face to get his attention. “I really don’t think that’s any of your business.”
His little rat eyes narrow until they almost disappear into his ugly rat face. The guy is so angry I can actually feel the heat being released from his body. Did he think Abby was just supposed to wait around while he had his fun at college and then be thankful for the scraps when he came home on his breaks and felt like fucking her?
“I’ll always be Sadie’s father,” he barks.
When I laugh in his face he turns red with rage. I can actually see the veins in his neck bulge.
“You have no idea what it means to be a father,” I bite back. “If you really cared about Sadie you wouldn’t have run off to Yale to go to college. You could stayed here and gone to UCLA or USC and actually helped to raise your daughter. If you had stepped up to the plate and shared the responsibility of taking care of Sadie, Abby probably could have gone to college too.”
His mouth is now gaping, and I’m not even close to being done with the asshole.
“She said she didn’t want to go to college,” he mutters.
“For a guy who is supposed to be so smart, are you that stupid?”
He starts to blink really fast, like he’s confused.
“Every time she talks about college she sounds like she’s talking about the best ice cream in the world that she’s been craving for years, but just can’t have. Of course she wants to go to college. She just doesn’t know how to make the dream a reality because you bailed on her and she has to raise your daughter on her own.”
“You’ll never be Sadie’s father.”
I really want to slap the smug look off the guy’s face, but I decide to hit him with words instead. It’s time for the final blow. “You’re right. I wasn’t the sperm donor. But I’m here now, which is more than I can say for you. I never knew my biological father. He took off and I was raised by my step-dad. He’s the one I call my father, not my sperm donor. I’m not going to lie and say that my step-dad was the best parent in the world, but he never abandoned me. He was right there with my mom every step of the way. I consider him a real man, which is more than I can say for you.”
All of the color has drained out of Dex’s face. He looks like a ghost. He swallows before he says, “Maybe I’d better go.”
“Do what you do best,” I tell him just to kick him when he’s down.
He doesn’t say anything else. He just turns and walks out the door.
Abby is quiet for a few really long moments. Then she puts her arms around me and gives me a big hug.
“I had no idea…”
“You don’t have to say anything.”
“Dex is kind of a jerk, isn’t he?”
“The guy is seriously diluted .”
She raises an eyebrow. “ Delusional ?
“Exactly.”
“Did you really mean everything you said to him?”
“Every word.”
“I can’t make Dex something he’s not and probably never will be. I guess I just realized that.”
“I know it’s not an easy pill to swallow. For years I thought my bio dad would come back for me. I think I was ten before I finally accepted the fact that he was never coming back and that he really didn’t care about me.”
“Do you ever think about him?”
I shrug. “Sometimes. It’s more curiosity than anything else. I found him on Facebook. He sells insurance in San Jose.”
“Did you ever think about contacting him?”
“Nope. I figured if he wanted me in his life he’d figure out a way to find me.”
“What are your mom and step-dad like?” she asks.
I give her a quick kiss. “You sure have a lot of questions.”
“I don’t mean to grill you.”
“It’s okay. I don’t mind. I guess I’m just not used to it.”
“No girls have asked you stuff about yourself before?”
I shake my head. “No. Definitely not. Should we use your condoms or mine has been the extent of my conversations with women.”
She places her hand on my face. “That’s sad.”
“It is what it is,”
His little rat eyes narrow until they almost disappear into his ugly rat face. The guy is so angry I can actually feel the heat being released from his body. Did he think Abby was just supposed to wait around while he had his fun at college and then be thankful for the scraps when he came home on his breaks and felt like fucking her?
“I’ll always be Sadie’s father,” he barks.
When I laugh in his face he turns red with rage. I can actually see the veins in his neck bulge.
“You have no idea what it means to be a father,” I bite back. “If you really cared about Sadie you wouldn’t have run off to Yale to go to college. You could stayed here and gone to UCLA or USC and actually helped to raise your daughter. If you had stepped up to the plate and shared the responsibility of taking care of Sadie, Abby probably could have gone to college too.”
His mouth is now gaping, and I’m not even close to being done with the asshole.
“She said she didn’t want to go to college,” he mutters.
“For a guy who is supposed to be so smart, are you that stupid?”
He starts to blink really fast, like he’s confused.
“Every time she talks about college she sounds like she’s talking about the best ice cream in the world that she’s been craving for years, but just can’t have. Of course she wants to go to college. She just doesn’t know how to make the dream a reality because you bailed on her and she has to raise your daughter on her own.”
“You’ll never be Sadie’s father.”
I really want to slap the smug look off the guy’s face, but I decide to hit him with words instead. It’s time for the final blow. “You’re right. I wasn’t the sperm donor. But I’m here now, which is more than I can say for you. I never knew my biological father. He took off and I was raised by my step-dad. He’s the one I call my father, not my sperm donor. I’m not going to lie and say that my step-dad was the best parent in the world, but he never abandoned me. He was right there with my mom every step of the way. I consider him a real man, which is more than I can say for you.”
All of the color has drained out of Dex’s face. He looks like a ghost. He swallows before he says, “Maybe I’d better go.”
“Do what you do best,” I tell him just to kick him when he’s down.
He doesn’t say anything else. He just turns and walks out the door.
Abby is quiet for a few really long moments. Then she puts her arms around me and gives me a big hug.
“I had no idea…”
“You don’t have to say anything.”
“Dex is kind of a jerk, isn’t he?”
“The guy is seriously diluted .”
She raises an eyebrow. “ Delusional ?
“Exactly.”
“Did you really mean everything you said to him?”
“Every word.”
“I can’t make Dex something he’s not and probably never will be. I guess I just realized that.”
“I know it’s not an easy pill to swallow. For years I thought my bio dad would come back for me. I think I was ten before I finally accepted the fact that he was never coming back and that he really didn’t care about me.”
“Do you ever think about him?”
I shrug. “Sometimes. It’s more curiosity than anything else. I found him on Facebook. He sells insurance in San Jose.”
“Did you ever think about contacting him?”
“Nope. I figured if he wanted me in his life he’d figure out a way to find me.”
“What are your mom and step-dad like?” she asks.
I give her a quick kiss. “You sure have a lot of questions.”
“I don’t mean to grill you.”
“It’s okay. I don’t mind. I guess I’m just not used to it.”
“No girls have asked you stuff about yourself before?”
I shake my head. “No. Definitely not. Should we use your condoms or mine has been the extent of my conversations with women.”
She places her hand on my face. “That’s sad.”
“It is what it is,”
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