willing to be your knight (Knight Series, #2)

58: Secrets

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"Are you sure with him, Drey?"

I sat on the bed while she was busy applying her night cream. She was still gorgeous. Nose pointed, cheeks still red as natural, brows like it's never faded, everything about Grandma lies about her age.

"I have never been this sure in my life before. It's scary." I told her honestly.

Liam was cooking in the kitchen so I had a spare alone time with Grandma. I was actually glad that he could do something in this household instead of him being bored. I was afraid he'd feel out of place here in my world.

"I think life's scary." She said.

"But regret is scarier." She then added.

Slumping my body in her bed, I looked at her through the mirror and saw how serious she was.

"Marrying your grandfather was a decision I never made." She confessed. I have never heard of my Grandpa. That's the first time she told me that.

"It's still hunts me today that I never took that chance. I was so afraid of my mother, I got blinded by my fear to oversee how my future would turn up if I didn't take that chance."

I could see how sad she was while she was telling me that.

I sat up and just looked at nowhere. I felt like I was a child listening to a teacher that was full of wisdom.

"Every day in life we make choices. And in those choices that we make, grow to be a product of those decisions. No matter how little it may seem—every decision leads to one path... ,"

She then looked at me straight in the eyes. "It's the path towards who you are today."

"You can only control your life when you make choices that you want. You can write your own destiny, Drey. Don't be blinded by your father like I was before."

I looked away and started realizing things. Every decision I made from the past was influenced by my hatred and resentment towards my dad.

I left Luke because of dad.
I proposed to Valerie becuase I was afraid he'd make me marry a woman I didn't know.
I protected Liam because of him.

None of the decisions I made were done because I wanted to myself and that loops around the life that I was living. I was living in my father's commands and power.

"How much does he know?" Grandma then asked out of nowhere pertaining to Liam.

"A lot but little details."

"He's in danger."

"Everyone in my life's in danger!" I almost shouted as I stood up and faced her while forming a fist.

I am so done with my life. How unlucky was I to be born into riches but have a father worse than a devil.

"Shhh." I felt a hug. "As long as I am here I will try to protect you and everything you love."

My tears came crashing down while hugging my Grandmother. She was the only family I have left. The only one that listens and the only one that cared for me the most.