Chaper 2- New Beginnings

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Hauling my luggage out of the plane I quickly checked the time on my phone. 10:43am, frowning down at my phone I exited the plane and entered the bustling airport.

I've always heard about LAX but in reality that's all that it's been I've only heard of it considering I've never stepped foot into America before. Yeah, my dad has been living here for the past 8 years but that still didn't stop me from not visiting.

My relationship with my father has been pretty strained since he left. He was a lawyer while my mum was an accountant back in Australia. Mum refused to move to an entirely different continent when my dad and a few other of his business associates packed up and moved to Los Angeles to open up a law firm of their very own.

I guess being closer to my mum I also stayed behind. I was 10 at the time and was completely devastated when my dad left us for his new job. At the tender age of 10 I didn't care that my dad had finally grasped his biggest dream of owning his very own law firm. All I could think about was the fact that daddy wasn't living with us anymore and I had evidently lost my best friend at the time.

Over the years however I had grown more accustomed to the fact that my dad was never going to be around anymore. I held a bit of resentment toward my father for leaving us to live halfway across the world just because he wanted to "live his dream" in my opinion it was horrible and utterly disgusting considering how much my mum had loved him.

Sure, he visited a lot at first but as his firm grew more successful those visits turned into phone calls and one day even the phone calls stopped. The only time I heard from my dad was on Christmas , New Years and my Birthday. Sad? Maybe.

"Danielle" upon hearing my name I quickly spun around to meet the owner of the person who had called me. There he was, my father whom I haven't seen in three long years.

Actually, I saw him for my mother's funeral a mere four days prior to today. "Saw" may be a bit of an over exaggeration considering I only glanced at him during the service and completely walked out of the church when he got up to make a speech.

He was clad in an Armani suit and looked too young to be the father of an 18 year old. My dad was 19 when I was born. Him and my mum were still in school when I was conceived. She was 18 he was 19 and my grand parents were pissed.

How did they both finish school with a kid you ask? Well, both my mum and dad's parents were quite well off. My dad's father was CEO of a big law firm in Sydney at the time which meant that my dad was loaded. My mum was the daughter of a doctor and a small business owner. Which also meant that she was quite well off.

Evidently my mum had me and I was left in the care of nanny's while my parents completed university.

My grandparents both made sure I was not gonna be a problem when it came to their studies and they did quite well in my opinion. Don't get me wrong both my parents were extremely loving and still found a vast amount of time for me. After my mum completed uni she got a job at an accounting firm and my dad got a job at his dad's law firm. They both did pretty well for being teen parents can't say that I'm not proud of them cause I am.

"Dani" my father said while gently touching my arm breaking me away from my thoughts. I looked up into his bright blue eyes which definitely reminded me of my own. He stared down at me with a mixture of confusion and sadness as he spoke.

"Dani I'm sorry I-" his voice cracked and he pulled me in for a hug. My dad had always been rather affectionate and I had never minded. Things were different now though. I stood still as his towering frame held me to his chest.

Realizing that I was giving him no reaction at all he pulled away before awkwardly scratching his neck.

"We should go" he said while looking at his watch. "I've got a meeting to go to in around 2 hours but after that I'm all yours" he said while shooting me a smile.

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