Reborn From Oblivion by Christia Muray

Nathalie left the police station and made a point to visit Patrick. The small window between them might as well have been an ocean or a mountain, separating father and daughter. For reasons he couldn't quite grasp, Patrick didn't hurl insults at Nathalie like he used to. Instead, he just gazed at her, his mind a swirling mess.

"I know I favored your sister in the past and did things that hurt you. I said things I shouldn't have. But Nellie, I'm still your dad. The way you spoke about me today just was not right."

His face softened with a hint of nostalgia. "You used to be so innocent and sweet. Now you're smart, but you've turned so bitter. You've let me down."

Nathalie's voice was flat as she replied, "Why do you think I've turned out this way? Isn't it because of what you've done to me?"

Patrick's face went pale.

cord blood for Greta's illness. Once she was better, you tossed me aside like some worn-out shoe, leaving me in a dirty, poor slum. If it weren't for Greta getting kidney disease, would

her life once more. I should be your daughter's lifesaver twice over. But what did you do? You let

boiled over as she spoke, tears finally brimming in her eyes. "Greta treats her pet better than you treat me. I'm your daughter, yet how

gave me life but never taught me love or respect. And you expect me to love and

his face in his hands, realizing for the first time the depth of Nellie's pain, all of it inflicted by those she should have been able

for everything. I want to make it up to you. But right now, you have to clear my name. Your sister's

Her eyes reddened as she murmured, "You're just like him, always promising to make things right. But every time Greta cries, I lose everything. So, I've stopped expecting anything from you. The love I want

carrying a dark, destructive energy.

I wish to be a tree, a river a mountain-anything but human. Being human is just