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

feeling of that broken glass piercing through my heel one of

rampage.

cried out in

his soulless eyes, and told the maid to help me. He didn’t come

day too.

my room, crying my eyes

that day,

day I came to terms with the fact that I lost my father the same

mother.

coldly,

he asked and made sure to not

of course, I

wrong

a

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

and the way he looked at me before mom

is beautiful. It’s worth it. Those years you shared with mom, I was sure

regret

life with her?’

he swallowed and croaked out. “No. I

comes to your mother Meredith.’

pain deep

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

again. ■

could hear the raw

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

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

idea? Why do you want to

me. “Don’t you see I’m trying to

all over again, but the

unbearable. Love

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

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

hurting Aiden because of what I had

with Grant, my father had tried his best

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

that I had abandoned

that it was his actions that drove me

He lost his wife and

his loneliness and how a dead mind

think any action

vision as I cracked. ‘I’m sorry for