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I looked over at the man sitting across from me. I didn't even recognize him anymore... This couldn't be the same man who I looked up to all these years... Do you know how many times I went home and prayed that Mr. Watson was my dad too? When we were kids he'd bring me and Lia to the park and buy us ice cream and fuck... When Lia turned 13, that's when everything changed... She swore she hated him and that he was purposefully trying ruin her life with his rules and shit...

I was jealous... Jealous when he would ground her! Jealous when he would make the boy she was going out with come to the door and he'd ask him all sorts of embarrassing questions. My papa never did that... As much as he tries to be a father to me, he was just too sick... too weak from the stroke and from losing my mother so quickly...

I wiped the tears in my eyes and looked back up at him... "I thought parents were suppose to love their kids no matter what?" I say under my breath.

"I really hope you think about what I've said." Bill said as he reached across the table and took my hand. I just stared down at the table... I should've pulled my hand back but I was spacing out a little...

"Said about what?" Lia's voice rings out. I lift my head up and Lia is standing in front of the table.

"Lia!" Bill says leaning back in his seat a little letting go of my hand.

"What are you doing here?" she laughs a little nervously looking at both of us.

"I had the day off today dear." Bill says smiling a little. "Elle and I were just catching up." He chuckles a little. "Why don't you join us?" Bill says sliding his cup over making room for her to sit. Lia looked at him and then at me. She gave me the same look she did when she stormed out on me last night... She was still pissed...

"I don't have anything to say to her." Lia said shrugging a little.

"What the fuck is your problem?" I say to her a little loud. Some people turn around and look at us. Bill reaches over and grabs my hand again.

"Hey." He scolds me.

"Don't you fucking touch me." I say pulling my hand away quickly. Bill sighs and sits back a little. Lia looks at me funny. I never talk to her dad like that... She does... but I never did.

"This is what I'm talking about Elle." She says folding her arms and looking down at me. "You're like a totally different person!" I was getting a headache...I started rubbing my temples a little.

"Lia I am not." I said softly shutting my eyes a little.

"You are to." She says a little softer. "And it's all because of him." I shake my head no.

"You don't know what you're talking about." I say biting down on my lip.

"Then tell me what's going on Elle." She says tapping her foot a little. I look up at Bill. He's giving me a hard stare, like he's warning me not to say anything. I look back down at the table.

"Uh, I'll leave you two girls alone." Bill says getting up. "Remember what I said now Elle." He says winking at me as he put his coat on. Lia gave him a funny look as he walked away.

"What was that all about?" Lia says sitting down.

"I don't know." I say refilling my cup again.

"Well, why were you having breakfast with my dad?" She says giving me a funny look now.

"Lia I..."I just shook my head at her. "wait what are you even doing here? I went to your house and your dad said you never even came home last night." Lia just shrugged. "Lia." I insisted.

"Oh so now were back to sharing secrets?" She says sarcastically. "I just came to get some take out...rough night you know." She laughs a little. I roll my eyes at her as she reads over the menu.

"Just tell me where you were." I sigh

"Oh so I cant have secrets to or what Elle... cause by my count were even." She says laughing a little.

"Lia, just tell me where you were." I groan.

"No" she says defiantly. I sigh. "Tell me what happened with Paul." She says tossing the menu back onto the table. I look down again.

"You know your dad already ordered." I said spotting the waitress heading towards us with a tray.

"Ugh an omelet?" She frowns as the lady puts the dish down.

The waitress laughs nervously. "Uh is this the right table?" She says looking over at Lia. "Cause you don't look like the gentleman who ordered this!" She says trying to be funny I guess. Lia and I just looked her blankly.

"No I'll eat it." Lia frowns. "I Uh just need some whipped cream please." She says as she squeezes some ketchup on top of the omelet. The waitress nods and walks away.

"You're not gonna put whipped cream on that are you?" I say as the waitress appears with a cup of it in her hand.
Lia nods and starts spooning it over the ketchup. "So where were you last night Lia?" I ask again watching her swirl the red ketchup into the cream. It was turning all pinkish now...

"You first." Lia shrugs. I cant believe she's gonna eat that shit. I stare down at my pancakes. Lia's waiting for me to answer her... Damn she's just not gonna let this go...

"Well I know you weren't with Bob." I say leaning forward a little. She looks up at sound of his name. "cause uh.. he came looking for you" I say tapping my nails on the table.

"He did?" She said softly.

"mm hmm." I say leaning back. Lia's expression had softened a little... I started eating my pancakes.

"Oh God Elle.... What am I going to do about him?" She sighed holding her fork up in the air.

"You really like him huh?" I say smiling a little.

"I tried to tell you that." She sighed. "I mean at first I was just doing it to get back at Ray, but then..." Lia looked off into the distance for a moment and her voice trailed off.

"Yeah I get it." I say as I continue to eat my pancakes. I didn't think I was gonna be able to eat anything... I mean I'm a little hung over and after hearing what Lia's dad had to say I was so sure there was no way I could eat... But these were like the best pancakes I had in a long time...

Yeah but I think I fucked it all up last night." Lia said frowning a little.

"What cause of what you said?" I ask and she doesn't answer.. doesn't shrug or nod or nothing. She just looked at me.

"Did you hook up with someone last night?" I ask her. Lia just took another bite of her disgusting egg mess and didn't answer. "Well?" I ask her.

"Did you know the liquor store burnt down?" She says after she swallows. I don't know if she's trying to change the subject or...fuck...Paul...

I take another bite of my pancakes and look down at my plate and don't say anything... Could she have been with Paul? I mean not with him, with him , but maybe she went to see him and he told her...

"How do you know that?" I say my voice cracking a little.

"He told me." She said pouring some more coffee into her dad's cup.

"Paul, told, you.." I was choking on the words.

Lia wrinkled her eyebrows at me. "No not Paul." She said scowling at his name like she always does..."Brutus." She said. The sound echoed through my body... I couldn't move, couldn't breathe, I felt the blood draining from my face.
I couldn't believe what she was saying...

There was no fucking way...


"You were with Brutus last night?"