Chapters (56)
- Chapter One
- Chapter Two
- Chapter Three
- Chapter Four
- Chapter Five
- Chapter Six
- Chapter Eight
- Chapter Nine
- Chapter Ten
- Chapter Eleven
- Chapter Twelve
- Chapter Thirteen
- Chapter Fourteen
- Chapter Fifteen
- Chapter Sixteen
- Chapter Eighteen
- Chapter Nineteen
- Chapter Twenty
- Chapter Twenty-One
- Chapter Twenty-Two
- Chapter Twenty-Three
- Chapter Twenty-Four
- Chapter Twenty-Five
- Chapter Twenty-Six
- Chapter Twenty-Seven
- Chapter Twenty-Eight
- Chapter Twenty-Nine
- Chapter Thirty
- Chapter Thirty-One
- Chapter Thirty-Two
- Chapter Thirty-Three
- Chapter Thirty-Four
- Chapter Thirty-Five
- Chapter Thirty-Six
- Chapter Thirty-Seven
- Chapter Thirty-Eight
- Chapter Thirty-Nine
- Chapter Forty
- Chapter Forty-One
- Chapter Forty-Two
- Chapter Forty-Four
- Chapter Forty-Five
- Chapter Forty-Six
- Chapter Forty-Seven
- Chapter Forty-Eight
- Chapter Forty-Nine
- Chapter Fifty
- Chapter Fifty-One
- Chapter Fifty-Two
- Chapter Fifty-Three
- Chapter Fifty-Five
- Chapter Fifty-Six
- Chapter Fifty-Seven
- Chapter Fifty-Eight
- Chapter Fifty-Nine
- Chapter Sixty
In two large steps, he was towering over my from. Both of his hands slammed onto the pillow at each side of my bed. He leaned down until he was face level with me. I could feel his warm breath on my face. So close that I could see how bloodshot his eyes were and how his usual angry black orbs were filled with vulnerability and desperation. I could feel the tension simmering in him.
Every shaky word of his hit me in the face as he gruffly spoke "How could you do that?"
I kept quiet and tried to avoid his gaze, but he did not let me. He was so near that I could not escape. His wide shoulders enclosed me in, and his eyes held me captive.
"W-What?" I uttered.
It was not anger that left his mouth. It was some other stronger emotion that escaped him as he voiced “Why did you get into the car?"
My lip was trembling when I mustered up an answer "I do not remember exactly what happened."
He did not calm down. He moved back and ran both of his hands over his face.
His bloodshot eyes met mine again as he repeated roughly "Why did you get into the car?"
I trembled over my sentence "I don't know."
"How could you do that?" He roared as his chest heaved.
A few minutes later and he still had not calmed down. He looked so distressed, and I wanted to reach out to him.
"How could you do that to me?" He asked, his voice growing quiet and deeper "You might as well have ripped my heart out."
I matched his loud volume as I slammed a hand on my chest "He was still my father. I don't remember that night, but I do know that I was probably thinking that he was still my dad. He was the one who read to me before I learned how to. He was the one that got me interested in making up theories. He was the one to spin me around or mess up my hair when I was feeling down. He was my dad."
After my outburst, I realised that I was crying again. It was more volatile than last time.
A sob left me and that made Stone move quickly. He was in front of me instantly. He sat in the bed and lifted me up and onto him. I climbed into his lap immediately
"I’m sorry." He said repeatedly as I sobbed into his chest "I’m so sorry. I shouldn't have yelled."
The pain did not matter. I wanted his arms wrapped around me more than anything. It did not matter how much my body hurt It would be more painful not to feel his warmth on my skin.