FOREVER YOURS

Chapter 26

Taking a deep breath I answer the call."Hello, daddy."

"Hello, sweetie." He answers. "I'm sincerely sorry for missing all your calls. Work has been keeping me busy."

"So I've heard." I mutter under breath. I clear my throat before saying, "It's okay. I understand."

I hear him sigh and the sound of papers being moved in the background. "I actually wanted to inform you on something, Angela." He says.

I straighten my back before saying, "I'm listening."

"We would have to extend your stay in Italy for a while longer." He says and I can hear the displeasure in his voice about this arrangement.

"I still have to talk to Elijah about this but I'm sure he wouldn't mind having you stay there." He grumbles and I can just imagine the angry expression on his face.

"Why would I have to stay here?" I finally ask.  Not that I have a problem with staying.

"Work related reasons. My men are moving in and out of the house daily and I don't want you being here while everything and everyone is all over the place."

"Work related reasons?"I narrow my eyes in suspicion. The men that worked for my father would always move in and out of the house and my father never really had a problem with that because they were trusted and the most loyal. So I doubt that would be the real reason why he wouldn't want me to come home yet.

"What's really going on, father?" I managed to ask him.

He stays quiet for a moment before answering. "It's nothing you should wor-"

"Don't tell me that it's nothing I should worry about! Seriously, why can't you just be honest with me and tell me?" I say tiredly. "Don't you trust me? Is that it?"

"No-" I cut him off again.

"Then tell me the truth! I promise I won't interfere. Just tell me what's going on!"

He took a deep breath before saying, "I don't like the way you're talking to me, Angela." His soft voice gone and replaced with a warning tone. "If you can't respect me and the decisions I make, I'll bring you back here and not let you set your foot outside your room or this house again."

I suck in a sharp breath. "You wouldn't do-" I was cut of by something being thrown and breaking in the background.

He releases a frustrated breath before saying. "No I wouldn't do that, Angela." His voice softening again. "I'm sorry, sweetie. I'm just so...so frustrated with everything. I need everything to work out and make sure everything goes as planned." At this point he just sounds tired.

My father always wants to be in control. He always wants to make sure that everything is running smoothly and the way he wants things to go. The moment something falls out of place, he would break. He doesn't stop until it's fixed. And personally, I think it's unhealthy because he doesn't always seek for help.

So if my brothers are as busy as he is, that only means something major has happened, or something out of my father's control has made him this restless and frustrated. 

"I miss you dearly..." He whispers, pulling me out of my thoughts.

The back of my eyes burn as I think of the last time I saw my father.

On my birthday.

"I miss you too, daddy."

I hear one of my brothers calling after my father, sounding urgent. My father sighs before saying. "I have to go, I'll call you soon, Angela." He says.