After You (Complete)

The end

Manson Dallas

'Regret regardless the mistake'

"I'm you daughter"

I laughed at those words. "Is this a prank for not going out with the guys, damn, they are the worst," i wiped the tears from my eyes, " listen kid, just tell that son of a bitch, he can't fool me,"

She just stood there in silence and looked at me with disappointment. I clutched the knob and swung it shut, but my action was stop when she said those words, that name.

"Veronica"

I opened the door appalled, towards the words that i had never heard in years, I thought I've forgotten about her, but i guess not. All the nostalgic flashbacks started to swim around my mind.

"Veronica Roth, rings a bell?"

I opened the door real wide and let her in. My heart had stopped me from saying the words that i should be saying, my heart flew to places where I once fell in love to and with.

" honey, who's at the door?"

My wife's sudden voice made me jolt in shock. I turned around and saw my wife standing at the corner wiping her hand. She came close to me and put her right hand on my shoulder.

"Im Ariana," my daughter or whatever she claimed herself to be, introduced herself to my wife. Bianca shook her hand with Ariana and introduced herself as well . Me? I just stood there like a statue.

"Can i talk to you for a moment honey,". Bianca grabbed my arm and dragged me to the kitchen. She threw my arm away and looked at me all angry and red. She always looked so pretty and yet so intimidating when she's mad.

"Who is that, did you just bring a girl under our roof? Are cheating on me? Are you bringing that bitch to confront about your slut? Is this why you always came back home late, i knew it, I should've seen it coming," she babbled while walking back and forth in the kitchen.

"She's my daughter," Bianca immediately paused and looked at me more enraged than ever. I quickly took her by the waist and pulled her closer to me, " Babe, I didn't cheat on you, and i would never do such thing, this girl Ariana just came in our front porch and said she's my daughter and-"

" and you believe her?"

I stayed silent for a while, "She said the name," my wife's eyes start to change from anger to sadness. She gave me a hug and said " its okay, I'm here for you,"

"Sorry to interrupt your lovey dovey moment but I really need to talk to you Manson," Ariana said which made us jump a bit, quite disturbing our moment.

I grabbed my wife's hand as i needed her support for what was gonna happen next. She sat on our sofa opposite to ours. She brushed her hair off and take out what seemed like a yellow file filled with papers.

She threw the file on our coffee table. "those are the things that she left for you and my birth certificate."

I took the file and realized the word she just said, " what do you mean she left for me,"

"Didn't you know?"

"Know what" I said in all confusion.

"Veronica Roth has left, she's dead," those four letters words killed me inside. The girl that I had full connection whom I left in pain and never got the chance to say I'm sorry to right in front of, had left this world, had left me without saying goodbye. Tears started to escape my eyes and my emotion causes me to hold my dear wife's hand so tight.

How could she be gone, now those memories of her joke, her laugh and her sweet curved smile, those beautiful eyes that I wished for a year to see again had left, and will never come back. The first time i saw her, teased her, those coffee cups. All those memories had drowned me until I couldn't speak another word.

"If you don't mind me asking, how exactly did she die?" Bianca asked.

"Well lets just say it was your husband's mistake." I look at her infuriated not knowing what I did. "Your husband put his seed in my mother which caused the existence of me and somehow, I managed to kill the mother that I never knew. Don't worry, just don't blame yourself, I've done that part for you," she started to pulled her sweatshirt hiding her wrists and hands.

I still couldn't say anything. No words can portray what I wanted to say, my heart just sunk to the state of nothingness. I tried my best to ask her questions and after few attempts i finally burst out my thought " S...So what is your purpose here?"

Ariana just looked at me in the eyes, she has her mother's eyes. Those beautiful- beautiful eyes.

"I just need a place to crash, lets just say my grandma was becoming lunatic so i got to send her to an old folk's home. She wanted to go there, so i worked hard to get to you, luckily mom still owned your old friend's contact so I called them and now here I am,"

" I -"

"Look, if you don't want me here, I can go, at least I know my mom had some peace that you got what she has been keeping from you." I looked down to the file and wondered of what could be in here.

"You can stay with us as long as you want, you are family," my wife said. I just nodded agreeing with her. Ariana smiled so big like a little kid who got a candy.

"Thank you so much," she ran and hugged me tightly. I hugged her back and I could feel my heartbeat fluttered. This really is my daughter.

The end.

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