“Okay.” I blew out a breath. “Thanks, Sissy.”
“Love you, Silver,” she murmured, then hung up without waiting for my reply.
Not that she needed it.
She knew how much I loved her.
I walked up to my apartment, foregoing the elevators, and let myself in.
My entire stomach sank when I closed the door and spotted the white paper towel with angry letters slashed across it.
I slid the lock home and walked to the paper.
I then read Webber’s note and then reread it.
Well, that was my answer, wasn’t it?
I picked it up, and the absorbent material soaked my tears up.
Just when I was about to lose it completely, feeling the life that I’d wanted start to slowly slip away, there was a knock at the door.
A heavy and familiar one, letting me know exactly who was on the other side.
I opened the door to find my father standing on the other side.
He saw the note and the set of keys that had a particular keychain on them that belonged to the man standing in front of me, and he smiled.
It took me a few seconds to comprehend the smug look on his face, but I knew exactly what—and who—had been responsible for Webber and me having issues in half a breath.
“You did this, didn’t you?” I asked.
Webber had been fine yesterday. More than fine.
He’d been perfect.
And then we’d split up, and nothing.
Now, my father shows up at my door with a smile on his face that practically screamed ‘I won’ and I just knew.
It didn’t absolve what Webber had done—Jesus Christ, communication was important. Had he just told me that he needed time, that my dad was causing trouble, I’d have backed off. Let him figure it out.
But he hadn’t given me that option.
He’d gone straight for breaking my heart without an explanation, and that wasn’t something I could just forgive.
“Whatever are you talking about, daughter?” my father asked.
I gritted my teeth.
“What I’m talking about is that I was finally with someone, and happy. I was so happy, Dad. Then you had to ruin it because what? You don’t like him? You don’t like me happy? I seriously don’t know.”
“You were happy?” He laughed humorlessly. “You took my entire world away, Silver.”
I frowned. “What?”
“My wife!” he bellowed. “You took away my wife!”
I had no clue what he was talking about. “Dad, I didn’t take anyone away.”
