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

through my heel one of those mornings

rampage.

didn’t even flinch when I cried out in

the maid to help me. He

day too.

in my room, crying my eyes out. My

thing that hurt that day, my heart was

I came to terms with the fact that

mother.

coldly, like we

what he asked and made sure to

I met Grant and everything

“You’re wrong dad,’ I

in a while too.

words. There’s a flicker in his gaze, a

that reminded me of the past and the way he looked at me before

Those years you shared with

you’ve ever been. Do you regret

life with her?’

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

it comes to your mother Meredith.’ He

pain deep within his

back I’d do it

again. ■

squeezed. I could hear the

her now that you’re trying to hurt her

dearly. You’re trying to

is a good idea? Why

see I’m trying to

your mother and would choose her all over again,

Love is

of his hand, growing angry now that he was trying to justify his absurd

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

beautiful. Stop hurting Aiden because of

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

Grant and I run away and never turned back.

way, he thinks that

his actions that

and

loneliness and how a

action they take, is really

cracked. ‘I’m sorry for leaving you