Emily
I stood still. It was impossible for me to react.
I looked at him and saw his eyes were full of pain and regret. I felt he wasn’t proud of what he had done, but that didn’t make the pain any less.
No! It actually hurt like hell. I could hear the story echoing incessantly in my thoughts and felt my heart ache harder and harder.
I threw myself into Mike’s arms and started sobbing my eyes out. I didn’t know whether to blame him or excuse him, reject him or accept him as my father.
I felt like he loved me, but I was confused and it was so hard to put my thoughts together. I could read the fatherly love in his eyes and the joy of being in his home. But it was still too much. That past, those stories came like thorns that hurt everything in their path.
“Sweetheart, I beg you so much to pull yourself together. You’re a grown woman, strong and fearless. Lift your head up and let’s focus on the important things and our future. The past is theirs, but the future is ours and we have to liv
