Fighting For The Doctors Affection (Manxman)

Fighting for the Doctors Affection: Chapter Fifty-six

Hey jitterbugs, sorry this chapter took so long been meaning to update but work and life has taken it's hold on me. I am also in my last semester of college before graduation so the assignments have piled up. But hope ya'll enjoy.

Xoxoxo,
Tiggs, T, Tee, Tigg, Aj.

Dedication goes to: joy661 thanks for your love of Vaughn and your comments .

Song of chapter is: I by Nathan Wagner I listened to this song multiple times while writing.

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Cheryl eyed her brother and father with trepidation as her lips trembled relentlessly. She could not help how she felt. Honestly, she felt like she was letting them all down. The moment that her father told her she did not have to be strong anymore and that her daughter would be well taken care of she almost lost it completely.

Mostly, because that was the last thing from her mind.

She knew that her daughter would be taken care of by those that loved and cherished her. But the thing that scared her most was Athiss. He never wanted to be a father at least not this way, he did not. Everything from the past made the man see that he could not be the father that he wanted to be. He always felt like he would do more harm than good to a child. She knew that what she was doing or going to do to the man was going to hurt him. But all she cared about was that their child was safe.

Taking a deep breath Cheryl knew she had promised him she would never need him to be a father, and yet that was what she needed him to be.

She just was not sure how the man would take it being thrust upon him. Plus, before she died, she had a lot of things she needed to get off her chest for her to be able to pass peacefully, or as peacefully as she could anyways. Honestly, some of those things she feared would make Athiss detest and hate her instead of the hold on to love that she knew he held for her.

Even if it was not the love that she wanted from the man.

She was glad that she got even a bit of the love he had to offer. Sluggishly closing her eyes, she whispered: "I would love to see him in that element." As her eyes closed, she felt her father kiss her forehead as his trembling lips ghosted along her flesh. But before she could utter a single word, she felt him back away from her. Moments later she heard the door open and close with such a finality that it made her heart hurt.

Taking a deep breath, she opened her eyes as tears started to fall. She hated that because her body was so weak it was making those that she loved and cherished suffer.

However, before she could think of anything else, she heard: "I love you, Cheryl, Father loves you, Sammy loves you, Hell even Athiss loves you. We all love you but the most important one that loves you is that little girl of yours."

Quickly she snapped her eyes open as she looked into her brother's eyes. Eyes held so much sorrow and pain that she was not sure that she was looking at the same person that she had known all her life. Frankly, he looked so different. He looked like he was no longer hiding behind doors, too afraid of what other people think and say unlike he had been all these past years.

Swallowing hard she licked her lips as she muttered: "Vaughn."

Once his name passed her lips she watched as he attempted to smile at her, like he was trying to keep himself together to be strong. This was not the person she was used to seeing. If anything it felt like she was meeting her big brother again for the first time. She knew that was not the truth, but honestly, it felt like it was.

She reached her hand up so that she could touch his cheek and as she did, she spoke: "
What am I supposed to do big brother? I'm scared!"

She watched him silently for a few minutes before she noticed that he was leaning into her touch as he spoke gently: "You are not supposed to do anything. You are only meant to live each moment to the fullest. You are meant to make sure your daughter and your wife are happy and healthy and that everything you want to say to them is projected."