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

that broken glass piercing through my heel one

rampage.

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

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

day too.

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

that hurt that day,

I came to terms with the fact that I lost my

mother.

that day, we regarded each other coldly, like

all. I did what he asked and

But of course, I

“You’re wrong

dad in a

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

reminded me of the past and the

worth it. Those years you shared with mom, I was sure

you regret meeting her? Sharing life with her?

life with her?’

as he

mother Meredith.’

pain deep

go back I’d do it all over again.” He

again. ■

hear

hurting her now that you’re trying to

has a son, a woman who he loves dearly. You’re trying to tear

this is a good idea? Why

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

would choose her all over again,

unbearable. Love is

now that he was trying to justify

Every bit of it is beautiful. Every single emotion

beautiful. Stop hurting Aiden because of what I

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

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

he thinks that

But he didn’t realize that it was his actions that

and then he lost

In a way, I understood his loneliness and

action they take, is

‘I’m sorry for