The millionaires daughter

The start

This is the story of how I found my favorite person in someone I had a small hatred towards, on July 15 2006, a healthy 7 pound 20 inch brown hair green eyed baby girl was born, that little girl was me, tekka cove Aiken, born to Cleo and atlas Aiken, and as far as I could remember I had a pretty normal childhood, my dad owned a very big and very successful company, we had every we needed, we lived a calm settle life, that was until mom died, dad became a little distant, we had always had a great relationship, but I guess he was trying to distract himself from the pain by working, I had the house to myself most of the time, I got used to hearing noises at night and not being scared of them, I got used to sleeping on my moms side of the bed alone, it was the same thing every day, go to school, come home, make dinner for myself and then lay in bed, seven days a week, 70% of the time, the whole house was empty, just me and my thoughts, when dad would come home he wouldn't leave his office much, I hoped he would start to get better
"Dad?" I said as I stuck my head around the corner of his office door
"Tekka?" He said as he looked over at me his glasses sliding down his nose a little
"I made dinner, if you want some" I told him
"Okay, I'll be down in a bit" he said
I sighed and looked to the ground
"Something wrong tek?" Dad asked
"It's just—ever since mom died you've been so busy, I hardly get to see you" I explained
He sighed as he took his glasses off and set them on his desk, before getting up and walking over to me, he pulled me into a hug, I rested my head against his chest
"I know tek, but I've had so much work to do since mom died" he told me
I sighed
He gently rubbed the back of my head before he spoke again
"Come on tek let's go eat dinner before it gets cold" he said
We went downstairs and sat at the table to eat dinner, the first few minutes were silent
He cleared his throat
"I'm leaving for a business trip on Monday" he said with a sigh
"But dad, you just got home yesterday" I said
Yesterday, yesterday was Thursday, which meant he was only going to be home for three days
"I know, but I can't get out of it, it was last minute" he explained
"When am I going to get to see you for more than three days at a time dad?" I asked
He sighed
"It's quiet and lonely when you leave, I don't have anyone to keep me company" I added
"How about this, I get a friend to come stay here while I'm gone and when I get home I'll try not to be gone as much" he said
I sighed and picked at my food
"Okay" I said softly
After dinner I cleaned up and then went and curled up in my mom's spot in the bed, I sighed before I closed my eyes and nuzzled my face into the pillow