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Chapter 53
Ariana's POV
My birthday is the time of the year where I miss dad even more than I can express. Every year, he woke me up early in the morning because he used to say that we should not waste a single moment of our birthday and enjoy every moment of it.
Even though dad never enjoyed baking, he took classes for baking just to bake birthday cakes for me. More than me, dad used to be excited about my birthdays, and when Justin came into our lives, even his birthdays were special for dad.
So that's why I celebrate Justin's birthday in the same dad had celebrated ours. So that Justin never feels that he is not special to me or I love him any less. I can't fulfill the void of dad in his life, but I would do everything which I can to make sure he knows that he is loved.
However, I can't bring mys
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