Now or Never

Settling himself into the chair, the cushions of the thick chair snuggled up to his body. At first, Dillion had thought it would be the longest plane of his life. Now, he found Dillion never wanted this plane ride to end. The grey seats were plush, and fabric screamed your every penny had been put in it's up keep. A long strip of metal held up an earnest size screen, and the man across the way tossed a remote back & forth. Dillion watched curiously, he watched the man choose a film off the screen and settle back to watch it. He had always understood the true currency of the world was not love, but money. A few people had the privilege to have all the money at their fingertips. They could do what their wants, and not have to worry a second about it. As a child, Dillion had never had that privilege. His life had always been a strict code, careful of money, and working hard to earn the bit of pocket change he could have. In the metal tube, hundred of thousands of feet above the air Dillion couldn't even imagine that life anymore. It was so many years ago, and Dillion had blocked out many of the poor memories. He was remembering more of the sweet memories, ones which couldn't be overshadowed by his father.

Reaching forward, Dillion picked up the thick blanket and draped it over his... daughter. The thought was odd inside of his mind. They say, when you have a daughter everything is different. He had never thought, not in a million years he would think daughter and 'Leona Conily' in the same sentence. That chance had been shot to hell, and yet here was a girl, his daughter and her mother was Leona Conily. The thought was so surreal, and so unreal. He couldn't find the right words to describe it. Dillion turned onto his side, tucking a leg underneath him, his sock scratched against his dark stone washed jeans. He wore a simple shirt, cotton and pale blue. The few greys looked brighter with the pale shirt now, but Dillion didn't mind. He wasn't so young anymore, and work had stressed him. Would Leona try to take her away? Dillion would like to think, she wouldn't. It was disheartening, but he didn't know her anymore. She wasn't the same person, he had fallen in love with. The women he fell in love with, she'd never keep his child from him. Dillion had never had a father. His father had hid from him, he hadn't spoken to him. He had avoided him, and just left him. Eric had treated him, like he was just the housekeeper's son. Now, it was different but a resent man for the man still lingered.

Resting his eyes shut for a moment, Dillion allowed the memory of this to soak into his mind. Who would have thought, he'd be up in the air when he found out he was a father? Sure, Dillion had figured eventually he may have fathered a kid. It would be one of those awkward moments, the kid would be eighteen, and yelling at him for never being in it's life. He had thought of those moments, but certainly not this. Opening his eyes again, Dillion smiled and brushed his fingers across her cheek again. His daughter. The smile slowly fade from his face, but it didn't leave inside his mind for a very long time.

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Stepping out of the car, Dillion groaned and glanced up at the house and wrinkled his nose. Right. He had only been away from England for a couple of hours, and already he missed it. It was so god damn hot. Not even his light blue cotton shirt could keep him airy at this moment. Everything seemed like much too heavy right now. He just wanted to go back to the airport, and go back home. If he was lucky, he would take Audrey and hide her away. It was hot and sticky, humid. Why was America so humid? Couldn't they have some dry heat at the moment.

Running a hand through his hair, Dillion could feel the sweat which was beginning to form at his brow. He groaned and plucked out the avaitor shades from his pocket. Pushing them up the bridge of his nose, Dillion rolled his shoulders. He just wanted one moment's of peace before it all began to crumble. God knew she was going to raise hell. He just didn't even want to know how this was going to end. She was going to shoot the roof off this house. Dillion didn't even want to think about. Pinching his nose, he clenched his eyes shut and took a nasal breath slow and bottomless. It was good to know, he had a few more moments. Just a few more moments, and then his ass would be missing a few pieces.

Tugging out his phone, he pressed on his phone and watched as it buzzed. It buzzed and hummed, but Dillion ignored it. He was stressed out enough right now. He really didn't need to look, and see that some idiot had screwed up at work. It would really be the last straw, and maybe then he would just leave this all behind. He would definitely take Audrey with him. He wouldn't make her stay and witness her mother's wrath all alone. Glancing up toward the door it looked so intimidating, he'd make Audrey go knock it. Chewing on his lower lip, he fidgeted and rolled his shoulders; shoved them into his pockets. His hands were sweating. He had never been this nervous. What did he have to be nervous about? It wasn't like, he hadn't ever met Leona! She was Lea. He was Dillion. They were... no, they weren't made for each other anymore.

Dillion could still remembering winning the sweetheart dance with her. His world had been so different back then. Things were all about revenge, and Dillion hadn't cared remotely about the consequences. Now things were a lot different. Now he had a lot more then himself to think about. He couldn't just throw his life away, because he didn't know how many chances he had left any longer.

What if, she was so different and kicked him out. Dillion didn't need to question, whether or not he was in love with her. To him, Leona could never age past that beautiful smile when he had first met her. Dillion just wanted to see her again. The worst part was Dillion wanted to kiss her again. He constantly had to remind himself, he was here to just talk her out of getting married. Well, no that was his daughter's objective. Dillion was here to find out why, she was so objective to this whole thing.

Raising a brow at Audrey, he shook his head and ruffled her hair. "Alright, kiddo. C'mon let's go find your mother. It was going to be a long day, and it had only just begun.