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I grinned, “Hey dad. Am I disrupting a meeting?”
“No. Even if I was in meeting, you know you’d never be a disturbance.” He was a good father.
“Dad,” I hesitated for a second, “I’m calling because I need a favor.” I was doing this for Sedona.
His voice did not waver, “Sure, son. Whatever it is, you know my answer is ‘yes’. As long as it’s legal.”
“I was wondering if you could buy a company for me.” Breath rushed through me.
“What company?”
“It’s actually a website.”
“What’s the name?”
“Chatty Pepper.”
“That’s a shitty name.”
I laughed, he was right.Shitty name. Shitty site. I mustered up the bravado to continue, “So can you?”
“I’ll get Dave on it.” Dave was our family lawyer.
No questions asked. I knew my family was wealthy. My dad’s company has ranked in the Top 5 Wealthiest Companies in the United States for 10 years running now. He was a respected businessman across the globe. He had very little time to spare, but he never failed to let me know that I was his son. I was important to him. Whatever he could give me, he would.
“Son, what do you want me to do once it’s bought?”
“Put it out of commission,” my voice was hard.
“Interesting,” he paused for a breath and asked, “Does this have anything to do with the fact that your girlfriend does not like being photographed?”
Shock made me unable to speak. How did he know?
He proceeded, “Just because we don’t talk about these things doesn’t mean I have no idea what’s going on. Ms. Kearnes keeps me updated. Your girlfriend’s a very pretty girl, by the way. Your mom and I would love to meet her,” his voice now held a teasing quality.
“Dad, you’ll meet her.” I muttered, “Yeah, the site keeps taking pictures of her and it’s really bugging her.”
“Son,” he started, “You must really like this girl.”
There was no point in hiding that fact, “I do.”
“I will buy this site for you. There’s no problem with that, but I want you to think about this. What if another site posts pictures of her? Or she gets on the news because you’re associated with her. What would you do then?”
I was at an impasse. My dad had valid points.
“What do you suggest, dad?”
“I think, son, you need to show to everyone that whatever stuff they post of her or of you, it doesn’t matter to you. Tackle this head on. Show them that you guys are young and free and happy. Trust me, news come and go. Eventually, they’ll leave you alone.”
How I wished for his words to come true.
Sedona
“My boy really likes you.” Xavier’s voice interrupted my blatant perusal of my extremely attractive boyfriend, who had just arrived. He waved his hand at me while he stopped to talk to a bunch of guys by the entrance of this restaurant.
It was our thing now. Thursday and Friday nights were ‘out with our friends’ night. There were times when I hung out with just the girls. At other times it was with Zander and his friends. Sometimes, both.
I smiled at Xavier, “It’s a good thing I really like your boy then.”
