"Princess!" He exclaims as I rush to him. He hugs me tightly and doesn't let go.
"Dad..." I mutter into his chest. "I love you."
"I love you, too, Sweetie." He whispers.
"How are you not dead? Or at least not in crippling pain attached to an oxygen tank?"
"Tut tut, Sophia, do you really think I'm stupid enough to go even a day without bulletproof everything?" He chuckles. "Listen, we need to get out of here. We need to get away. It's not safe for either of us here. Come on." He says and we pull apart. He leads me to a cheap Rover 25, a car that is famous for being terrible. I frown at him.
"What happened to like, the Audi or Mercedes?" I ask as he opens the door for me, ever the gentleman, and I get in.
"Look, we need to stay undercover, at least for a while. If I go around in a top-of-the-range car, they're likely to find us. They'd never expect me to drive a car like this." He taps the roof of the car and it sounds like a tin can. He starts it up and it makes a noise that doesn't sound too healthy. He sighs but pulls off anyway. "I knew you'd come and find me, Sophia." He smiles at me so I smile back.
"I couldn't leave you. I didn't know if you were dead or alive. I didn't even know if they would tell me. I needed to know." I explain quietly.
"Well, you're here now. You're safe." He says. We take a turn into an estate that is renown for being full of violent crimes, theft and drug abuse.
"Sure about that? We're staying here?" I ask him, frowning. He looks reluctant as he parks the car.
"Yep! Come on." He says, forcing the cheeriness. I sigh and we both get out. Walking up to our new 'home', we have a few looks from drug-addicted teenagers. We go up piss-stained and piss-smelling stairs to where we're staying. He puts the key in, but it's already unlocked. He frowns and pushes the door open.
A drug den. My Dad has taken me to a fucking drug den. There isn't anyone here, but little leftovers from their parties are everywhere in sight.
"I. Am. Not. Staying. Here." I say and step back. He looks at me pleadingly.
"It's not that bad, Sophia. It'd only be for a night." He says desperately. I shake my head.
"Nope. No way." I fold my arms. "If you want to stay in this tip so much, then you can, but I'm staying in the car." I tell him. He glances back into the room.
"You know what? I'll join you."
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Daddy's Girl
Fanfiction"Why couldn't I have had a normal life? Why do you have to be so... you?" // "This is the hand you've been dealt, Sophia. There's nothing you can do about it. Play the game the best you can with the cards you've got. That's all you can do."// "I...
