Chapter 18

Me, my dad, and Marissa finally got to the Senior Highrise like 15 minutes later. Me and my father had a lot of catching up to do and it was a long walk anyway.

When we got in the apartment, everyone was gaping at us.

Finally Danny asked, "Uh.. How did.. How did you guys meet?"

"We were walking the same way and I just went up to him and asked if he was my father. Pretty simple." I said frowning at everyone.

"Sammy... we-" Casey started, then shook his head and went to the bathroom.

"I can't believe none of you told me about him. All of you knew he was in Santa Martina and you never told me. I've been wanting to know about my father for years and you never bothered to tell me? Nice friends and family you are!" I snapped at them.

Casey came out of the bathroom, "Sammy we need to talk." He said then grabbed my hand and pulled me to the fire escape.

"Sammy, the reason why I didn't tell you was because.. I didn't want him to take you."

"What do you mean?"

"When your mother came to my house the day that you ended up in the hospital.. she told me that your father was in Santa Martina and he was thinking about taking you with him."

"Where?"

He hesitated. "I don't know." He finally said.

"Can you stop lying to me? I'm not a little girl!" And with that I went back into the apartment. He followed me and grabbed me by my waist.

"Sammy... I-" But I didn't let him finish. I pulled away from him.

"Leave. Me. Alone." I snapped at him.

He looked at me, and I just looked away from him. He keeps lying to me, I kept thinking over and over again. When he wants to tell me the truth then we'll talk.

"Sammy, I'm sorry." He said, hurt.

"NO, YOUR NOT!" I yelled, not caring if old people hear me. "YOU CAN'T EVEN STOP LYING TO ME FOR A MINUTE, CAN YOU?"

He just looked down.

"That's what I thought." I turned to Marissa, Grams and My mom. "And what about you guys? You have been lying to me too. Every day for the past 3 weeks. Im tired of it. I'm. NOT. A. Little. Girl." I snapped at them too. I was just mad that everyone has been lying to me. I was tired of it.

I broke down crying. Danny came over and tried to comfort me. I just looked at him and then pulled away and bolted out the door. I didn't care where I was going, I just wanted to get as far away from them as I can.

Danny followed me. He was the only one who had been honest with me, so I didn't say anything. We just walked in silence.

I didn't know what to say to him. He tried to hug me a few times but I just shrugged it off. I was too hurt and mad and just disappointed at everyone. How could they do that to me? They never told me about the fire I was in, they never tole me about my father, they were all keeping secrets from me. And if that wasn't bad enough, Casey was part of it too. He told me, that he loved me. But if he loved me, who would've told me everything.

Danny's cell phone broke me out of my thoughts. He took it out of his pocket, looked at the screen then at me and the he answered it.

"Hello?" "She doesn't wanna talk right now." "Okay then." He tried giving me the phone. I shook my head. "She doesn't wanna talk!" "Fine, I'll tell her."

He looked at me. "Sammy, Casey said that he loves you and that he's sorry that he lied. He was trying to protect you."

"From what?"

"From what?" He said into the phone.

"Sammy, it'll be easier if you just talk to him yourself."

"Ugh, fine." And then I grabbed his phone. "From what?" I asked.

"Sammy, listen! I was trying not to hurt you."

"Hurt me from what? You hurt me by lying to me!"

"Sammy, I know. And I'm sorry for that. But I was trying to keep you away from your father."

"What? Why?"

"Sammy, I honestly can't tell you." He said.

"Of course you can't." And then I hung up.

"Everything okay?" Danny asked.

"No. Casey won't tell me the truth and everyone is just in on it."

"Well what do you want to know?"

"Casey told me that he was trying to keep me away from my father and when I asked why, He said that he couldn't tell me." I stopped walking and sat down on the sidewalk. I put my head in my hands and started crying.

"Sammy... I can't tell you either. Your father has to tell you himself. But don't be mad at Casey. He really does love you. He's always talking about you. Please stop crying, and let's go back to the Highrise."

He grabbed my hand and pulled me up, I was kinda tired so I didn't put up much of a fight. I knew Danny was right. Casey really was trying to protect me. I shouldn't be mad at him.

We got back to the Highrise in record time. We got back in 7 minutes even though we have been walking around for 20 minutes.

When we in the apartment, everyone looked at us. Marissa, Casey, Grams, my father, and Lady Lana. Casey was glaring at Danny. I looked at Danny too, and Danny looked at me. I looked down and saw that we were still holding hands. I pulled away quickly and went to Casey.

He was in the kitchen with Marissa. His eyes looked red and puffy. Was he crying?

"Casey, can we... talk?"

"Yeah, sure Sammy."

We went outside to the fire escape.

"Sammy...-" He started to say but I cut him off by kissing him.

When we pulled away, I said, "Casey, I'm really sorry about earlier. Your just trying to protect me."

"Sammy, It's okay. I should've told you."

"No. You shouldn't have. I was just be stubborn. I'll just ask my dad about it later."

"Okay." He smiled at me.

I smiled back, and said, "Well, I guess we should get back in the apartment."

"Yeah."

We got up and went back.

"Sammy?" My mother said. I glared at her.

"What?" I said.

"There's something I need to tell you and Casey." She looked at Casey and added, "Casey, your father was gonna tell you but he asked me to tell you when I had the chance."

"What is it?" Me and Casey asked. Casey looked at me nervously. I grabbed his hand and squeezed it. He gave me small smile and then we turned to my mom.

"Guys. Me and Warren are getting married in 2 weeks."