Belong To You: Acquainted Series BOOK II
At a very young age Alice Fox lost her mother and with no father or family around she was adopted and taken care of. Now she attends Calvary University-one of the best Ivy leagues schools there is. Her bigge...
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present
This moment played very differently in my head. For starters, I didn't plan to be the one to reveal such big news like this to my girlfriends long lost family. Now I'm standing here, watching Lori as her eyes water and she stares at me in complete confusion.
The grumpy woman from behind the desk is also staring at me as if I had pulled a gun out at them or something.
I clear my throat and open my mouth but no words come out.
Finally, Lori let's out a calming breath and tears roll down her face. "You're Alice's boyfriend?" She asks in a very slow and quiet way.
I nod. "Sorry that I blurted it out that way."
I like the way she said Alice's name though. Like only when she mentioned her name, she sounded tender.
My phone vibrates in my pocket, startling me. I don't need to check it to see who it is. I've been in here for like fifteen minutes—which seem like hours—so I know it's Alice checking in on me.
Alice: Everything ok??
Me: Yeah. Be right there.
I quickly shoot her a text back and return my attention to Lori who is still looking at me weird.
"Look, again, I'm sorry. But this is very important to Alice. She's wanting to contact her father and I—"
"Is she here?" Lori interrupts me, and her lip trembles.
Her question throws me off my word path and my silence tells her exactly what my words don't.
Lori let's out a harsh breath. "Oh my God! She is!" She cries some more and places a hand over her stomach, like she's in pain. And I'm glad that her reaction seems genuine. That right there looks like a good sign. "I wanna see her." She tries to walk past me but I step in front not letting her by.
Holding my arm out to stop her, I say. "Alice has been through alot. I don't know what all you guys know... and she's strong and very independent, but this can break her so please," I beg. "Don't hurt her."
Like I said, this isn't my place. But as her best friend and now boyfriend—it is my place to protect her. Now I may not have known her mother or lived any of that life with Alice but I did live the teen and now adult life. I met the Alice that had already lost her parents. The girl who hid everything underneath her mean girl persona so no one could get close to her. I broke that wall. But before that, I fell in love with her. So, yeah, I feel very protective over her peace.
Lori sighs. "I would never hurt her. I'm not sure what her mother has said but we always loved Alice and wanted to be part of her life."
Guilt crawls up my spine when I hear her mom being mentioned. We live in the 21st century though, how did they not look her up?
