Chapter 28. A Part of Him

The call from her dad had come in just when she had let her mind dwell on her situation again. She had promised herself to put it off her mind and just do what she had to do. She had set things in motion already, and everything will all come out in the open pretty soon.

But she had been unable to prevent her mind from snagging on a thought that afternoon and holding on. Could she have pretended it? Could it all be her fault? Was she not enough?

His call came in at the right moment to distract her. She had been taking a much-needed break between her meetings then.

“Hey, dad”

“Hey, sweetheart. You don’t sound so good. Are you alright?” her dad had asked instantly. Worry was evident in his voice.

There was a time Reyona wouldn’t have cared if he was jumping hoops in front of her, but now? She had long come to accept that she probably did not just understand her parents truly. Grams was rarely wrong after all.

After she had put his mind to rest, they discuss