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 heel one of those mornings after

rampage.

out in

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

day too.

had me stay up alone in my room, crying my eyes out. My

that hurt that day, my heart

with the fact that

mother.

regarded each other coldly, like we were

all. I did what he asked and

But of course, I met Grant

wrong dad,’ I

dad in a while too. Always regarded him

he heard my words. There’s a flicker in his gaze,

of the past and the way he looked at me before

years you shared with mom,

you regret meeting her? Sharing life

life with her?’

his adam’s apple bob as he swallowed and

anything when it comes to your mother Meredith.’ He tore his eyes away, burying

deep within

I had to go back I’d do it all

again. ■

My heart squeezed. I could hear the raw

now that you’re trying to hurt

dearly. You’re trying to tear his family

is a good idea? Why do you want to

his eyes to me. “Don’t you see

would choose her all over again, but the pain

Love is

now that he was trying to

of it is

Stop hurting Aiden because of what I had

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

could marry into the Muralo’s. But Grant and I run away and never turned

thinks that I

he didn’t realize that it was his actions that drove me to

and then he

loneliness and how a

action they take, is really for

I cracked. ‘I’m sorry for leaving you the way I did.