Taming the Bitch (COMPLETED) Wattys2018

Chapter LI - LITER OF TEARS

"Dada..." Gabrielle sobs looking at her daughter leaning her head in between Vincent's neck and shoulder like she does to her. She's trembling in so much emotions as she looks at her daughter's happy and hopeful face.

"Wew 'ave you been, dada (where have you been, dada) ?" Her small palm rests on Vince's shoulder before he kisses her forehead while shutting his eyes closed at the question. How can he answer that when the only answer is that he's been through hell without her mother and herself?

"Dada...? Do you wove (love) Nic...?" She asks again making Vince touch her cheek and she lifts up her face to look at him.

"I love you Nic... with all of me... I'm so sorry I wasn't there..." he says touching her small nose with his before looking at Gabrielle who looks away with so much sadness in her eyes.

"Do you wove (love) mommy too...?" Veronica yawns as she asks without looking away from her father- waiting for an answer. With that being asked Gabrielle throws Vincent an accusing look before she snatched her daughter from him. At first he didn't want to let go. Like a thug of war they pull on her innocent body for which the little girl just frowns before rubbing her eyes and yawning again. Not aware of the exchanges of emotion in between her mom and dad through the looks in their eyes as they glare at each other. Vincent wants Nic in his arms longer...forever.

She is after all, his one and only daughter.

And Gabrielle can no longer look at her daughter inside this man's embrace. That is the last thing she wants to see

"Let go..." she says with gritted teeth before throwing a concerned look at Nic who yawns again.

With her arms reaching out for her mother, Vince finally passes her carefully to Gabrielle.

"Mom... will dada stay with us...?" Her head is leaning on her shoulder now as she whispers. Gabrielle looks at Vincent with so much pain in her eyes.

"He is a very busy per---" she answers only to be cut off by Vince whose eyes never leave hers.

"I will stay... I'll never leave you again, my love..." he says cutting her off making her glare at him as her jaws click in anger. Veronica once again lifts her face up to look at her father and mother.

"Pinky swear...?" She lifts her small pinky to him making him look at her small tiny hands.

Indeed, she is so much like Gabrielle and for that reason, he could feel his heart burning, drawing tears in his eyes with so much regret that he wasn't there with Gabrielle in the course of her pregnancy, during childbirth and as Nic was growing.

He imagines how it would have felt seeing her first small steps and hearing her first words with that addictive cute little voice she has.

All of those chances were taken away from him...

But he swears never will he ever have to be away from his little angel.

"I swear..." finally, he joins his pinky to hers as he reaches for her head and kiss her forehead again.
Gabrielle is throwing knives at him with her angry look when he looked at her. That was it and she holds Nic's body closer to her before she walks away towards the grand staircase up to their suite.

"Nap time..." she coldly whispers to Nic as she holds her head on her shoulder.

Vincent who was left alone downstairs could only sob as he looks at his wife and their daughter's back slowly fading away. The sobs that pushes him to punch the door because of so much anger, pain and regret.

He allows himself to breathe and stay calm before he decided to follow them upstairs after a good half an hour just keeping himself calm with all the revelations thrown at him in just less than an hour.