Chapter 17 (Part Two)

Three weeks later

Jackson was woken up early by his phone ringing loudly on his nightstand. “Dad it’s six-thirty in the morning, what is so important?” He grunted.

“Are you trying to sell your house?”

“I haven’t decided yet.”

“You need to cancel your flight this afternoon and we need to talk about this.”

“I haven’t seen Riley in three weeks, I’m not cancelling my flight.” He returned getting out of bed and making coffee, he knew where this conversation was going already.

“If you are so serious about this girl, why haven’t I met her yet?”

“Because I don’t want you to sleep with her.” Jackson shot back.

“Jackson, I didn’t know who she was.” His father’s voice softened.

“I know dad.”

“Cancel your flight.”

“No, we can