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ASKING TO BE MY DAUGHTER FATHER

Author: O.A PRESHY
last update Huling Na-update: 2025-06-22 19:04:25

DRAKE POV

It had been seven days of silence.

Seven days of waking up to nothing but the cold echo of a house too big and too quiet. No little footsteps. No giggles. No morning voice calling me daddy. Just me. Alone.

I’d stared at the court documents more times than I could count. I couldn’t bring myself to tear them up, but I also couldn’t file an appeal. Not yet. The words blurred together every time I tried. My chest tightened with every sentence, every clause that said someone else might raise my daughter.

I’d lost her.

But not in my heart.

I sat on the edge of the couch, hands laced together, eyes locked on the photo on the wall. The one Isabella took of Eva and me in the park. Her arms wrapped around my neck, cheeks squished against mine, both of us smiling like the world didn’t have sharp edges.

I couldn’t let go. I wasn’t ready to be erased.

After pacing my living room like a man lost in a storm, I made a decision.

I had to see Isabella.

No lawyers. No shouting. Just me… askin
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