Chapter 7 Allison

• - Allison's POV
• Dad opened the passenger door and threw himself in, pulling on the handbrake. I looked at his angry face and mouthed, "Dad, Jennifer was going to press the pedal harder and we were going to go faster! "At that moment, Mom opened the driver's door and pulled Jennifer and me out of the car screaming, Dad started laughing and seemed proud that Jennifer and I had managed to drive, while Mom grounded us both for a week, that night before bed Dad came to say goodnight and told us that princesses could only drive after the age of 16 and that if we drove again before we were 16, we wouldn't be princesses anymore. Of course, we believed everything, and because of the explanation and the scolding that Mom gave us, saying that we could have hurt ourselves, we never again did the crazy thing of trying to drive when we were still children.
• This story is still told at family gatherings and we always laugh a lot about it. Jennifer and I used to get up to all sorts of things, Dad seemed to find it funny most of the time, while Mum would get angry.
• I look at the parking lot with a smile, but soon that smile dies, because as soon as I approach the building, I see Stephan coming towards me.
• "Allison, what's going on? I've been calling you for four days! I went to that hotel and stayed there for hours and they wouldn't let me up! What's this about a divorce? I love you and we get on so well, I've always been a good husband, what's going on? I miss you, let's go home and sort everything out!" He says a little loudly and I notice some people coming to look at us.
• Yes, the son of a bitch came up to me in front of everyone, I wanted to say something horrible to the bastard, and before anyone says anything, let's make things clear.
• I'M NOT PREJUDICED! If he's gay and his family would never accept it, he should have found a way to keep it under wraps, or, I don't know, stand up to his father and go and live on his own, but instead he chose to set himself up for a life as a front, at no point did he think about me, He didn't think that I'm a human being and that I have my desires, I'm sure that in a few years, I'll become an extremely unhappy person, it's cruel what he did to me and I understand that as a lack of character, Stephan is shameless and that has nothing to do with being gay or not, so I hope that everyone understands the size of my hatred.
• I take a good look at the unfortunate man and I can't say anything, I just feel like an idiot, and just as I'm about to walk into the company he starts talking again.
• "Talk to me, Allison! What happened? What did I do to you? You went away and we were fine and now you're acting like this, what's with the outfit? Have you changed your look? What's going on?" He says and the next thing I know I'm raising my hand.
• Without hesitating, I slap Stephan so hard across the face that he falls to the side and crumples to the ground, he falls looking at me as if he's in shock, I look at him with disgust and when the people who were there come over to help him up, I just lift my head, toss my hair and walk into the building.
• Even though my hand is on fire, I don't look back or show any sign of it, I walk past the reception desk saying good morning to everyone, and head for the elevator, I can feel my heart beating fast because of what happened, but I don't regret it, the slap wasn't much and he shouldn't come and annoy me, that's how it's going to be now, if he comes to bother me, I'll drop my arm.
• I get out of the elevator walk past the reception desk and say good morning to Jeisa and Glenda, both of whom are responsible for answering some calls and welcoming those arriving at the floor. They both look at me strangely, but I don't even stop to chat and keep walking.
• "Good morning," I said with a smile, approaching him.
• "Good morning, are you all, right? We were very worried last week..." He says, getting up and coming over to me.
• "I'm fine, I just needed some time to get my head together, are you okay? Is Dad here yet?" I say, changing the subject and glancing at Dad's living room door.
• "I'm fine, your father just arrived and he was very serious." He says, also looking at the door.
• "I'm just going to leave my bag in my room and I'll come and talk to him..." I say and he nods, so I go to my room, which is next to Dad's.
• I walk into my room and look around and everything is in place, my room is beautiful and I've had it for a few months, it was a surprise to learn that I'd have a room all to myself and I love everything about it.
• Furthermore, I put my bag to one side and decided to go and talk to my father straight away, I'm not going to hide, if I have to be scolded, let's do it straight away.
• I go to his office, knock on the door twice, and walk in.
• I see my father with his back to me looking out of the windows, the curtains are closed and he's opened a crack to look outside.
• "Good morning, Dad," I say cautiously and he doesn't even turn to look at me.
• At the moment I feel as if my chest has been crushed, Dad has never ignored me in his life.
• "Daddy?" I call again and he doesn't move, he just looks away.
• I feel like crying, but I fight with all my might not to shed a tear.
• "I'm sorry for worrying you and Mom, but I needed to be alone..." I look at him and continue. "I... I... I didn't get married thinking I was going to split up... you and Mom have always been great parents and I'm sorry if I've hurt you and Mom, but I'm not going back, I'm going to talk to a lawyer today and file the separation papers." I finish speaking and Dad continues to ignore me.
• Likewise, I stand still for a while and when I realize that he's not going to talk to me, I continue.
• "I'm sorry if I'm an embarrassment to you now... I'll... I'll go to my office and if you think I'm no longer useful or welcome in the company I'll understand... Not only that, but I'm sorry for making you feel that way..." I finished speaking and left his office with a lump in my throat.
• I hurried back to my office without looking around, I didn't cry and when I felt a bit better, I opened my laptop and started working. If Dad thinks I should be dismissed from the company I'll accept it, I know it's ridiculous that I'm getting screwed because of that bum, but in my mind, that's the best option at the moment.
• I started work and I've already spoken to the best lawyer in the company, he gave me the contact details of one of the best divorce lawyers in New Jersey, I'm going to try to do everything discreetly and as quickly as possible, I managed to arrange a lunch with the lawyer later today, which I'm very excited about.
• I spent the whole morning locked in my office working, and I only saw two people from the administration who came to my office, I swear I thought that at any moment Dad was going to come in shouting that I was disinherited and fired, but it didn't happen and Stephan had the minimum decency not to look for me.
• At lunchtime, I went to the restaurant and had a meeting with the lawyer who was going to take care of my separation. I'm sure I'll have to file a lawsuit, because I'm sure Stephan will make everything difficult, but I'm still going to send the lawyer all the necessary documents today, so he can file the lawsuit later this week.