Run Away

Chapter 16

"Dad?"

"Yes Tara,....I am your Father." He says. I remember the thought that he left me. My hate for him returns.

"How could you?!?" I say. "Tara....you have to listen t....." "No....I can't even look at you!" I yell. I run down the hall to my room ignoring the screams of my name.

I lock the door and fall on the bed and cry. How could he hide this from me? All along, he's been my Dad. A couple minuets later there's a knock on my door. "Tara....it's Reece.....please let me in." I hear Reece say.

I brush my hair behind me ears and wipe my eyes. I open the door and return to my seat on the bed. He walks in and closes the door, joining me on the bed.

"What are you gonna do?" He asks.
"I don't know Reece.....He left me." I say. "I had to grow up 13 years with out him." I say. "I get your pain. Tara I support you in whatever you choose to do." He says.

"Thank you Reece." I say looking at him.

There's a knock on the door. "Tara....please.....let me in." I hear my Father say. "I'll see you later." Reece says. I kiss his cheek. He gets up and walks out letting my Father in.

He takes Reece's spot in the bed. "Tara, I'm..." "Don't....cause I know you don't mean it. You left me when I was 6! I had to live 13 years without you! You weren't there for my birthdays, graduations, nothing! Was I just not good enough for you? Was Mom not good enough for you?!?" I say through tears.

"No, that's not it at all. Tara I left because I couldn't hurt you. I was out all the time in deployment. Fighting. What if I died? I couldn't leave you hurting."

"Yet you did anyway! For 13 years!"
I say crying. "Tara.....I'm sorry." He says.

"Sorry won't cut it. I just can't forgive you right now." I say. He sighs. "I understand. I love you Tara." And with that he leaves.

Not yet. I can't forgive him yet.