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

that broken glass piercing through my heel one of

rampage.

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

to help me. He didn’t come to see me

day too.

in my room, crying my eyes out. My

that hurt that day, my heart was

to terms with the fact that I lost

mother.

we regarded each other coldly, like

he asked and made sure to not

course, I met

wrong dad,’

him dad in a while too. Always

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

reminded me of the past and the

years you shared with mom, I was

ever been. Do you regret meeting her? Sharing life with her?

life with her?’

his adam’s apple bob as he swallowed and

it comes to your mother Meredith.’ He tore his eyes away,

pain deep within

it all over again.” He whispered.

again. ■

heart squeezed. I could hear the raw emotions playing in

you’re hurting her now that you’re

woman who he loves dearly. You’re trying to

idea? Why do you want to hurt

see I’m trying to help him Meredith? Yes. I

her all over again, but the pain of losing her

Love

I let go of his hand, growing angry now that he was trying to justify

Every bit of it is beautiful. Every single emotion

Stop hurting Aiden because of what I had

my father had tried his

could marry into the Muralo’s. But Grant and I run

way, he thinks that I had abandoned

But he didn’t realize that it was his actions that drove

his wife and then he

his loneliness and how a

insane to think any action they

blurred my vision as I cracked. ‘I’m sorry for leaving