Shadows In Durango

Chapter 88

*****Vincent's POV*****

After a quick back and forth on the phone with my father again this morning, he informs me that he will be coming to visit this weekend which wasn't ideal since that gave me all of one whole day to prepare for his arrival.

He claimed that he 'couldn't wait to meet the girl who was managing to turn me soft' to which you can imagine I wasn't happy about hearing.

I wasn't even sure if a day would be enough time to prepare Sofia for meeting two people like my parents, since neither of them were anything to be proud of at the best of times!

My father then went on to inform me that he had reached out to her father - Frazier - last night and was still waiting for him to call back today to talk things over...

The whole process had me on the edge of my seat, unsure of where the conversation between our fathers would even lead...

Things could either go pretty smooth or really, really bad and I felt somewhat dirty for sneaking around like this knowing that if Sofia knew I was reaching out to her father to offer him money, she would no doubt freak out and beg me not to. But some things were best kept secrets until they were smoothed over...

I turn on my heels hearing the doorbell ring throughout the house, as I walk towards it in large strides with a suspicion of who it is already.

Pulling the handle down, and opening up the door, I usher the three cleaners inside.

"The old man will be back tomorrow night so I need the whole place done and his room and en-suite prepared on the top floor." I inform them, having used the same people for years and knowing already that they were good at what they do.

I leave them to it, deciding to take my phone and my coffee out back, settling myself in to one of the comfier garden chairs with the realisation that all I could do now was wait...

still shining

watch, seeing that it was five to nine, before an incoming call

all of half an hour and feared already that there was

phone and holding it close to

her about all of this at some point, we can't keep awkwardly ignoring them!" Daryl scolds me, as though this was

doing the right thing by not telling her and yet here he was all of a sudden prepared to

tone is accusing, unable to imagine

had a lot going on and would talk to her about it all soon. They both stormed out of the car and left us the second we parked up after that." Daryl complains, as I take a drink whilst listening to

to do about it right now? Things were still very up in the air and until I had heard back from my father, we just

keep an eye on them in school and bring them home, that's it, you only have one job to do whilst I attempt to sort out this mess

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be after I had hung up but I didn't care. He was calling me to waste my time with

complain about him too much after he had stepped up to help

click on to it to find that it was from Sofia

will this be

being so weird around us today... is everything alright? It's making us feel pretty on edge not knowing

I had hoped would release some of my built up tension with it, I am disappointed to find that it does nothing for my situation. Little did Sofia know that I was now under a great

me some time. Trust me when I'm saying that this shit isn't anything little, it's extremely important. I'm waiting to speak to my father and after that, I'll be able to let you in on what's going on. All I'm asking

that she doesn't poke and prod any further since I feared that I would soon reach my breaking point with

and right now was probably the one time I needed her to

picks up again, tugging at the edges of my black sweatshirt, but I barely feel it. My mind is too clouded with