Chapter 17

She laid beside the injured animal and caressed its fluffy fur. The animal snuggled up closer to her inhaling her scent. Her eyes were raw and puffy as she cried. How could her mother keep the truth from both her and Violet for all those years? 

All the time she blamed him for walking out on both her and Violet. All the hatred that brewed into a seed of bitterness for the man. It was all in vain, how could she be angry at a man that was already dead.

All her hopes of looking for him just vanished. All the things she planned to say when he returned. Her heart began to ache. She couldn't believe her father was gone. What puzzled Aurora was the fact that her mother hid the truth from her? Why did she not tell them about his death? Was she scared that the girls wouldn't be able to handle her father's death? Or was there a more logical reason why she kept the truth hidden in darkness for all those years?

Aurora remembered herself as a child waiting for her fathe