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 one of those mornings

rampage.

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

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

day too.

alone in my room, crying my eyes

only thing that hurt that day,

to terms with the fact that I lost

mother.

regarded each other coldly, like we were

asked and made sure to not upset

of course, I met Grant

wrong dad,’

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

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

the past and the way

it. Those years you shared

regret meeting

life with her?’

I watch his adam’s apple bob as he

to your mother Meredith.’ He tore his

pain deep within his

had to go back I’d do it all over again.” He whispered. “I’d choose her all

again. ■

hear the raw

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

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

a good idea? Why do you want to

He snapped his eyes to me. “Don’t you see

mother and would choose her all over again,

Love

his hand, growing angry now

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

beautiful. Stop hurting Aiden because of

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

Grant and I run away and never turned back. In

that I

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

his wife and then he

I understood his loneliness and

insane to think any action they take, is really for

cracked. ‘I’m sorry for leaving