He Only Married Me For Revenge

Chapter 71: Surviving the pain

The moment I stepped inside the huge and black wooden door, I saw my Dad almost running down the stairs just to go with me.

"Maiden! My baby!"

Tears flow from my eyes again as soon as I felt his embrace. Then I realized, I can never be mad to this man who had a great contribution to what I become right now.

He's crying when he pulled back, even his wife... Chesca behind him. She's been a good wife to him, and still accepted him despite what he did.

"Daddy..."

I hugged him again. I missed him. I missed him so much. I wish I had him beside me during those cruel times. But it's in the past, at least we still have time to be with each other.

"How are you, Maiden?" he wiped my tears using the hem of his shirt.

"Daddy?"

"Dad?"

"Honey?"

We all protested in unison, but it's too late. He already wiped my tears. Who's gonna use the hem of his shirt to wipe the tears of his daughter at this age of twenty-six? Well, only my Dad, and I felt like a seven years old again.

"What? I just wiped my baby's tears?"

The mother and son just shook their heads, while I bite my bottom lip to control my laugh.

"Madi." Chesca also pulled me into a motherly hug and I hugged her back.

"Okay, let's go to your room, baby. Just put your things there and let's go upstairs." he put his arm around my shoulders. "Honey, I'm gonna show my baby her room, is it okay if we just follow to the dining room later?"

"Sure honey."

Dad showed me my temporary room as he said, he's still renovating my own room. For me, it doesn't matter where I sleep, as long as I have a bed to lay at night.

I walked immediately to the large glass window of the room when we entered.

"How are you, Maiden?"

I turned around to see him sitting at the edge of the bed.

"I'm fine, Dad."

"You're not. Bryan told in the phone."

I sighed as I walked closer to him and seated at his side.

"I'm not actually fine, Dad. I'm broken."

I chuckled at the end of my sentence. He didn't say anything but he held my left hand and I heard him took a loudly sigh.

"I'm sorry, baby."

My head snapped at him. "No Dad! It's not you!"

"I know, baby. I'm just saying sorry for all of my shortcomings and failures of being your father. I know with those past years, your blaming me for what happened to me and your Mom. But believe me, Maiden. I can't control the things before, Your Mom was my first love before I married your Aunt Chesca. And that love I had for your mother, I hurt them both and I made a great mistake."

"So, you're telling me that I am your biggest mistake?"

"No! That's not what I mean!" he sighed. "What I mean is, if I were just as strong as you are before, maybe I can avoid those unwanted things that happened."

"Daddy, it's okay... it's in the past. Honestly, I'm thankful that things happened and turned into this, in its place right now. Because I can never be what I am right now if those things in the past didn't happen."

I smiled at him.

"How's your heart?" he asked suddenly and I bitterly smiled.

"Well, still beating inside my chest."