Roommates Turned Lovers

Chapter 20

"Why yes, it is Mr. Layzer," Aili replied stoically, "it is a pleasure to meet you," she added as I bit my lip.

          "Who is this beautiful woman working with you? It amazes me how she stood up for you two as well as women around the world," he asked. As he asked this, he glanced at me as I started bagging his two liters of Mountain Dew.

          "Why that's your daughter," Aili said as I glance in her direction since her voice held some irritation.

          "That's my daughter," he asked, shocked as Aili nodded, "I thought I taught her better than that."

          "Well, hello to you too, dad," I said, finally looking up at him, "thanks for the compliment."

          He looked at me stunned, "You are so much like your mother," he mumbled as I gritted my teeth

.          "What," Aili began, "just as successful as her as she is already with her soulmate because she isn't a jerk to anyone. Or do you mean in another rude way," she asked, scanning the last item

.          My father blinked, "So she failed to tell you how lazy she is in her own home," he asked her

.          "At least she has her own home," Aili shot back as I bit my lip, "from what I hear, you're still living with your parents."

          "So, you've got her defending you," he asked, "very much like your mother," he added, and that's when I had enough

.          "Maybe that's because I'm on the job, and I don't want to say things that'll get me fired. I am proud to be like my mother, and I am happy when she helps me stand up for myself even when I'm trying to think of the right things to say," I shot back to him. "When I told you about her, you thought she was the best person ever, but now that she's my soulmate, you think she's the worst? I hope you have a good day, father," I finished handing him his groceries. I avoided his gaze as he grabbed his groceries and left. I sighed as the next customer came up. "Is this day done yet," I asked Aili after that customer left

          "Soon but not yet," she said, "you did a good job handling your father," she said as Ginger came walking up.

          "Turn off your register light," he ordered with a grunt, and Aili did as she was told as he blocked off the lane. "What's the history between you and your father," he asked me once he returned to us, and I sighed once more.

          "He's abusive towards women," I began, "he's like that last man that Aili and I stood up against. I don't do well when he does that to me because he attacks my mother whenever my dad associates me with her, and he goes personal."

          "What was the hate towards Allison," Ginger asked as Aili watched, "you mentioned that he loved her, but now he hates her. What do you mean by that?"

          My lips thinned into a line, "As you may already know, Allison and I are roommates at our college. I would talk to many people about her because she's both an amazing person and roommate to be around. As much as I was talking to him about her, he wanted to meet her, but now that she and I are soulmates, he doesn't like her because he quite possibly thinks that she changed my mind to force me to be her soulmate. It is against his family's religion to date the same gender. They believe that I can't make up my own mind since it aligns so well with my mother's," I finished explaining, and he nodded.

          "I'll try to keep him out when you two are working," Ginger said with a grunt, "considering how close it is until your shift is to end, I will end it early so the both of you can calm down. I believe it's a good idea to have you two as a team to not only see if the both of you are okay but also to see how much you put people in their place," he said with a sigh. "I hope you two have a good rest of your day and get some rest tomorrow. You'll need it for the next few days to come."