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

of that broken glass piercing through

rampage.

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

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

day too.

had me stay up alone in my room, crying my eyes out. My

hurt that day,

that I lost my father the same day

mother.

other coldly,

asked

But of course, I met Grant and

wrong

dad in a while too. Always regarded him

heard my words. There’s a

me of the past and the way he looked at me

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

you’ve ever been. Do you regret meeting

life with her?’

his adam’s apple bob as he swallowed and croaked out. “No. I

anything when it comes to your mother Meredith.’ He

pain deep

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

again. ■

My heart squeezed. I could hear the raw

‘Don’t you think you’re hurting her now that you’re trying to

who he loves dearly. You’re trying

idea? Why do you want to hurt

“Don’t you see

mother and would choose her all over again, but

Love

angry now that he was

“Love is beautiful. Every bit of it

beautiful. Stop hurting Aiden because of

father

the Muralo’s. But Grant and I

he thinks that I had abandoned

didn’t realize that it was his actions that drove me to do

lost his wife and

understood his loneliness and how a dead

to think any action they

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