His Eagle Eyes on Me

Lucas had run out of patience and did not want to continue the conversation. He thought that his father would just leave if he fell silent. To his bewilderment, Mr. Woods sat down on the couch and looked at him. "Come here. Let's talk."

"What's there to talk about? Just say what you have to say." Lucas walked over in annoyance.

"Your mother called me." Mr. Woods watched as his son approached him. "Did you block your mother's number? She said she can't reach you, and when she tried to call you using a different number, you won' pick up."

"Yeah, I blocked her number," Lucas admitted. "Is there anything else?"

Mr. Woods took a few deep breaths and said, "Your mother was in tears when she called me. She told me that—"

"I don't want to hear it." Lucas interrupted him. "If that's all, I'm going back to my room."

"Lucas!" Mr. Wood stood from the couch and hurried over to Lucas. "Your mother said a lot to me. She had told me that she had purposely not told you anything when she had me pick you up. She told me that you two have been arguing a lot, and you won't listen to her. She felt like she was no longer capable of educating you, and she only made such a decision because she didn't want you to go down the wrong path. If she had tried to discuss this with you, you wouldn't have listened and might have even run away from home."

"She sure knows me," Lucas said sarcastically.

over to me because she wants you to have a better life," Mr. Woods said. "I didn't abandon you on purpose either. When I broke up with your mom, I didn't even know that she was pregnant. She never even told me about it after giving birth to you. I only heard about this from someone else. When I found out that you are my son, I wanted to bring you here right away, but your mom refused to hand you

clenched his fists as his mother had never said such things

mother loves you. Why else would she raise you?" Mr. Woods sighed. "She is dating someone, but she only agreed to see that man to get you to leave with me. That man has treated her well, and hopefully, they will get

"Impossible," Lucas said.

You are your own person. Maybe

know

Mr. Woods said. "Just let me know which university you would like to attend and I'll make the calls. If it's in the country, you will need to

go overseas," Lucas

you can only get in with a sports scholarship... You are tall but too thin,

great at sports. If

that you can't study

all will be pleased to see me go," Lucas said

your mom, I want you to succeed like your brothers. Mr. Wood tapped him on the shoulder. "If you want to travel overseas, you will need to learn al foreign language. Just think it through and give me the

Irene finished cooking, and she