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

glass piercing through my heel

rampage.

out in pain, he

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

day too.

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

that hurt that

that I lost my father the same

mother.

that day, we regarded each other coldly, like

what he asked and made sure

of course, I met Grant

“You’re wrong

dad in a

he heard my words. There’s a flicker

me of the past and the way he looked at me before

’Love is beautiful. It’s worth it. Those years you shared with mom, I was

regret meeting her? Sharing life with her?

life with her?’

he swallowed and croaked out.

your mother Meredith.’ He

deep within his

’If I had to go back I’d do it

again. ■

squeezed. I could hear

now that you’re trying to

he loves dearly. You’re trying to tear his family apart.

think this is a good idea? Why do you want

to me. “Don’t you see I’m trying to help him Meredith? Yes.

choose her all over again, but the pain of losing her

Love is

growing angry now that he was trying to

“Love is beautiful. Every bit of it is beautiful. Every single

Stop hurting Aiden because

in love with Grant, my father had tried his best

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

he thinks that I had

he didn’t realize that it was his actions

wife and then he lost

In a way, I understood his loneliness and how a dead mind

think any action

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