Jordan and Woody turned suddenly at the sound of Max's voice in the
doorway. Woody pulled away quickly and in doing so fell backward less than
gracefully on his butt.
Jordan bit her lip, trying desperately not to laugh at his I wasn't messing
with your daughter expression. She wiped her hand across her mouth
casually.
.
"Uh hi Dad, what are you doing here?" she asked calmly, trying to downplay
the fact that her dad had just caught her and woody kissing despite the
fact that she hadn't told Max about their relationship yet.
"Yeah well it's pretty obvious you weren't expecting me" he said sternly.
"Dad, I was going to tell you about all this" she tried to explain.
"Oh yeah Jordan? When would that be exactly? Because you sure haven't bothered to say anything up until the second I walked in here and caught you"
"Caught me??" Jordan asked outraged. "Caught me dad??? I am not a child! I can make my own decisions and I don't have to clear my every move with you"
"No you certainly don't, but you're the one who insisted we tell each other the truth now, no more secrets, isn't that what you said?"
"I never once lied about Woody and I being together"
"Oh don't give me that double sided crap Jordan, an omission is a lie just the same" he said and turned to go.
Woody just looked on wordlessly, he didn't dare step into the middle of a Cavanaugh shouting match.
Max stalked down the hall toward the elevator but Jordan followed him out, stomping along after him.
"Why are you acting like such a complete jackass about this? Is it because of Woody?"
"No it has absolutely nothing to do with Woody, I'm angry at you for hiding it from me. You lied Jordan, no matter how you try to reason it, it's still a lie"
"Oh would you spare me the drama? Keeping this from you temporarily doesn't even compare to the secrets you've kept from me about my own mother!" she said raising her voice considerably for the first time.
Max shook his head "I see the standard Jordan rules are in effect here"
"What does that mean?" Jordan asked defensively, putting her hands on her hips.
"It's always the same with you, it's not a lie unless you're the one being lied to, the rules never apply to you"
"Dad, it's Woody, it's not like it's some guy off the street that I'm hooking up with"
"I don't care who it is, I told you this wasn't about Woody, if he wants to get involved with you despite all the things you've done to him, then that's his own problem"
Woody was standing in the door listening to the exchange. He closed his eyes when those words came out of Max's mouth. He knew that would infuriate Jordan to no end and he didn't want to be the reason they were fighting.
Jordan felt the blood rush into her face and her fists clench when those words escaped her fathers mouth. She stared him right in the eyes as she spoke coldly "Get out!" she said and turned on her heels and walked back to her office, slamming the door behind her.
"Yeah well it's pretty obvious you weren't expecting me" he said sternly.
"Dad, I was going to tell you about all this" she tried to explain.
"Oh yeah Jordan? When would that be exactly? Because you sure haven't bothered to say anything up until the second I walked in here and caught you"
"Caught me??" Jordan asked outraged. "Caught me dad??? I am not a child! I can make my own decisions and I don't have to clear my every move with you"
"No you certainly don't, but you're the one who insisted we tell each other the truth now, no more secrets, isn't that what you said?"
"I never once lied about Woody and I being together"
"Oh don't give me that double sided crap Jordan, an omission is a lie just the same" he said and turned to go.
Woody just looked on wordlessly, he didn't dare step into the middle of a Cavanaugh shouting match.
Max stalked down the hall toward the elevator but Jordan followed him out, stomping along after him.
"Why are you acting like such a complete jackass about this? Is it because of Woody?"
"No it has absolutely nothing to do with Woody, I'm angry at you for hiding it from me. You lied Jordan, no matter how you try to reason it, it's still a lie"
"Oh would you spare me the drama? Keeping this from you temporarily doesn't even compare to the secrets you've kept from me about my own mother!" she said raising her voice considerably for the first time.
Max shook his head "I see the standard Jordan rules are in effect here"
"What does that mean?" Jordan asked defensively, putting her hands on her hips.
"It's always the same with you, it's not a lie unless you're the one being lied to, the rules never apply to you"
"Dad, it's Woody, it's not like it's some guy off the street that I'm hooking up with"
"I don't care who it is, I told you this wasn't about Woody, if he wants to get involved with you despite all the things you've done to him, then that's his own problem"
Woody was standing in the door listening to the exchange. He closed his eyes when those words came out of Max's mouth. He knew that would infuriate Jordan to no end and he didn't want to be the reason they were fighting.
Jordan felt the blood rush into her face and her fists clench when those words escaped her fathers mouth. She stared him right in the eyes as she spoke coldly "Get out!" she said and turned on her heels and walked back to her office, slamming the door behind her.