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

glass piercing through my

rampage.

I cried out in pain, he looked at me dead

eyes, and told the maid to help me.

day too.

stay up alone in my room, crying my eyes

that hurt that day, my heart was

fact that I lost my father

mother.

other coldly, like we were

he asked and made sure to not upset

I

wrong dad,’ I

him dad in a while too. Always regarded

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

me of the past and the way

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

regret meeting her? Sharing

life with her?’

I watch his adam’s apple bob as he swallowed

it comes to your mother Meredith.’

pain deep within

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

again. ■

heart squeezed. I could hear the raw emotions

think you’re hurting her now that

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

is a good idea?

to me. “Don’t you see I’m

her all over again, but the pain of losing

Love is

growing angry now that he was trying to justify his

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

beautiful. Stop hurting Aiden because of what

love with Grant, my father had tried his best to

marry into the Muralo’s. But Grant and

way, he thinks that I had abandoned

realize that it was his actions that

wife and then he

way, I understood his loneliness and how a

action

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