Zeden.“I don’t want to go anywhere else, Papa. Please don’t send me away. I want to be with you. I’m sorry for being so bad. It won’t happen again. I’m sorry… Papa…” She cried out suddenly, her wet, sobbing face pressing against my bare back, tears soaking into my skin.I didn’t turn around right away, letting her words hang in the heavy air between us.“Please… I won’t do anything bad again. I’ll behave from now on. Don’t send me away.” Her hands tightened desperately around my waist. “I won’t take alcohol again. I won’t ever do anything to hurt you again…”When I finally turned, her hands slowly loosened as I faced her. I dropped the bottle onto the floor with a dull thud and cupped her face gently between my palms. Even though my eyes were useless, I could feel her—every tremble, every tear, every soft hitch of her breath.“That’s not the point, princess,” I murmured, my thumbs brushing away the wetness on her cheeks. “I couldn’t stop you because I felt you needed to do some silly
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