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CarmenVaughn: Thank you @Chanel for this beautiful gift
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I was left in tears and humiliated the last time I met up with my father who like my mother, put his career ahead of me. People assumed that I had it good since I had both of my parents in my life unlike Greyson but the reality is that I never really had them because their careers were number one to them and I wasn't even number two.
My parents only cared about themselves so I pretty much had to raise myself and Greyson so we could turn out to be decent human beings. Getting pregnant at eighteen saved my life as I could finally escape the life that I had at home and begin a new one with a man who truly loved me.
"I would like to apologise for our last meeting." My dad states as he sits opposite me and I turn to look at my husband who I invited for emotional support. "It has been playing on my mind ever since I left and I realised that I was wrong for coming at you like that when you were merely trying to express yourself."
"You scolded me for showing emotions." I tell him.
"Your mother used to play victim whenever she didn't get her way and I feared that you had adopted that tactic." He shrugs his shoulders. "You are a way better woman than your mother but it is easy for people to adopt what they see even if they do not realise it."
"We have always had a good relationship despite us seeing eachother maybe one or two times a year." I rub my lips together. "You have always been somebody that I admired but I realised early on that you were somebody that I could only love from afar. You never cared enough about me to be present in my life and our conversation over emails are always about yourself."
My dad looks at me with a blank expression on his face.
"You never call to check up on the kids, you never write to ask about their wellbeing or their achievements. I'm seeing you for the second time this year which lets me know that I will not be in your presence again until next year." It takes everything in me not to break down. "I have tried my hardest to help you see that you have a beautiful family but you just don't care."
"I do care but you have to understand that this is not easy for me." He tells me with a sigh. "The reality is that there has always been that doubt there as your mother was seeing other men before and during pregnancy. She lied about me not being your father and I did not find out the truth until you were four years old hence the disconnect because I missed out on the first few years of your life."
My jaw drops at the revelation and Vince wraps his arms around me.
"Why are you bringing this up?" Vince asks in a cold tone. "It does not matter if you knew of her existence until she was four years old, you have had thirty five years to be present in her life. In the eighteen years that I have known this beautiful woman, I have never seen you once attend her birthday which sucks because she always does a birthday week."
