Spring's Wolf (A Court of Shifters Chronicles #2)
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“You’re not going to elaborate more? He just wasn’t the ‘one’?” He made air quotes.
“What else is there to say? There were no sparks, all he ever wanted to talk about was our future careers and how great it was that our families would join if we got married.”
“Is that all he talked about? Last time I checked, eighteen-year-old boys had other things on their minds.”
“Dad!” I snapped. There are certain conversations a girl never wants to have with her father.
Evidently he got the hint. “All right, I’ll drop it, but who would have believed a daughter of your mother and I would grow up to be a romantic.”
“Did you ever think I ended up this way because of your relationship with Mom?” I could go on for hours about everything that was wrong in the relationship between my parents, but the cliff notes are that they were married five years and split up two years after I was born.
As though he could read my thoughts, Dad looked at me sympathetically. “I don’t mean to disillusion you sweetie, but fairytale endings don’t happen in the real world. I’m not going to sit here and tell you that you should date Toby, but I want you to understand that if you spend your whole life searching for perfection you are going to be alone, miserable, and old.”
“Wow. You are such an optimist, Dad.” I tried to shake his words off, but I couldn’t quite get the image of myself as an old cat lady out of my head.
“You know it.” He signaled for the waiter. “Let’s go ahead and order.”
After that, lunch was pleasant enough. The food came quickly and was a nice change from the fast food we ate on the road. We discussed our jobs for the summer. Dad was making us work at the front desk, convinced it would give me real insight into the hotel business.
“What do you ladies have planned for tonight?” he asked as he signaled for the check.
“I’m not sure, maybe we’ll head out to explore a bit,” I said vaguely.
“Have a good time, but be smart. Things can get pretty wild down here.”
“Like you have to worry about us getting into trouble Mr. Davis,” Jess said sweetly.
“It’s not you girls I’m worried about. You are walking targets for men to take advantage of. Stay together and be alert.”
“Next you are going to be giving us a curfew.”
“Yes, because it’s so crazy for a father to worry about his eighteen-year-old-daughter out in the French Quarter.” He shook his head. “I trust you, so I’ll stop the lecture, but one thing.”
“Yes?”
“My room is right down the hall from yours.”
“Duly noted.” I kissed his cheek before Jess and I headed back upstairs to our room.
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