Aqua - Christmas in New York City (Aqua Romance Travel Series)

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Author: Amanda S. Jones
anything during the exchange and her voice was strained.
    Foster didn’t even look in her direction and simply raised a hand toward her in a dismissive gesture and kept talking at Harry. “What do you know about real life?”
    “I know it should be filled with love, not a child eating peanut butter sandwiches for lunch and supper so she doesn’t have to crawl back to her father for anything.” The chair screeched as Harry stood up. “One thing I know for certain. No one dismisses Cassandra this way in my presence.”
    “Well I’m not apologizing, if that’s what you want.”
    “We want you to have a presence in our life, but not when you treat Cassandra like this.”
    Foster leaned in with a fake smile and sneered. “So this is how you work. Set limits on my daughter’s life.”
    “I’m trying to preserve what’s left of your relationship.”
    “It was fine until you came into my daughter’s life by storm. Now you’re trying to sever her family ties.”
    “From what I understand, they were severed long ago.”
    Foster turned a brooding lower lip toward Casey. “You think this is what your mother would have wanted?”
    It always ended up at this point. Her mother . He still blamed Casey for her death, because she was the only one he could blame rather than accepting the fact that she had simply died of cancer.
    “You’re not welcome here.” It happened so fast, that Casey couldn’t even stop her words.  
    Foster ignored the comment and changed the subject. “Casey often talked about her bowel movements when we were potty training her. Your mother always said we should keep table talk pleasant.” He had tried for a twinge of nostalgia but it was met with silence. He looked to both sides of the table for someone to agree with him but Harry’s mouth had fallen wide open and Casey was turned away, her fists bunched around her utensils.
    Foster got up slowly and left the table. Harry and Casey just stared at each other, and only moved from the table once they heard the front door close.
    Casey snatched the gravy and poured it liberally over the mashed potatoes. “That was a memorable meal.”
    Harry still wasn’t sure what to say but the last thing he thought of was eating. “Well, it’s your father.”
    Casey built a wall with her potatoes to contain the gravy. Then she lifted one forkful into the sauce, and placed it in her mouth. “You could have made it easier with my dad tonight.”
    “He was very disrespectful to you.”
    “Huh! He always is.”
    “I won’t let anyone treat you that way.”
    She waved her fork around. “I can take care of myself.”
    “I know, but Cassandra, now you have someone looking out for you.”
    “You made the evening very awkward.”
    “So you’d rather spend the time in a charade?”  
    “No, just have a nice Christmas.”
    “Cassandra, did you ever think that I was uncomfortable?”
    She had never thought of that and was quiet for a moment. “Sorry.”
    “I was uncomfortable because of how he treated you, not me. I’ve dealt with my share of jerks in business.”
    “I put up with your father. All his condescending remarks about English not being real work. That economics is important, not the arts and writing.”
    “He’s just angry because I’m studying.”
    “But you just took it from him! He was outright criticizing your mom. Even your studies and you let him just walk all over you.”
    “I didn’t want to cause a scene and make you feel uncomfortable.”
    “Unlike what I did.”
    Harry just shrugged.
    “You had no right to tell him my private story.”
    “He didn’t know how you survived in university?”
    “No!”
    “He should. He was a jerk.”
    “It’s up to me to tell, not you.” Casey felt a raw disgrace rising up in her and she got up and looked out the window. Her father’s car was still parked on the road and she thought she could see him sitting in the seat. She was filled with regret and walked toward the
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