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

piercing through

rampage.

out in pain, he looked at me dead

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

day too.

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

that hurt that

terms with the fact that I lost my father the same

mother.

other coldly, like we were not father and daughter

I did what he asked and made sure to not

But of course, I

“You’re wrong dad,’

hadn’t called him dad in a while too. Always

words. There’s

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

years you shared with mom,

you regret meeting her?

life with her?’

bob as he swallowed and

comes to your mother Meredith.’ He tore

pain deep

to go back I’d do it

again. ■

squeezed. I could hear

that you’re trying to

has a son, a woman who he loves dearly.

a good idea? Why do you

to me. “Don’t you see I’m

her all over again,

Love is

now that

is beautiful. Every bit of it

Stop hurting Aiden because of what I

When I fell in love with Grant, my father had tried his best to change my mind so

and I

he thinks that I had abandoned

it was his actions that drove me to do

wife and then

loneliness and

to think any action they take,

as I cracked. ‘I’m sorry for