The talk
1532 Words
Leah’s
P.O.V
“Hey dad, are you at the station?”
“Hi honey yes I am, is something wrong?”
“Er… no not really .”
“Then what’s wrong Leah bear?”
“Think you could let me see Emmett?”
“Uhm.. sure but it has to be quick, I’ll come pick you up.”
“No dad that’s okay, a friend of Emmett is here I’ll ask him to bring me by.”
“Okay honey when you get here give me a call I’ll meet you outside.”
“Okay dad see you soon.”
“See you honey.”
“Sorry I didn’t even ask, will you give me a ride?”
“Of course we will.”
“I’ll just got change.”
I went to my room to change when someone knocked on my door.
“Who is it?”
“It’s Anastasia can I come inside?”
“Yeah sure.”
“I thought you might want some help.”
“Oh uhm I’ll be okay.”
“You sure?”
I smile at her she seems like a really nice girl.
“Yes I’m sure.”
I grab a white crop top and a pair of skinny Jean white my white chucks, first time for everything right, I had some clothes stashed away for when I felt confident enough to get rid of those baggy clothes and I decided that from today no more baggy close.
I left my hair loose, I wasn’t a make up girl so I just applied some lipgloss and I stepped out of the bathroom.
“Wow Leah you look amazing, i alway knew you were hiding something underneath those big clothes you alway wore. This suits you much better.”
Anastasia said
I blushed, no one had ever commented on my appearance.
“Thank you it means a lot to me.”
“My pleasure now come on let get moving.”
When we came back down Shaun gave me that same look he gave me when I opened the door for them but this time his eyes nearly popped out of their sockets.
“Wow Leah. You clean up nice!”
“Thank you. Can we go now you are making me feel awkward”
“Yeah sure let’s go”
I’m nervous as hell but I need to tell him what’s going on in my head, I call dad to let him know I’m outside.
Within second his outside, dad guides me to a room in the far end of the station and I stop right outside the door.
“Is he inside?”
“Yip told him I had some more questions, don’t worry I won’t be listening in, this is a old interrogation room so no cameras. Just don’t do any weird things okay, ten minutes and I’ll be back.”
“Don’t be silly dad I laugh at his dumb joke, thanks dad”
“My pleasure kiddo now hurry up before we get caught.”
Dad rushes off and I’m still as nervous as hell maybe even more, opening the door I step inside and shut it behind me but I don’t turn back around yet.
“I’m waiting for detective Lockwood ma’am”
I hear him say
I turn around to face him and he goes completely quiet, frozen maybe.
“Leah?”
The shock on his face speaks a thousand words
“Look, I’m sorry about your mom and what your dad taught you but you had no right! Do you have any idea what you did impacted on my life? How I sat in my bed crying? How much I hated school? How you stripped away my dignity, I couldn’t stand to look at myself in the mirror! To ashamed to face the girl that stared back at me. What you did to me made me a shell of the little girl I used to be before I moved here”
Tears rolling down his face his tries to say something but I’m not done, in fact I’m far from it.
“I hated every moment of my life because of you, I lost out on so much because I didn’t feel worthy enough, the fear I felt every time I saw you, finding the need to hide in the girls bathroom just so that you don’t find me and humiliate me in front of the whole school.”
“Say some thing you damn fool!”
“Leah I..
Someone knocked on the door before he could finish the dad popped his head in.
“Times up honey”
I walked out without saying anything to dad or Emmett, he didn’t even say anything to me just looked at me like a had grown another head! Well I kind of interrupted him but still he could have tried harder.
The drive home was mostly quiet, i on the other hand was fuming, how could Shaun and Anastasia say he loved me? If he didn’t wouldn’t he try harder to make me know that? Love my damn ass he enjoyed breaking me down all these years.
But that didn’t stop what I felt though even when he treated me the way he did I still felt a whole lot for him and I worried what would happen to him now.
As soon as dad dropped me off at home I got in the shower, dad had to leave again for work. Spring break and I have absolutely nothing to do with myself f**k you Emmett I have no friends because of you.
After I was done with my shower, I decided to make something to eat for myself and dad. I’m a great cook if I have to say so myself, I’ll make dad’s favourite steak and potatoes.
My phone rang as I was about to put the steak on the grill,
“Hi dad.”
“Hi baby, you okay?”
“Yip cooking dinner so don’t buy anything.”
“Wow I missed your cooking, how are you feeling? How’s your eyes?”
“I feel better, my eyes blur from time to time and I still have to get used to the contact lenses but other then that everything is fine.”
“I’m glad listen, I don’t know what you and Emmett spoke about but he asked me to pass a letter on to you. I haven’t opened it all I want is for you to just know that I’m here for you.”
“Dad I’ll be okay, how’s the case going?”
“Okay, I’ll talk to you when I get home”
That’s code for I can’t talk about that now
“Okay dad see you later.”
“Do you want me to bring anything home from the store? I’ll be off work in an hour.”
“Nope it’s okay, see you in an hour dad”
“I love you Leah bear”
“Love you too papa bear.”
Emmett wrote me a letter, I wonder what it’s about. I guess I’ll just have to wait and see.
Emmett
P.O.V
Seeing Leah again took my breathe away, she had always been beautiful to me but today she looked breathtaking, i hurt her so much. I could see it in her eyes and hear it in her voice, I f****d up big time.
Everything she said was exactly the opposite of what I wanted her to feel but I couldn’t bring myself to say something, my damn heart sat in my f*****g throat because of her beauty.
No matter what I have to do I’ll make this right, I love this girl and I won’t give up on making this wrong right, though if she didn’t want me in her life I’ll be crushed but I’d never force her to do anything she didn’t want to do anymore.
So I wrote her a letter and gave it to her dad, hopefully he won’t read it and I’d still live another day.
“Hey son you ready to go?”
Mr Lockwood asked
“I guess I don’t have much of a choice sir, could you give this to Leah for me?”
“Er yeah sure, have you told her?”
“No sir I couldn’t bring myself to, that’s why I wrote this for her.”
“I’ll make sure she gets it”
Just then the military men stepped into the room, for what I have done mom thought it best if I joined the military also all the men in her family was apart of the military and my grandmother’s will states that in order for me to receive the money she left for me I am to join the military for three years.
I didn’t want to go money wasn’t what I was after, I was hoping that this would make me the man Leah deserved.
“Alright son, everything will be okay. See you in a while Emmett.”
Mr Lockwood said
“Take care of her for me, tell her I’ll come for her”
“Of course son.”
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