9 - Amore

♡ Skylar ♡

The next morning...

8:55 am...

I sat at the vanity table, staring at my reflection in the mirror. I slowly reached for my shoulder, staring at the small, almost invisible scar on it. It was one of the few injuries I had gotten from the fall, and it had healed over the years.

Somehow, I wished I could heal as easy as they did, but sadly, I couldn't. And now that Alfred was supposedly back in my life, all the pain I had been trying hard to push down was resurfacing.

"Daddy!" I heard Aurora's voice followed by a squeal, and my eyes narrowed in confusion.

Daddy? Aurora would never call Ethan, daddy, and there was no other male that visited us.

I immediately stood up from the chair and put on the black jacket, which stopped a little above my knees. I grabbed my bag and walked out of the room.

"Where's your mommy?" I heard a familiar voice, and I halted on the stairs, my hand gripping the railing.

'Did I just hear wrong, or is it who I'm thinking?'

I quickened my pace and made m