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He finally looked at her, back at us. “You have one minute,” he barked, slamming the door closed, sucking all the air from my lungs.
“Luna.”
I ignored Zach and slid off his lap. Quickly slipping into a black dress, I turned away from him. “Zip me up?”
“Of course,” he murmured, stepping up behind me. His fingers grazed up my spine as he did up the zipper. “Luna, we need to talk about this.”
“I—” The door opened again, revealing— “Okay, I’ve had enough of this shit.” I spun on my father. Thankfully Mom was standing behind him. She mouthed asorrybut seeing her gave me all the courage I needed to continue. “Daddy, I love you but you’re being unreasonable. I’m not a child.”
“I come in here and find you naked with him,” he bit out through clenched teeth.
“I wasn’t naked, and haven’t you ever heard of knocking?” I threw back at him. “I’m also a damn adult. Do you remember the conversation we had when I was a little girl? How you told me that you wanted me to be happy? How you couldn’t wait for the day to see your little girl grow up into the woman you hoped I could be. You also told me that you wished mom could see me because you were so damn proud of me.”
Dad looked away.
“Do you remember that?” I demanded. “I asked you a question,” I cried, stomping my foot.
“Yes.” His eyes shot to mine. “Yes, I remember that.”
“Well Iamhappy.Hemakes me happy,” I said thrusting my arm out in Zach’s direction.
“Piccola,” my father said gently.
“No.” I raised a hand. “I’m done. Either you support us or you don’t, but I’m sick of you invading my space.” I stepped up to Zach and stood in front of him. “I don’t know what you’re thinking but Zach won’t hurt me. You’re not going to lose me like you lost Mom.”
He flinched.
“She’s right, Stone,” my stepmom said gently. “You know she’s right.”
He looked back at her before glancing our way.
“I want to ask you a question,” Zach finally said amidst all of this chaos. “If I was anyone else, would you approve of this?”
“Yes,” my dad blurted.
I gasped.
Zach stood there, stock-still but no emotion displayed on his face.
“Stone.” Mom shook her head, her eyes wide.
I swallowed hard. “So you will never approve of this,” I said, even though I already knew the answer.
“No.” Dad turned around and left my room.
“Luna. I had no idea. I’ll talk to him. This isn’t right.” Mom gave me a quick hug. “I like you for her,” she told Zach. “And I know Stone can be difficult. I don’t know what his deal is, but I’ll get it out of him.” She touched his arm, giving it a gentle squeeze then rushed out of my room.
Once Zach and I were alone, I made my way to the door and quietly closed it. Turning around, I leaned against it and let out a slow breath.
Zach’s eyes met mine from across the room.
I looked away. I couldn’t handle seeing the pain etched on his face. Or the questions hidden behind his eyes. I didn’t know what to do.
Warm, strong arms wrapped around me.
A soft sob escaped me. I latched on to Zach, pulling him hard against me. “I…”
“Shhh…” He held me, rubbing his hand in circles on my upper back. “I love you, Luna,” he said.
