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

broken glass piercing through my

rampage.

flinch when I cried out in pain, he looked at me dead in

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

day too.

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

only thing that hurt that day,

I came to terms with the fact that I

mother.

coldly, like we were not father and daughter

all. I did what he asked and made sure to not upset

I

“You’re wrong dad,’ I

dad in a while

when he heard my words. There’s

me of the past and the way he looked at

beautiful. It’s worth it. Those years you shared with mom,

happiest you’ve ever been. Do you regret meeting

life with her?’

his adam’s apple bob as he swallowed

anything when it comes to your mother Meredith.’ He tore his

pain deep within his

had to go back I’d do it all

again. ■

squeezed. I could hear the raw emotions playing in his

now that you’re

a woman who he loves dearly. You’re trying to tear his family apart. Why

idea? Why do you want

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

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

Love is

of his hand, growing angry now that

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

beautiful. Stop hurting Aiden because of what I had

in love with Grant, my father had tried his best

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

way, he thinks that I had abandoned

that it was his actions that drove me to do

wife and then he lost

his loneliness and how a dead mind and heart can really

insane to think any action

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