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"You two have been the best of friends!" Abbott was starting to sound impatient. He had not expected this outcome. He'd expected her to blush, to be upset, to laugh, to be angry, but not this.
"No! Yes, but...no, dad! Oh my god, that's just—"
"—a perfect match?" His voice raised more than he intended.
"No, daddy! Do you have any idea what you sound like?"
Abbott paused, breathed, and looked at her as if seeing her for the first time. "Do you like someone else?"
He saw as the corner of her mouth twitched, and she blinked twice with the word, "No."
"You're lying to me." His teeth gritted.
"Daddy—"
Her phone rang, cutting her mid-sentence. She pulled it out of her pant pocket, saw the caller's ID, hung it up, and looked up at him.
She said, "My friend is calling. Sorry, dad, I gotta go."
"Your friend?" His stare kept her rooted at the spot.
She looked down and then up again, gulping. "Yeah."
"So, this is it?" His eyes hurt and he realized that he'd been glaring at his daughter.
"Dad, I need to go."
He knew that she just wanted to get out of the argument, but it infuriated him. He breathed to calm himself. "No."
"Dad?"
"I don't approve of your friend."
She looked up, her eyes red. "I don't know what to do with this information."
"You decide after you realize what it's worth."
She shook her head. "That's unfair! You have to give me a chance. You have to listen."
"The way you're listening to me?"
"Please." She hiccupped and looked down, a few tears falling. It brought him back to his senses.
He sighed, hating himself, and softly called, "Giselle." She looked up. "It's okay."
Her eyes went wide. "Will you meet him?"
His jaw hardened again. "I will consider it."
She moved forward to hug him, but he put his hand up, rejecting her. She stopped, and her jaw wobbled.
He continued, "If I don't like him, you will not have a choice."
Her brows merged. "What do you mean?"
"I will meet him. I promise I won't be biased. But if I don't like that boy for you, you will have to agree to my choice."
She gaped. "Will you force me?"
