by him again.

“Alicia, I can’t talk about it now. Maybe later, but not right now,” he said tersely. He brought the Rover to a stop and looked at her expectantly.

She looked out the window in surprise and realized that they were in the parking garage under the Cochran Building, right next to her car.

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