We usually don't spend time in dad's house, but since mum wanted to catch up with Hailey and dad wanted me to see his childhood home. Today we decided to have diner in Dad's house for some reason.

When we got to his home, mum was already making diner. She usually doesn't make diner, but I think she wanted to be kind and have a family diner tonight. I only hope one thing when i is that dad doesn't tell her what happened in the try-outs. Dad walked towards mum and kissed her.

"How was your day ?" He askes Brooke

"Pretty good, actually, but I will tell you everything over dinner, Lucas."

"How was your first day Mel?" Brooke asks.

We all sat down at the table and talked. The meal is already set with multiple dishes. I think one of the things mum liked of the dutch culture is having family dinners and sitting at the table and talk about each other's day. Which btw could take up to 2 hours if its Christmas or something else important.

"Well, my day was pretty okay. Liam helped me a lot and also the first class I had was English with aunt Hailey, so that was good too. The thing I did notice is that some people here are boisterous but don't ask the questions to you. But everything was perfect so far. So mum, what did you do?"

"Well, I bought a building that I am planning to make into my fashion store."

"Wow, that's awesome, mum!"

Lucas looked surprised but proudly at Brooke.

The rest of the diner was peaceful. We talked more about my first day, and dad talked about the basketball try-outs. Luckily he didn't speak about my accident with Brett. We heard a loud knock suddenly when dad was talking about Jamie visiting him with Nathan around his lunch break.

"Who would that be this time ?" mum asked.

"I will open the door," I said while getting up from my chair.

I walked through the hallway towards the door and opened it.

There was a man in his 40 or 50 with black hair. He looked at me, shocked.

"Who are you, he asked?"

"Well, I can ask you the same question, Sir," I replied

"I am looking for Lucas," He said with a stern voice.

"I know he lives here and I wanna have a quick chat with him," He said

" Yeah, he lives here. I will get Dad," I said when suddenly dad disappeared in the hallway. Not only that but when I said this, the man looked up, shocked. I don't know why, though. I don' even know him.

"What are you doing here," He asked the man.

"I wanna talk, Lucas. Just a talk between father and son."

Dad looked at me and said, " Go back inside, Mell."

I walked back towards the dining table, where mum was patiently listening to the conversation. She made the sign of being silent to me.

So there we sat at the dining table while our food slowly was getting colder and dad was talking to a strange man in the doorway.

Mum and I listened to the conversation.

"Lucas, please let just have a chat with the two of us, alright?"

"No, Dan, that's not necessary anymore after everything that happened."

"Please, just let have a chat."

"No, is no alright. You had so many changes, and every time you can into my life, it got worse. I stay out of my business and life, alright."

"I, I wanna reconnect. I have changed since I have been in prison, and now that I know you have a daughter. I wanna ..." Dan said but got interrupted by an angry Lucas.

"First of all, Mell has nothing to do with this. Secondly, dead dad, since you killed Keith, I can't find any way to forgive you for that and all the other things you have done. At last, stay the hell out of my life and don't even think about hanging around my daughter."

"Lucas, you can't say that, and It's your daughter. Why didn't you tell me?"

"It's none of your business, Dan! Just get out of my sight."

Dad closed the door, but the man called Dan put his foot between it.

I looked at mum, and she was looking a bit nervous but whispered to me to keep quiet while we walked upstairs.

Sorry I ended on a cliffhanger. I will make it up to you. I hope you enjoyed this chapter, and as I said before, I will try to keep updating this story every two-three times a week. It hasn't been updated the last couple of years, but I am dedicated to it and enjoy writing it again.

I hope everybody is safe and healthy. Cheers!