"Meeting new people has always been a thing I find enlightening. I enjoy getting to know the people I don't know."
"Do you enjoy getting to know me?"
I smiled. "Of course I do."
Where a girl who just lost her mom and a boy who fights his own demons...
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I sat on the couch with my father. He was looking at the ground while I looked at him. Ellie and Alex had left and my mind was racing. I couldn't comprehend what he had just told me.
"My heart felt like it could beat again. She made me smile more than I have in a while. She is just wonderful, Alex."
I shook my head as I replayed what he said in my mind. My father was happy and that was all I had wanted, but my heart felt like it was going to break into many pieces. He had decided to fall for the woman that is Alex's mother. He had told me how much he regretted not spending time with her more. They had met in the bakery first, he didn't really pay attention to her until he had handed her his money. His eyes basically had hearts in them. They way he talked about made me feel sad by the minute.
I want my father to be happy, but I don't understand why he chose her. She was wonderful and beautiful, yes, but she was Alex's mom. The boy who had just took my first kiss had a mother who just took my fathers heart. Maybe this was the universe telling me to give up on all the love fantasies and just be with myself. Not thinking about what people would say and the rumors that would flood the streets of Concord, Massachusetts. I sighed and looked back up from the floor and to my father, who looked at me with apologetic eyes.
"I am delighted that you're happy, but with Alex's mom?" I finally said, breaking the awkward silence.
"It wasn't only me who felt something. Ellie had told me she felt comfortable with me and she wished to spend more time with me. They way she looked at me made me feel wanted. I am sorry about the circumstance."
I stood up from the couch. "I need some time to think about all this. I'll be at Marmee's."
He stood up. "I don't want you to go. We should talk about this further. You know your mother would say the same."
I shook my head and pointed at him. "Don't bring her up in this situation when another woman is involved. No one will love you the way she did and you know that."
"When will you move on? She is gone, Alex. She is in a much better place and if you payed more attention to her, you would know that she would want me to move on."
I shook my head in disbelief and felt the tears coming. "I was there for her through everything! I cooked for you and cleaned. I made sure she had everything she needed when you was off to work! I did everything around here, hoping she would get better!" I was yelling now. I had never raised my voice to my father. I could tell he was surprised by it too. His face seemed worried, but sad. I wiped the tears from my cheek and started to breath fast. I could feel the anger rise in me. "You have no right to say that. No right."
"Look I'm-" he started to say until I raised my hand up. "I was just a kid and I did everything I could. Everything." I looked at him one last time before turning around and leaving him alone in that room. I grabbed my shoes and book, rushing out of the house.
