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.

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

his mother had never said such things

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

"Impossible," Lucas said.

own person. Maybe you will

know

your own someday," Mr. Woods said. "Just let me know which university you would like to attend and I'll

go overseas,"

mind?" Mr Woods hesitated for a moment before saying, "Kasey wants you to go to Turlington University... But you can only get in with a sports scholarship... You are tall but too thin, so I don't think

great at sports.

you can't

all will be pleased to see me go," Lucas

will need to learn al foreign language. Just

next morning, Irene finished cooking, and she called