Always You

I Messed Up

Randy POV

Looking at the memory stick in my hand I was confused as to why Emily would leave this with Alanna and not Sam, grabbing my daughters laptop I insert the memory stick and open it up.

The only thing on it is a video file that is a good 10 minutes long, unsure of weather or not Alanna is aware of whats on this I ask her to leave the room.

I click on the video and watch as Kim comes into view, I listen as she snaps at my daughter for no reason before raising her hand, and then I see Emily rush into view and stop her, breathing a sigh of relief that I didn't have to watch her hit my daughter, I started to feel like shit for not believing her I the first place.

I smile as I listen to Emily defend my little girl the way she always has done, I had never really realised until now just how much Emily loved her.

"Why are you so bothered she's not yours" Kim spits and I feel myself clenching my fists how dare she question why Emily cares.

Hearing Emily say that she loves Alanna like her own makes my heart swell and I'm hit by how much I miss her and how things haven't been the same since she decided to stay away.

I'm about to stop the video when Kim says something the catches my attention

"Aww you love her, just like you love my husband"

What the hell is she talking about? Emily loves me as a friend nothing more. And then I hear her admit what Emily had been telling me all along and I couldn't feel any worse.

"Yes I love him, I've been in love with him for years and I'm not ashamed to admit it" Emily says "but all I have ever wanted was for him to be happy and for whatever reason he is happy with you and I would never have done anything to ruin that which you would know if you took the time to get to know me"

What? Staring at the screen I can't quite believe what I just heard, Emily has been in love with me all this time? And she's been keeping it to herself for the sake of my happiness. All this time I've loved her believing she didn't feel the same way and now here she is saying she loves me too.

The final gut punch comes in the form of Kim admiting that all she wants is my money and that she never wanted my daughter around.

I'm an asshole, I've messed up and I've let down the two people that meant the most to me. Turning off the laptop and removing the memory stick I head out of the room to find my daughter.

"Hey baby come here" I say opening my arms and pulling her close to me "I am so sorry for not believing you, I should have and I hope one day you can forgive me, and I don't want you to worry she is out of our lives for good"

"It's ok dad, it's not your fault, it's Kim's" she says but I know I don't deserve to be forgiven so quickly

"Emily didn't ask you to give me this did she?" I ask smiling at her "I'm willing to bet she didn't want me to see part of this"

"What the hell is that?" Sam asks "Alanna what have you done?"

"She's helped me to see something I should have seen a long time ago" I say

"Oh god is that the full version?" She asks "oh man she is going to kill me"

"Do you know where Emily went?" I ask

"Why? " Sam says "Randy I'm not telling you until you tell me why you are going after her, I'm not going to let you hurt her anymore"

"I'm going after her becuase I love her" I say "I've always loved her I just always thought it was one sided"

"You've got a long drive ahead of you" Sam smiles "she's in texas"

"Oh f....fudge" I say aware that my daughter is still in the room "he's going to kill me, he's going to kill me and send me back here in box" I gasp rubbing my hands down my face

"Do you and him not get on?" She asks

"Oh we got on" I say "but part of the agreement for him letting her move here with me was that I promised him I would never let anyone hurt her"

"Oh I see your problem" she chuckles "well good luck"

"Yeah thanks" I sigh

Getting in my car and starting the engine, I know there's one cal, I have to make on the way.

"Hey baby" Kim answers

"I want you to listen carefully becuase I am only going to say this once" I growl "I want you to pack your shit and get the fuck out of my house and I never want to see you again"

"What's going on?" She asks "why are you kicking me out?"

"Emily got everything on film" I say "I know you slapped my daughter and I know what you've been doing to Emily"

"Randy she probably edited that footage to make me look bad" she says

"Kim your bullshit isn't going to work anymore" I say "now do as I ask, we are done, you hear from my lawyer about the divorce"

I end the call before she has chance to speak and concentrate on the drive ahead of me, all I've got to hope now is that her dad will let me talk to her and that Emily will forgive me.