Chapter 45

Sienna would giggle and clap her hands and want him to read more. She and her father never really talked much, but she knew he was always there in her corner. She started thinking about her mother also. She really didn't know much about her. Sienna had been so young when she left.

She remembered her father and mother arguing all the time. It was just bits and pieces of memory that she glued together over the years to make sense of their relationship. Only thing she knew was that she looked a lot like her mom, which she was sure pained her father even more.

Sienna walked out into the backyard.

"Hi daddy," she quietly said, as she approached him.

Jackson looked up from his book and smiled. He was happy to see her.

"Hey darling, how have you been?" he asked, while standing to hug her.

She hugged him back. She had missed his hugs. "I'm good, how are you?"

"I'm alright."

The both of them sat down, and stared out into the bac