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lips look like a blowfish. I hated
the day my dad told me he was going to marry her and I have a
feeling I’m going to hate today even more.
    “ Dallas and I wanted you
all together today so we could tell you the good news.” I held my
breath and waited for the delivery.
    “ I’m pregnant!” Dallas
shouted, excited. I scrubbed my hands down my face while the rest
of my siblings sat there in silence. My dad cleared his throat when
no one said anything.
    “ Congrats daddy,” CiCi
said, breaking the silence.
    Colton jumped in next. “Congratulations to
the both of you.”
    “ Thank you
Colton.”
    “ Yeah dad, way to go. Now
she’ll finally have someone her own age to play with.” I stood up
from the table and watched as Candice and Cayden tried to hide
their smiles.
    “ Don’t you speak to her
like that. Sit down.”
    “ Honey, it’s fine.” The
she - witch patted
his hand before she placed it on her stomach.
    “ No, apologize to your
mother.”
    “ That thing is not my
mother and I’ll be damned if I’m going to apologize for telling the
truth.”
    “ Everyone out.” They all
stood and left, glad to not be the one under fire. Dad and Dallas
stayed put.
    “ Dad, you can save the
bullshit speech.”
    “ Dallas, will you excuse
us for a minute.” She managed to unhook her claws long enough to
leave my dad and me alone. “Sit.”
    “ I’d rather
stand.”
    “ Suit yourself.” He stood
and walked over to the bar to make himself a drink. He swirled the
brandy around the glass before he dug into me. “When are you going
to start taking responsibility for yourself? You sit and pass
judgment when you should take a look at yourself in the mirror. You
shame the Covington name. Out of respect you could have at least
worn a long sleeve shirt to cover those disgusting tattoos and that
hair. You couldn’t have gotten a haircut before you came for
dinner? Or were you too busy sleeping all day?”
    I crossed my arms letting him know he
couldn’t get to me. “Is that all you got? You want to take a stab
at my boots or let’s talk about how much you despise the fact that
I chose to live elsewhere so I don’t have to be constantly badgered
by you. Or hey, what about school?”
    “ Now that we’re on the
subject, have you signed up for your prerequisite
classes?”
    “ You never listen to a
thing I say, do you? I am not going to law school dad. I dropped
those classes two years ago and changed my major.”
    “ Why would you do
that?”
    “ Because I don’t want to
go to fucking law school! That’s what you want , and I’m not you.”
    “ Clearly.”
    “ You know what, I’m done.
I’m tired of having the same argument over and over again.” I
walked out without another word. My dad didn’t say anything nor did
he try to stop me. I headed out back to let Colton know I was ready
to leave. He and CiCi were running around the back yard with
Katalina. They had their arms spread wide pretending to be
airplanes.
    “ I’m sorry.” Candice
stepped over to my right. “I just panicked and it wasn’t your
fault.”
    “ It’s alright.” I threw my
arm over her shoulder and gave her a small squeeze.
    “ How bad was
it?”
    “ I don’t think I’ll be
coming back for anymore Sunday fundays.”
    “ Sunday funday?” she
arched a brow. I winked. “You’ll crush Kat if she doesn’t get to
see you. You do know you’re her favorite uncle.”
    “ Look, don’t play the
guilt trip on me. I can’t keep doing these weekly
beatings.”
    “ I know. Do you want me to
talk to him?”
    “ What’s the point? He
won’t change.”
    “ But maybe he
–”
    “ Don’t worry about it.” I
pulled her in for a hug before I said goodbye to Katalina and the
rest of my siblings. Then I stormed out with Colton rushing to keep
up with me.
    “ Where we going?” he
asked, knowing I needed to let off some steam.
    “ The bar,” I growled. He
took the keys knowing I was too angry to drive. I called Greyson on
the