Practically Daddy [COMPLETE]

Chapter 39

As I started to read, I couldn't be more confused. They seemed like diary notes. Everything was written in Sal's hand writing.

Today, December 6th, 2015, I chose to adopt a young girl over going to jail. It's the least I can do, I was the cause of the death of her family. I'm going to love her like a daughter, and I hope she feels right at home with me. I vow to love her no matter what, and I can't wait to meet her. I'll write about this chapter of my life as much as I can.

I didn't understand what was going on. I guess he wrote stuff about me. I continued to read.

Today, December 9th, 2015, I adopted Josephine. I didn't know it was her outside of the orphanage. Seeing her so upset after running out of there broke my heart. I knew I was gonna love this girl. I'm pretty sure that she's my life. I didn't even know that she knew who I was. I love her even more now. I'm so glad that I have this special girl.

I started to cry like crazy. Sal did love me. I want to kill myself right now. All this time I thought he was lying about loving me, but it turns out he loves me more than I know. Through all the tears, I kept on reading.

Over the past few days, Jo has been meeting and getting close to the guys. When she first met Q, he thought she broke into my house. I wanted to burst out laughing, but I didn't want her to feel like I was making fun of her. She hit it off with Joe and Murray. I'm glad they all get along. The next chapter of my life is gonna be awesome.

"Ladies and gentleman, five hours remaining on the flight to California" the flight attendant announced.

I continued reading.

My first week with Jo made me feel so many emotions. Overwhelmed, excited, scared. When I first told her I was taking her to set, I saw the cutest, most beautiful thing in the world. It was her face lighting up. It was amazing how excited she was. Later in the week, we got stuck on the side of the road. We had a short deep conversation about how I would love for her to call me dad. That would make me feel loved and comfortable with her. I love her like a daughter. Another thing that happened was accidentally screaming in my sleep that I had to tell her. She can't know, it's going really well. I love her too much to ruin everything.

The papers were soaked by my tears. I still kept reading.

I haven't written in a while, I was pretty busy with the show and everything. Anyways, the guys and I performed at Radio City over the weekend! It was the most exciting, overwhelming, thrilling weekend of my entire life. We invited Jo on stage, which was pretty cool for her. I can't write about Radio City right now, I'm going to look back at this one day and start to cry buckets of tears.

I calmed down a little bit and still read.

Last week, we boarded the cruise. It was a pretty fun week. It was work but it didn't feel like work. Not only the guys and I enjoyed it, Jo loved it too. I'm glad she had fun. Too bad Leo had to ruin it. He pretended to like her for sex. I wanted to protect her by beating the shit out of him, but I couldn't. Overall, I met some cool fans and had a great time on the cruise.

I didn't stop reading.

This week, we got revenge on Leo. He deserves it for what he did to my girl. We just wanted to ruin his life a bit by keeping him worried about what was gonna happen to him. However, it didn't work out as planned. He killed himself. I just wanted to protect Jo. I didn't want anyone to be hurt, but he did hurt Jo.

"That's so sweet" a woman next to me said. She was reading over my shoulder.

I smiled at her through my tears and then kept reading.

Today I took Jo to her old home. It was extremely heart breaking for her, but she's so strong. She can carry on with an awful loss behind her. I hope that I was the one who saved her and was there for her.

I didn't stop reading.

Radio City! I can't believe this happened! We actually did it! I remember our first performance as The Tenderloins. It was a few blocks away from Radio City, but now we're here. It was a crazy weekend. I'm so thankful for all of this. Of course I cried at the end of all of the shows when Jo came on stage. I guess I can say it now, we made it!

I smiled. There were only a few more pages of writing left.

Jo graduated today! I'm so proud of her. She finished high school in just a few months. I'm so happy that she has her diploma now. I wish her happiness and success throughout her life. I wish I could tell her that instead of writing it down. She's gonna think it's cheesy and not believe me. That's just how she is, and I love her for that.

I kept on reading.

Jo recently found out. This is what I was dreading would happen. I knew she would stop loving me after she found out.

That was a short one. I went to the next one.

Jo moved back in with me today! I've never been happier since the day that I adopted her. I just hope she learns to love me again.

Another short one. I guess he started to care less and less about me.

Today, Jo was kidnapped. I've never been so scared in my entire life. I thought I lost her. When I saw a gun being pointed at her, I wanted a gun to be pointed at myself. I am thankful that I still have her. She's the love of my life.

There were no more after that. I took a nap.

"Ladies and gentlemen, we have landed in Los Angeles" the flight attendant said. The passengers started clapping.

I didn't know what to do. I felt the need to go back to Sal and go to college when I'm really ready, but I also wanted to get on with my life. Sal did so much for me, and I treated him like shit after I found out about a mistake I made. I don't know what to do anymore.