Emma’s back
I sat on the cold hospital chair breathing in then out. Mother was still sobbing and she couldn’t be consoled. My heart broke for her. I understand it isn’t easy losing the man you love in such an unexpected way.
It was still a shock. I expected him to make a full recovery but now he was dead and I had no idea how to feel.
We never saw eye to eye and even though he hated me. I loved him. He was after all my father so how could I not love him?
“You okay?” Rowan asks sitting down beside me.
He arrived about an hour ago and this is the first time he talked to me since he came. I didn’t know what to do with the concern he was showing. After all he has never taken my feelings into consideration before.
“Yeah” I manage to say.
I haven’t shed a tear since we were given the news. Maybe it was belated shock or maybe I ran out of tears for him. Right now I was doing all I could to stay afloat since everyone else was breaking down.
I see feet in my peripheral vision and when I look up I find Travis staring at me. Just like always there isn’t a flicker of warmth in his eyes when he looks at me. I know what I did was a wrong but I haven’t I paid enough for that night?
“What?” I ask him.
“Mom called Emma when dad got shot so she should be arriving soon. She still doesn’t know that dad didn’t make it” he says.
I hear Rowan’s sharp intake of air. That’s the only indication I need to know that her name still affects him. The warmth he provided just a few minutes ago turns cold and I know that once again I’ve lost him.
I mumble because what else
would want to be in the same
give her space” mother adds,
you know what you’re asking me is nearly
betrayal. I won’t let you do that again especially now that your father is no longer with us and we need each other” she
they keep throwing the past in my face. Haven’t I already paid enough for
case you’ve forgotten I’m also your daughter or am I
I stand up and leave. I
cold air. Tears sting my eyes but I refuse to let them fall. What am I
never look back. After all, I never considered myself part of their family and they didn’t consider me as one of their own too. I should just leave and forget about
James Sharp’s daughter?” a nurse
head after calming
she softly tells me, probably trying
just give me a
provided for me so I owe him. With
family. They would no longer have to put up with me like they have been
to the morgue. By the time I get there, the
the slab. He looks so at peace. Kind of like he does when he is asleep. You would
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