A Little Confession

Tristan's POV

We entered Elona's house. David's car wasn't in the driveway yet. So, he was either still with Maggie or somewhere. Just as I was about to close the front door, his car pulled up in the driveway. I was disappointed because I wanted to at least have a quickie with Elona before we left.

"I will take a shower and get my things," Elona smiled and went upstairs before David entered.

"Hey," he said, his voice laced with exhaustion.

"How have things been?" I asked as he closed the door behind him. He was still in his attire from last night's exhibition. It seemed that he hadn't been home since then.

"It has been a long night." he walked to the kitchen and I followed after him. I sat down on a bar stool while he took a glass out of the top cupboard. "Would you like Scotch?" he asked.

"No, thanks," I would be driving, so I didn't want any alcohol in my system. I didn't need it though.

He poured himself Scotch, his back facing towards me. "I was at Maggie's place the entire night after she got sick. She wanted me to stay with her," he said, and took a sip of his Scotch, turning around to face me.

"You didn't have to stay with her," I said.

"Well, how could I not? She is alone and no one else to take care of her. She was out of it. I am exhausted because I needed to be awake to make sure that she was okay."

"But she is not your responsibility. I wouldn't do that unless you like her or something."

"I can have fun but like...she is far from my type." he scrunched his face in disgust.

"I'm glad to know that you have seen that. I think that she manipulates men easily. We are wealthy men and we do not know her background. She is always hanging out at that bar. Don't do that to yourself. There are so many women out there. Some are rare, so don't f^ck that up." I tried to steer him away from Maggie.

"I'm not looking for any commitments, although there is one person that I have noticed...like really noticed but...she is off limits to me," he let out a sigh before taking another sip of Scotch. "She is beautiful, vibrant...full of life. How can I be with her when she is so much younger than me? I doubt that she even looks at me that way and I just think that it's wrong," he said in thought.

I furrowed my brows, "Younger than you in terms of how far apart are we talking?" I asked.

His gaze fell on me as if he realized what he was talking about. Clearing his throat, he said, "I'm twice her age."

"You are twice her age," I said in thought. I am twice Elona's age. "So, this means that she is in school or college?"

"She will be attending college." I furrowed my brows. Who the hell could that be? David and a young woman? That is a first. I should be speaking last about that. I never thought in a million years that could happen to me either.

"Elona will be going back on some outing with Dakota Agency, so I will be accompanying her again." I lied.

He nodded, "Thanks. I know that I am a sh^tty father right now. I appreciate that you are being there for my little girl and taking good care of her. She needs that support and while I'm not there to be with her, you are there. I couldn't have asked for a greater friend." he smiled through his exhaustion.

I forced a smile because everything he said hit me like a punch. I was f^cking his daughter, I was lying about it and once he found out about us, I'm not sure how he would look at me again, and I doubt he would be my friend.

"I will always be there for her...she is like a... daughter to me," that last part was just d^mn awkward to say.

"So, how is she doing over there with the agency?" he asked.

"I would say she does well, but there is this creep, Austin Luca, that wants to touch her. That man is sending me bad vibes and, if I'm being honest, I don't think that I am even happy about her going into this industry because of the type of men that are out there who want a piece of her and...who touches her. She is clearly uncomfortable with it, but yet she is so determined because it's her dream. I just don't trust those men and I can't always be there to keep a watchful eye over her." I said with so much anger lacing my voice.

"I agree with all you have said. But we cannot always hold her back or protect her from anything. Once she is done with school, she will be on her own and finding herself. That is what we had to do. All we can do for now is protect her, but like you said, we won't always be around for that. I think that she will be able to look out for herself."

"She was anything but looking out for herself when I saw him touch her. She was standing there, not liking it but not saying anything to stop it. What does one do with that?" I was now angry because David seemed to be oblivious to that.

"Tristan, I like how you care. But if he takes it further with her. She will know what to do. It was her first day, she needs to get used to things and know how to handle these things. If he takes it further with her, she can report it. But that is the industry that she chose to be in,. It's her dream and I can only do so much as a father. It's her dream and I won't stand in the way of it." he said as he gulped the rest of the Scotch down and placed the empty glass on the counter.

I didn't like what he was saying, but I had no choice but to actually agree with it. She can report it when it gets out of hand, and they will always be touching her because men work with her. I can just kick myself for being an ass to Eric when he was doing photshoots with her, because now there are far worse men she is going to work with. It just makes me even more guilty of what I did to Eric.

I furrowed my brows as an idea formed, "Do you think that my company can open a modeling agency and I can put the right people in place who aren't perverts? I can easily fire them when things get inappropriate." I said, I was being desperate here.

He laughed, shaking his head, "Tristan, I know that you are looking out for Elona, but you are literally wanting to do this for her. No one else. You are willing to have an agency just for her and that is... that is just weird, and I think that she will be fine," he said.

"So, are you ready?" Elona asked, appearing beside me.

"Of course," I replied.

"You look like crap, Dad," she said.

"I feel like crap, once you both leave, I will rest. I could sleep for an entire day," he yawned. "You two should enjoy the outing or whatever it is." he rounded the counter and stopped by Elona, placing a kiss against her forehead "I love you." he said before he walked out of the kitchen.

Elona turned to me." Let's go," she smiled with excitement, and then I got off the bar stool, taking her little bag of clothes, and I followed after her as we left the house.

I can't wait to show her this place. I know that no one will notice us, no one that we know will be there. But I might just walk into some people that I'm familiar with over there. People who knew me and Estelle. Most of all, I cannot wait to spend another evening with Elona.