MORIANI HOME
"C'mon, Nick, what the hell's the
problem?" Stan barks. The weathered skin of his face tightens into angry
bunches. "You 'n' Ryan've both been treating me like I did somethin' horrible.
What gives?"
You raped his girlfriend!
Nick's mind shouts. His boiling blood is reaching fever pitch now. You
animal! he wants to scream at Stan. How can you not even remember
ruining your own son's life?
Maybe he really does remember and
he's merely pretending otherwise. Maybe the event has blurred together
with all the rest of Stan's drunken tirades. Regardless, it takes an unbelievable
amount of willpower for Nick to restrain himself from giving Stan the straight
truth.
"I'm not going to get into this with
you," Nick says, clinging to an uneasy calm. "Just get out of here."
Nick moves to shut the door, but
Stan blocks him easily.
"Not so fast, Moriani. You can't
keep me away from my own kid like this."
"I'm not keeping you away from him.
I don't want to deal with you right now, and he's not here. But frankly,
you don't deserve to see him. Ryan would be better off if you'd stop popping
up to meddle in his life."
Nick watches the other man's hands
contract into fists, but they stay down by his sides as Stan says, "Fine.
Stay up there on your Father of the Year highhorse. I'm not gonna disappear
just 'cuz you want me to. Don't be putting words in Ryan's mouth."
"I'm through dealing with you, Stan!
Get the hell out of my face or, I swear to God, you'll regret it!" Nick
slams the door closed.
On the other side, Stan raises a
fist to pound on the door, but drops it before he does. He's not going
to get anywhere now. He'd do better to come back at a time when Ryan is
here -- that's why he came by, anyway.
"Who the hell do you think you are,
Moriani?" Stan mutters as he trails back down the driveway. "You're not
gonna get away with treating me like this."
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