time.
“Fine, I’ll drop it,” Katie sighed.
“Oh there’s this boy at school. He’s so annoying, mom. He thinks he’s soooo cool. Ugh!!! AND he thinks that he’s god’s gift to women. I mean really!!!” Katie tossed her hand in the air. “He bugged me most of the day, and then he wanted to walk me home. You should have seen his face when I shot him down. Ha!! It was priceless,” Katie laughed.
“That’s my girl. You’re too young to worry about boys right now,” Melanie smirked.
“You sound like Hannah’s dad. She told me he tells her the same thing,” Katie retorted.
“Must be a smart man,” Melanie chuckled. “Now eat. You’ve got homework to do, then bed young lady.”
“Yes, mom,” Katie sighed as she shoved another bite of food into her mouth.
The week passed by quickly for both mother and daughter. Katie had asked Hannah about coming over after school on Friday so they could work on their history project together. Hannah had agreed to meet Katie after school at the baseball field. You could see the parking lot easier from there. Melanie had agreed to pick the girls up. In addition to Hannah having soccer practice, her dad was not too keen on her riding the subway to Katie’s house.
“I’m glad your mom’s coming to get us,” Hannah told her. “My dad did not like the idea of me riding the subway. He’s afraid something might happen to me. I never get to go anywhere without a driver.”
“A driver?” Katie gasped.
“Yeah, my dad has a driver that brings me to school everyday. Usually my dad picks me up, but today I have you,” she shrugged.
Katie sat in quiet contemplation, Sam had said that Hannah’s dad was loaded but she had no idea how truly loaded he was.
“Yeah, I know what you mean. My mom never let me ride the subway in New York. She said it was too dangerous, but she doesn’t seem to have a problem with it here,” Katie laughed. “I think she’s just glad that she doesn’t have to drive me around anymore.”
Just then a dark silver F150 pulled into the parking lot. Hannah groaned, “Seriously,” and shook her head.
“What?” Katie looked at her with confusion on her face.
“That,” Hannah pointed at the truck, “is my dad’s truck. He only drives it when he’s been out checking on a job. I’m sure he’s here to check up on me. Make sure I’m going where I said I was.”
When the truck came to a stop a few feet away, the girls rose to their feet and waited. The door opened and man climbed out. He was tall, about six feet from what Katie could tell. He had sandy brown hair that kind of flopped over his brow, bright blue eyes, with a slight amount of scruff on his jaw, and a beautiful sun kissed tan. He was wearing a grey suit with a white button down shirt and a dark gray tie. He stuffed his hands in his pockets as he walked in the direction of the girls.
“Hey dad,” Hannah groaned. “What are you doing here?”
“Nice to see you too, honey,” he smirked at her. “I came to meet these people you’re going home with today. I happened to be in the area checking on the progress of a current project,” he shrugged.
“Happened to be in the area? Sure thing dad,” she rolled her eyes. “This is Katie.” She waved her arm in Katie’s direction. “Her mom should be here any minute to pick us up.”
Turning toward Katie, she continued, “This is my dad, Austin Montgomery.”
“Nice to meet you sir,” Katie reached out to shake his hand.
Just then the girls saw Melanie’s BMW pull into the parking lot beside the ball fields.
“She’s here,” Katie pointed to the sleek black car.
“Don’t embarrass me dad,” Hannah pleaded.
“When have I ever done that?” Austin chuckled.
Melanie emerged from the car dressed in a pair of blue scrubs with her hair blowing in the breeze behind her. Austin stood frozen in place. Hannah turned and smirked at Katie.
“Look,” she pointed her thumb at her dad.