Chapter 53: Arrival


    "Mom, what are you doing here?" Spencer asks and runs over to her mother. Maura, Spencer''s mom,


    pulls her daughter in for a long hug.


    "It''s nice to see you as well honey." Mauraughs. I swear I see tears in Spencer''s eyes but she buries


    her face in her mom''s shoulder. She''s making sniffling sounds so I''m almost certain she''s crying.


    Spencer never cries. Sarah pulls me away and we both head to the kitchen to leave Spencer and her


    mom to their privacy.


    "I''m sorry if you were worried about us Sarah." I said as soon as I sat down on a stool.


    "Spencer just wanted to treat me in advance for my birthday. Did you call her mom?" I ask.


    "No dear. She stopped by, and believe it or not we were both very worried. You guys were gone for so


    long, and we had no idea where you were." Sarah tells me.


    She sets on a kettle to make tea for Spencer, Maura, me and herself, I assume. Suddenly my mind


    runs on Liam. I haven''t seen him for almost the entire day and I am kinda disappointed that he isn''t


    worried about where I was the entire time.


    "Where''s Liam?" I ask Sarah.


    "He''s up at his office." She replies over her shoulder while sweetening the tea with sugar cubes.


    "Oh." I tell Sarah I''m going upstairs and leave the kitchen. I enter my room and drop on my bed. My


    feet are killing me and my head is pounding. I could really use a nice warm bath right now but I am too


    daughter but I am still curious. A knock at the door pulls me out of my thoughts and I tell the person to


    I expect it to be Liam but instead it is my best friend. "Oh, it''s you." I tease.


    Spencer''s demeanor has changed and my tone shifts slightly from tired to worried.


    "What''s wrong? Please don''t tell me someone else has died; I can''t take anymore news of people who


    have died." I tell Spencer.


    "No one died. Ironically, it''s someone who has returned I want to tell you about. My father." Spencer


    says to my surprise.


    "As in your... Dad?" I ask and she nods.


    Now I know why Spencer looks the way she does now. She didn''t really grow up with her dad, he left


    when she was little. I distinctly remember five year old Spencer crying because her dad left her and


    Maura to run off with the waitress from the town''s diner. It wasme whoforted her as she bawled her


    eyes out under the piano that stood in the corner of our kindergarten ss room.


    "Yup. He''s back in town. And not only that but he wants to see me and my mom." Spencer says. "Mom


    and I have talked about it.. and-"


    "Are you going to let hime visit you guys?" I ask cautiously.


    "Well.. umm, the thing is that..... Yes." She finally answers to my shock.


    I didn''t expect Spencer to agree all of a sudden to allow her dad toe visit her and Maura and to


    say I''m surprised is a huge understatement. I have nothing against her dad but he left them for another


    woman and the worst thing is he did not support Spencer at all. He wasn''t at her birthday parties, he


    was at her elementary school graduation and he wasn''t at prom. He hasn''t been in her life for so long


    but it''s now that he has the audacity to show up?


    "I didn''t want to tell you and spoil your birthday but Mom insisted that I talk to you about it." She


    hesitates for a while. "Do you think I should go?" She asks and I scan my brain for a reasonable


    answer. Spencer is the person I am looking out for here, and Maura as well. This man has left Spencer


    mentally traumatized and with trust issues and I don''t think Spencer should be seeing him. What if he


    damages her already broken heart? But on the other hand, what if he has changed?


    "I''m your bestfriend and I obviously want what''s best for you. And in all honesty I think if you want to


    see him then you should. If you want to get to know your father, if you think that that''s the right thing to


    do then I am behind you one hundred percent." I say to her.


    Spencer squeals. "I''m so lucky to have you as my bestfriend."


    "You sure are." I grin. We both pull each other for a long warm hug and I squeeze my bestfriend tight.


    She finally pulls away.


    "You''d better take a shower and get downstairs." Spencer sniffs the air. "I''m sure Sarah is down there


    cooking us dinner and I''m positive my mom wants to see you."


    Author''s Note:


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