Chapter 27

CLEONA

"What are YOU doing here?!" I asked venomously.

"I came to see you Cleo." He replied, his British accent more pronounced than before.

"What do you mean by that? How the heck did you find me?"

"Really? No 'hi Dad'. 'It's been so long Daddy'."

"The guts you must have...to come here after 10 years and expect me to jump right into your arms!? You have got to be joking DAD! Now I ask again, what are you doing here and how the heck did you find me!?"

He sighed and said "Well a week ago, a man named Andre Simmons called me and told me what'd happened to you so I..."

"Wait a sec, did you just say Andre Simmons?"

"Yeah. He said he was your..."

"Boyfriend. He is so dead!" I muttered angrily. "Now back to you, what are you doing here!?"

"Well Andre told me what happened to you so I thought I'd come and see how you were doing."

"I'm fine. Now can you leave?"

"Cleo, I'm sorry I stayed away but I'm here now