Chapter 449 A Hug Twenty Years Late

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Now, Natalie only wanted to tell herself. Natalie, you’re amazing; you deserve every beautiful thing in this world.

After Waylon finished his call, he turned to see Natalie eating chips, tears streaming down her face. For some reason, his own eyes began to sting.

The Stone family had enough wealth to rival nations, and yet his daughter had grown up without ever tasting a bag of chips. How could a father’s heart not break over that?

Waylon clamped a hand over his mouth as tears spilled down his cheeks, unstoppable.

“My dear… have some yogurt. It’s supposed to be really good; Susie loves this brand.”

He placed the bottle in front of Natalie, his voice cracking beyond repair.

“My dear, I’m so sorry. If I had been more careful twenty years ago, you wouldn’t have had to suffer like this. If I had found you sooner, brought you home sooner… maybe you wouldn’t have endured all this pain. This is my fault–all my fault.”

Waylon wept like a child. In front of his daughter, all pretense of dignity and pride as a father crumbled.

He didn’t deserve them anyway.

Seeing him like that made Natalie’s heart ache.

“Dad, please don’t. You were kept in the dark; it’s not your fault.”


“I failed as a father… and as a husband,” he choked out.

turn back; wishing he could

Natalie’s throat tightened.

of woman who cried easily–the Summers parents had taught her that tears were useless. If

Natalie had never believed in using tears to keep a

tears flowed

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meant to cry. She’d only wanted to have a quiet talk with

“Dad-”

embrace, sobbing

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the pain she had carried alone–finally lifted. She wasn’t an orphan.

carried for so long seemed to dissolve; a soft, glowing warmth wrapped around her, enclosing

held each other and wept

watching, listening. But when he saw Natalie eating chips, heard her recount her childhood, his

crying, Natalie felt lighter–though a little

“Dad, I…”

buy you an entire supermarket; you can

words made Natalie’s eyes

“Okay.”

stood quickly, only to find Flynn standing in the doorway, his eyes

self–conscious for crying so

“Flynn.”


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