VANESSA'S POV
 "Mily I'm home" I called out once i and Todd entered the sitting room, he decided to see me off inside after our trip from his place, don't worry about the other bathroom sesh, nothing happened, well except for some few foreplays 
 
 Todd didn't mind that we didn't have sex, he enjoyed everybit of our time, though last night he was really jacked up and wanted to blow it out but i didn't let him for reasons i can't even think of, i felt so bad afterwards but he assured me we were cool, made it up for last night this morning.
"Vanessa why weren't you picking up your phone, you didn't even call to let me know you were at Todd's, for two freaking days" Emily lashed out on me 
"I'm so sorry Mily, i just wanted to rest in anew environment, I swear it won't happen again" I tried assuring
"Yeah, yeah whatever, anyways your..."
"Dad?" I cut her off immediately i sighted my Dad approaching us from the inner room
"What the hell..."
"That was part of the reason i kept calling you, your Dad got here a few hours ago" Emily blabbed out
"Dad what are you doing here?" I asked a bit angry totally forgetting Todd words and his presence as well,he remained silent though 
"We've been trying your number since you left, why aren't you picking up, anything wrong?" he kept asking
"And you thought the best thing to do was to come down to pullman huh?" I asked already fuming
 "I know it's surprising, but I just felt like I needed to" came his reply
"Seriously?"I raged out
"Nessa that's enough, don't talk to your Dad that way" Todd said with a raised voice and held my wrist, everyone turned and stared at his direction without voicing out a word 
"Nessa dear, if there's anything I or your Mum did, we could just talk it out" Dad said ignoring Todd reply 
 A few seconds of silence passed by before Mily spoke out
"Urrmmm Nessa, can i have a word by the corner?" Mily requested which I adhered to, i let go  off Tod's hand which was still wrapped around my wrist
"I think you should have a talk with him, you guys could go to a café or something and who knows maybe you might get an explanation about  'you know what' " Emily advised 
"Hmmm that doesn't actually sound bad, I'll do it" I agreed and was about going when she pulled me back
"Hey not so fast, you gotta give me the full deets about all that went down" Mily said giggling a bit
"Nothing serious" I lied
"That's strange cause i can see visible hickeys on your neck" She pointed out
"It only means you're now seeing things then" I said still lying trying to cover up the hickey with my shirt collar as i walked to the sitting room
"Okay, I've given some thoughts about it maybe we could go to a café " I said calmy this time nonchalantly
"Sorry i snapped at you, i just didn't want things to get too bad" Todd said trying to get himself out of that situation, dad was already seated on the couch and Mily had gone inside, to the bedroom perhaps
"Don't worry about it" I said dismissively and was about walking away
"You're mad at me right?" He voiced out which made me halt on my steps  but i didn't say a word 
"We'll talk whenever you're cleared up on everything going on here" He said and proceeded to walk out before closing the front door behind him, i simply sighed and went inside.
Later at sunset Dad and i drove down to a café, i didn't know any other one that was as good as David mum's so i drove us there, we got in and got a table, from where i sat i saw David walking to our direction
"Great" I lamented a bit frustrated cause of our last talk
"why the hell is he even here today" I soliloquised  before remembering immediately that today was Sunday and he didn't go to work
"Hi sir, welcome to our fine establishment, what can I get you ?" David asked directly to my dad 
"Coffee would do" My dad said, David then smiled and turned to leave
"David, do i look invisible to you now?" I asked utterly surprised
"Oh i didn't see you there, am i worth your time now or you aren't done partying yet?" He replied with his fake smile still in display
"What's that supposed to mean, i shouldn't have come here in the first place" I said trying to hold my temper 
"You should've thought about that before blowing me off on Friday" He simply stated
"I'll get you your usual" He said and walked out not wanting to cause any other scene In the already crowded café, but what i noticed from his voice was that he sounded hurt
  
Few minutes later he came back with our orders, dad had his coffee and i was given a burger and a cup of smoothie, that was weird cause how did he know what i normally order when he doesn't stay here alot 
"So the tattooed guy huh? You guys are dating?" Dad asked referring to Todd 
"We just are friends but lately we've been into ourselves" i replied
"I just asked that cause of the way i saw you two relating but the guy who just left now seem interesting"
"David and I have nothing going on but i think he's into me or something but i don't feel that way towards him" I pointed out
"And Raymond?" He asked again
"Raymond has been a friend from day one, since i don't get why you guys are tryna make up something that's not" I replied remembering how he and Mum gave out my address
"That reminds me, I'm supposed to be mad at you guys, why am i even conversing with you?" I rethorically asked  
"Okay go ahead, tell me what's bothering you cause i don't know you to be this uptight" Dad said giving me the opportunity i craved dearly for
"Hmmm I've always wondered why haven't you guys told me of my birth story yet, like every other 'normal' parent do with their kids"  Iinquiered making air quotes on the normal, i knew then that he was tensed cause he Immediately dropped the coffee he was drinking aside 
"Okay look, what happened that day was that..." He paused after that and it looked like he was thinking
"I was out on a work trip and Candace was in labour, she called but i was really confused on what to do, a friend then assisted her to the hospital which she delivered you" he explained tensed up, i couldn't believe the  man i called Dad for 18 years could easily lie to my face this way  
"Wow so even on the day i was conceived you weren't even there?" I  faked a question to play along to whatever shenanigan he was trying to pull 
"Baby I'm sorry okay, i never knew you'll ask this question one day, i feel like a terrible dad, was that the reason you were mad at us?" he asked looking a bit relaxed thinking i bought the lie 
"Oh no, that's not even close, so tell me, why didn't see any pictures, even the slightest one when Mum was pregnant, I thought pictures are supposed to be taken for the sake of memories" I asked another question waiting for what he was gonna lie about this time
"Well we did take pictures but..."
"Dad that's enough, spare me the energy to listen to your lies" I hushed him angrily  
"You lied once to my face and you're about doing it again don't you have any ounce of dignity in you?" I lashed out and brought out my phone to show him the picture i took back in Seattle
"What can you say about that huh? any more lies?" I asked already getting teary 
"Vanessa I can explain, keeping it from you wasn't intentional, we were waiting for the right time to drop the news maybe when you were older cause we didn't know how you were gonna take it"  he tried explaining himself
"Seriously Dad, I really looked up to you guys and trusted you two with most of my personal shit, yet you guys couldn't even tell me that i was freaking adopted?  I'm sure you still weren't 'ready' to tell me were you?"  I asked still really angry putting air quotes on the ready
"Everything alright here?" David approached us in our table asking followed by his Mum cause of the noise that erupted I guess 
"Yea everything's fine, I'm just dealing with a deceitful Dad right here"  I replied her directing to him and the both of them turned to take a good look at him 
"Bryan?"
"Rebecca?" David Mum and my Dad  called themselves simultaneously
"Oh Ma'am you know him? I Pray you know how cunning he is?" I commented on her reaction
"Yes  i really do, he have cause me a lot of challenges in my life which i wouldn't forget in a long period of tine" She replied visibly angry 
"Mum who's he" David directed to his Mum looking anxious
"Dave, meet the asshole that got me pregnant, your Dad" she introduced and it sounded like a bomb was dropped, I'm sure it was same thing for him 
"Wow Dad, you really are a pro, does Mum even know? From hiding the truth from me to this?"  I asked already fully angry
"I wonder what else you're hiding that i don't know about, fuck this shit, I'm outta here" I said and took my purse to leave, he could take care of the bills.