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“Abby, I’ll be calm, but I want to ask him when it happened that he became his father.”
With that Cal walked away from me.
“Oh shit, this isn’t good,” Rhonda declared, and I had to agree. That would spark Aiden’s anger even more.
We followed Cal out of the bathroom. Me wiping tears on my sleeve as I went. In the kitchen, Cal found Aiden and Luke talking to Mr. Cooper. He looked at his son as he entered the kitchen and knew how upset he was.
“Aiden,” Cal said his name.
He turned away from Dan Cooper and faced his friend. I stopped behind him and placed my hand on his back. I didn’t want him to do anything. I hoped that by touching Cal I could keep him calm.
Aiden crossed his arms in front of him. He waited for Cal to say his piece.
“I just have one thing to ask.”
“So, what is it?” Aiden was cocky and somewhat bored right now.
“When did you become your dad?”
Aiden didn’t like it one bit that that Cal was comparing him to his father. Mr. Cooper was leaning against the counter. He pulled himself away and stepped towards the two boys. “What’s this about?” He asked his son.
“For weeks, my friend
has been bullying my girlfriend.”
Aiden snorted.
“Last night he took it one step further and started pushing her around. He hit her with apples and left marks on her that I saw with my own eyes, Dad.” Cal glared at Aiden. “She’s bruised Aiden.” Cal turned to his dad. “Dad, apparently, Aiden wants to be like his father.”
“That’s enough,” Aiden shouted. “I’m nothing like him.”
“Oh really? Sounds to me like you’re are. Hurting Abby is something your old man would do.”
“I wasn’t. I didn’t.” He was frustrated by Cal’s words. “I’m going home.”
“Maybe you should.”
He stopped by me glaring at me long and hard then he walked on by me and headed out the front door letting it slam shut in his wake.
Dana Cooper stepped around Cal. “Abby, are you okay?” She asked.
I couldn’t speak. I was afraid my voice wouldn’t let me. I nodded. She asked to see what Aiden had done. I turned and lifted my shirt knowing I was showing my bra to my boyfriend again and his father.
Dana’s cool fingers traced across my skin where the deepest bruise was to the right of my shoulder blade. Another less noticeable one but still turning purple was on my shoulder.
“I’m so sorry Abby. Aiden is troubled.” She pulled my shirt down and turned me around. “Will your dress hide those?”
“Yes,” I replied.
“I can’t wait to see you in it,” Dana told me. She kissed my forehead and informed us that breakfast was ready. “Luke are you staying?”
“I’d like to.”
Cal turned to Luke. “I want you to apologize to her.”
He kicked his shoe around on the tile floor. “I didn’t really do anything. Most of it was Aiden. He was the most pissed off at her.”
Dana was heading towards the dining room carrying a bowl of scrambled eggs. She stopped and frowned at him. “Language.”
