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Chapter 9_ Embarrassed 2

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~Avery~

Glancing to my side, I took a peek at Allison's face, she hadn't spoken or said anything to me since we hit the road. I noticed she avoided staring in my direction. It felt like she was hesitating to tell me something.

Few seconds more into the overbearing silence, I heard my phone ring, with one hand on the steering wheel, I used the other to search for my phone buried deep down in my purse.

Once I was successfully able to reach for it, I took it out.

“Hey Dad..”

Dad didn't say a word until a few seconds later. My wild instincts kicked off immediately. Something must have happened, or is still happening

“Avery…the board members are becoming more persistent, they didn't support the idea of rescheduling the meeting”

I sighed in relief. So that was it? Those oldies better know who they were dealing with. Dad might have been the down to earth happy man when he was still the president, but I'm not like dad. I can be down to earth too but…not to the point where people step over
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