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🐍 “ i would never doubt that. ”
she added quickly, suddenly feeling intense guilt for ever confessing it to him in the first place. why tell him something she knew would hurt him ? because she was selfish and sick of hurting alone ? or because she somehow blamed him too for what had happened to her mother ? the possible reality of a thought like that made her stomach twist up in tight, painful knots.
“ i appreciate you letting me in your life. ”
he was her father, yet he felt like a stranger . she wanted to talk to him like the parent she had always dreamed of having, but this wall was growing thicker and thicker between them. it felt as if there were thorny vines growing up and down it, forbidding her from getting any closer. her eyes glanced around to anywhere but his gaze, as the uncomfortable feeling caused her to fidget nervously.
“ you didn’t have to do that. ”














