A Love Worth Fighting For

Chapter 4:"I love her Daddy"

Mellie and Liv were both startled awake by a big boom in Liv's room

"WHAT THE HELL IS THIS!?"

Olivia look up to see her farther in the doorway with a look of pure hate written all over his face.

Mellie held Liv's hand tightly against her own.

"Olivia I'm not going to ask you again. What the hell is this!?" He growled pointing to their intertwined fingers.

"She's-"

Rowan cut her off, "She's your what? Your girlfriend?"

His voice was so low and angry sounding. Liv held Mellie's hand tighter. She had to stand up to him. This is who she was, who she always has been.

"Yes. She's my girlfriend."

Mellie and Liv looked at eachother, both with warm smiles on their faces.

"I love her Daddy." She said not breaking the eye contact she had with Mellie.

Their moment was cut short when Rowan ripped their hands away from each other. The grip he had on Liv's wrist was brutal. She winced in pain which didn't go unnoticed by Mellie.

"Let her go your hurting her!" Her voice was low and demanding. She sounded as if he didn't remove his hand from Olivia wrist she cut him dead.

Rowan slowly let go of her wrist and pointed toward the door. "Get the hell out of my house."

Mellie was about to protest when Liv placed her hand over hers, "It's okay. I'm fine. Go."

Mellie reluctantly got up and walked out of the house, but she didn't leave. She waited to make sure Liv was actually okay. She'd wait until she got a text from her.

Rowan was pacing around Liv's room. She could pratically see the smoke raising from his head.

"We have been over this Liv." His voice was softer now. His fingers we're pinched on the bridge on his nose.

"Sweetheart Girls like Boys and Boys like Girls. Girls cant like Girls. You can't like Mellie, why?"

Olivia looked down fumbling with her thumbs, "I can't because she's a girl." Liv avoided eye contact with her farther, "But Daddy I love her. I really really love her."

A lone tear fell landed on her hand.

"Olivia Carolyn Pope. If you utter that nonsense again or if I see you with her I will take you back to Pastor Harris."

Olivia frantically shook her head, "No don't take me back!"

Eligah walked up to Liv. He squatted down in front of her, with his finger pointed in her face he uttered, "Then you will not see that girl again, stay away from her."

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Mellie walked into her home to see her Roy, her farther waiting on her. Shit. Rowan must've told her dad what was happening. This isn't their first time being caught.

"Daddy I-"

Roy raised his hand silencing her. His stern look terrified her. She should be used to it by now though.

Mellie's POV:
I look my farther directly into his eyes. Here I am once again, the screw up.

"Mellie I honestly don't know what to do with you any more." He stood up and slowly walked toward her, "I can't take away your inheritance because you've already inherited it. I can't ship you away because you only have a few weeks left in school. I'm at a dead end here."