The Girl He Craves

Meredith’s pov

He hauled in a shaky breath, his eyes swimming with sadness. I had hit him with the

past, something that could potentially bring out the man he once was.

’She’s dead.” He whispered, pushing the photo away. “The dead can’t speak.'”

I blinked in sadness, pitying the man he is now today. “But they can still see and hear.

If mom was here, she’d smack you upside your head and then nurse your wounds.”

He clenched his fists, turning away from me completely.” Is this why you came here?

To remind me of why I’m actually doing what I’m doing? Look at me, Meredith.” His

eyes snapped up to mine suddenly and I had to take in a very sharp inhale as

emotions swam through the windows of his soul.

Father was in more pain than I realized.

’I’m a shell of a man because of her. I can love no other, I have a permanent hole in

my heart because of her. Love is selfish Meredith, the pain is unbearable. I tried to

save you from it too,” He looked over my shoulder at Grant.

He continued. “But I was too late. I need to save my grandson before it’s too late.”

I shook my head, reaching out for him. My heart ached for my father. A man who once

believed love was the answer to everything now made love his enemy. It was painful

and tormenting to watch him become this person.

When my fingers touched his hand, he flinched. His eyes swept to mine in shock. I

don’t remember the last time I held my father’s hand or the last time I voluntarily stood

this close to him.

After mom died, our father-daughter relationship was swept up and tom into shreds.

He would come home late from work, smell of booze, and trash the entire place.

I can recall listening to a few bottles shattering on the wall. I can even remember the

feeling of that broken glass piercing through my

rampage.

flinch when I cried out in pain, he looked at

eyes, and told the maid to help me. He didn’t come to see

day too.

he had me stay up alone in my room,

hurt that day, my heart was

the fact that I lost my father the same

mother.

other coldly, like we were

what he asked and made

course, I met Grant

wrong

dad in a

He looks surprised when he heard my words. There’s a flicker in

the past and the way he looked at me before

worth it. Those years you shared with mom,

you’ve ever been. Do you regret meeting her? Sharing life

life with her?’

he swallowed and croaked out.

mother Meredith.’ He tore

pain deep

I had to go back I’d do it all

again. ■

hear the

you think you’re hurting her now that you’re trying to hurt

dearly. You’re

think this is a good idea?

eyes to me. “Don’t you see

your mother and would choose her all over again, but the

Love is

hand, growing angry now that he

beautiful. Every bit of it is beautiful. Every single emotion

hurting Aiden because

fell in love with Grant, my father had tried his best to change my

and I

that I had abandoned

that it was his actions that drove me to

wife and then he lost his

and

someone insane to think any action they take, is really

sorry for leaving you the way