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 my heel

rampage.

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

to help me. He didn’t come to see me

day too.

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

hurt that day, my

to terms with the fact that I lost

mother.

each other coldly, like we were

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

course, I met Grant and everything

“You’re wrong dad,’

called him dad in a while too. Always

words. There’s

the way he looked at me before mom

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

you regret meeting her? Sharing life with her?

life with her?’

I watch his adam’s apple bob as he swallowed and croaked out. “No. I don’t

it comes to your mother Meredith.’ He

deep within his

I’d do it all

again. ■

hear the raw emotions playing

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

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

idea? Why do you want to

his eyes to me. “Don’t you see

over again, but the pain of losing

unbearable. Love

of his hand, growing angry now that he

beautiful. Every bit of it is

Stop hurting Aiden because of what

fell in love with Grant, my father had

Muralo’s. But Grant and I run away

way, he thinks that I

his actions that drove me

He lost his wife and

a way, I understood his loneliness and how a dead mind

action they take, is really

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