„Nice job, Victoria. The chicken tastes great“ Duncan‘s piercing blue eyes were directed to the woman in front of him, his mother whom looked just as unaffected by Duncan‘s words as Duncan himself. The rather with irony filled words were not meant serious. Of course, they weren‘t. Victoria Carter would rather starve than make dinner herself. Duncan knew that. The male leaned back slightly, eyeing her and raising his brow mockingly. „I mean-- not that you made it yourself but I am sure it took you some effort to tell the cook what you would like him to do.“ Victoria merely rolled her eyes and took her wine glass to take a sip out of it. „Duncan, show some respect.“ Dan‘s words cut through the tension and in the corner of his eyes he saw Allison flinch. „Oh you mean the kind of respect, she showed her personal trainer some years ago?“-- „Duncan!“ Duncan chuckled, he seemed to be on a roll today. Provoking and letting loose, perhaps it was because he already had a few drinks or maybe he was just angry. Duncan would care about it later, or not. „Okay-- you know what? I am going to do you all a favor and get the hell out of here.“, he was about to get up when Dan shook his head. „No. You‘re going to stay here. We‘re a family and we‘re having dinner.“ Another chuckle passed his lips when he turned to Dan now, his laugh lacked amusement or any humor at all for that matter . A family? God knows what the Carter‘s were but they were not a family, not a happy functioning one at least. „Are you kidding me, Dan? A family? What we are is a mess and I don‘t mean Al with this because she is the most pure out of everyone of us but no. We‘re not a family. We are pretending to be one and you out of all of us are the reason it‘s not fucking working.“ Duncan‘s calm amused facial expression faded completely, clear anger visible. „Not this again.“, it was Dan‘s turn to smile now, his smug confident smile that made Duncan run away in fear when he was younger. Now it was just angering him to the point where he wanted to get up and punch him. „I gave you all you could ask for. Paid for your car, your college. I was a good father.“, he explained further, drinking his scotch with raised eyebrows. „No, dad. You were not a good father. You thought you were one, until I stopped doing what you want me to do. Because you like to manipulate people, make them think things that they don‘t want to think in the first place. You turn and twist everything around until it fits to your expectations. You are the goddamn reason why this family is going down the drain.“ Duncan was not finished but he had gotten up now, slamming his fist down on the table. „You manipulated my mother, me. And now you‘re doing it to Allie. Fuck, aren‘t you ashamed of walking around and making everyone feel worthless?“ He pointed to his sister. „She is young, Dan. She just wants to live life to the fullest but you‘re using and pestering her for your clients sons. She is your daughter, Daniel. Not a prostitute.“ Duncan hadn‘t realized that his voice turned into a raised yelling, teeth gritting. His eyes wandered back to Victoria. „You had the chance to change all of this, to leave him and yet you decided to stay.“ Duncan shook his head slightly. „ It‘s not that easy, Duncan Stone. You know that.“ For the first time since they had sat down the woman with the same blue eyes as his sons started to speak up and Duncan knew that she was right but that didn‘t stop his anger. It was not his fault that the female married a man whose heart seemed to be like his middle name. Perhaps that‘s why they had chosen it. Duncan stared at his mother for a while, the silence around the room spreading. The only noises coming from Dan who seemed to enjoy his dinner, not affected by the outbreak his son just had, it didn‘t surprise Duncan, not in the slightest. He glanced to Allie only to avert them back to his father. „You know the saddest thing about this is not that you just ruined us but that I am starting to be just like you and god dammit. I am more ashamed of that, than I could ever be for anything else. You ruined me too and I tried to resist. So. Hard. I hope my sister will realize that the fuck up that you are shouldn't be a reason to change who she is.“ Duncan swallowed slightly. „Have a nice dinner and if you‘re still hungry you can have my dinner, Daniel. Just warm it up if it‘s too cold but then again you never had problems with being cold, did you?“ The male shook his head and turned out to walk out of the dining room. The loud shut of the door was a sign that he was finally out but he would never really be out for good.
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