Oh wow. This story is getting pretty interesting. But horrible for "good Miley" fans. I hope you like this next chappie! R&R!
Chapter 9
My dad ended up coming home about 3 o'clock. Jake was long gone by then, though, so nothing to worry about.
Jackson was home before Dad was, too, so he wasn't in trouble either. Dad didn't suspect a thing.
What a relief.
But he was too busy anyways to notice anything. As soon as he got home, he went up to his room to "unpack".
Later, I went upstairs to ask him about dinner, and I heard him talking to someone.
I was curious so I went by his closed door. And I wasn't eavesdropping, I was just trying to find out who he was talking to!
All I heard was, "So how about dinner tomorrow night?" Pause. "OK, sounds great. I'll pick you up at 6 o'clock?" Pause. "Yeah, I'll see you then. Bye."
My mouth dropped open. My dad was going on a date?! No way!
Then, I realized that he was about to open the door and catch me listening in on his conversation, so I raced down the stairs as fast as I could.
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"OK, kids. Tomorrow I have a meeting with the manager of the new record company at 6," my dad told Jackson and I at the dinner table that night.
I almost choked on my food. I coughed for a long time and finally said, "Oh. A meeting at 6:00 on a Saturday? That's odd."
I decided to play along with his little game. I couldn't believe that he would lie to us about that kind of thing!
"Yeah, it's kind of a last-minute thing he pulled on me," he said. "But luckily this time I don't have to travel far. It's just going to be at one of his newer offices around here. We don't have to go all the way to his main branch."
"OK. When will you be back?" I asked through clenched teeth.
"I'll be back around 9 or 9:30."
Now I was really getting mad at him for making up this huge, elaborate story just to hide the fact that he was going on a date. She must be really bad, for him to go this far to disguise it, I thought, angrily. But he must also really like her.
But after I thought about it, Dad has been gone for a lot of "meetings" and things like that lately. What if all of that was just lies? And I ate all of his stupid stories up!
I bet he didn't even go to a meeting for the new record company yesterday, I thought. I bet he just spent the night with his new girlfriend
And the more I thought about it, the more sure I was that my theory was right.
These "meetings" have been going on for at least 3 months now, and I haven't even suspected a thing! I couldn't believe him...how could he lie to us like this?
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OK, sorry, people! This chappie was a bit boring, but it kinda gets a new plot going! So don't complain! Just review!
