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The moment the doctor stepped in, his gaze immediately rounded up on the seat that Aiden had been occupying.

"Where's he?"

"He left," then I added, "there was an emergency."

He nodded and we continued the session.

After my session, I made my way to Amie's room. As I headed there, I retrieved my phone from my bag and tried to reach Dennis again but his calls just kept going to voicemail.

When I stepped in, Amie smiled but she glanced behind me, her gaze lingering on the door. I knew she expected Aiden to step through the door like earlier.

But when the door remained close, she seemed to have a sigh of relief and her smile widened.

And my heart dropped. I briefly wondered if she would accept Aiden as her father. But I wouldn't know if I don't tell her, right? I just wasn't ready.

She respects him as she has been taught to respect everyone but I didn't think she fancied his presence.

I could see the question in her eyes whenever she glanced at Aiden or whenever he spoke but she had said nothing.

I knew she wanted to come to a conclusion before she asks me. But would I ever be ready? Would I ever be ready to answer her questions and tell her the truth when I'd told her that she didn't have a father?

Sometimes, remembering how I had denied Amie the protection and love of a father growing up and denied Aiden the opportunity to know his daughter made me feel like a witch.

dwell on it. I never want to dwell on it. It was now in the past and I

guilt I was starting to sink into again, her

dmy stomach. "She's fine. She sent

told her I can't wait

did. You can tell her

feed your food to you. You can

laughed heartily. "What if it

I'll still love him and do stuff with him. I'll teach him how to fight

head, laughing. "Oh Amie. The baby is so lucky to have you as an older

her head proudly.

her morning. The laughs she had when one

daddy, earlier too," she

"You did?"

grinning. "He calls me every morning. His call came in just after you left. I showed him my recent paintings and he said they were beautiful and that I

fine. I was relieved but that hollow feeling that only his presence and soothing voice could fill remained. A quite sigh

way out of the hospital,

stopped a taxi, gave him the address to my

But then he would have still found out. I sighed It

didn't regret

him.

had heard it

have angered him and then his

had been cleared. I had not expected that he would glare

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