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

of that broken glass piercing through my heel one of

rampage.

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

eyes, and told the maid to help me.

day too.

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

that hurt that day, my

fact that I lost my

mother.

we regarded each other coldly,

did what he asked and

course, I met Grant and

wrong dad,’

dad in a while

my words. There’s a

me of the past and the way he looked at me

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

you regret meeting

life with her?’

he

your mother Meredith.’ He tore his

pain deep within his

back I’d do it all over

again. ■

My heart squeezed. I could hear the

you think you’re hurting her now that you’re

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

is a good idea? Why do

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

and would choose her all over again, but the pain

unbearable. Love is

angry now that he was trying to justify his

of it is beautiful. Every

hurting Aiden because of what I

my father had tried

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

that

realize that it was his actions that

wife and then he lost

way, I understood his loneliness and how

any action they take, is really for the

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