The Unwanted Daughter

Chapter Twenty Seven

"Emma!" Elena calls out to me as I quickly walk back to the safe house in the woods. "Emma!" She keeps calling, "Emma, Emma, please stop and talk to me. I know your angry with your father, but please talk to me." She tries to stop me by pulling at my arm but I just pull away. 

Until I decide to stop because my mind can't take the thoughts running through my head. "Elena, I'm not mad at you I just need some space. I don't know if you noticed but tonight did not exactly go as planned." I yell at her into the living room. "He was supposed to suffer and feel the pain. He is the one who should be yelling and watching me with a smile on my face from the victory. But no one is smiling Elena. I failed tonight and I just want to be left alone." Elena looks back at me which such a sad look as I stare at her for a moment. She knew what tonight was meant to be. She knew that it was meant to be my moment where I showed my father everything he thinks I am and worse.

 I wanted to prove him right, that I was a horrible monster just like my mom.I wanted to do it so I could finally let go. But he had to turn the cards and become a decent person and actually see the hope in me. Proving him right was for me to let go of him and finally move on from the pathetic girl without a father who still wanted him even though he left. Why couldn't he just continue being the horrible father he has been for the last 150 years? Why did he have to prove me wrong and show me he actually has a good side? He was meant to be the devil in this story not me. 

"Okay, fine you want to be alone fine by me. But Emma I will be here in the morning and the next until you talk to me. You can't just let this sit inside you. I know you wanted to let go of him tonight, but what if he is serious about wanting you around. I mean Emma this is all you ever wanted. You wanted him to care and now he dose." Elena says pulling me out of my thoughts. But pisses me off. 

"Stop Elena. This is not what I wanted. I wanted my father to care when I needed him most. But instead he closed the door on me. I made a scene tonight and he wanted me under control so he pretend to care. He has hated me my entire life why would he start to care now." I say and walk to my room where I slam the door shut. I know that I was lying through my teeth. But I still don't get why he decide to turn now. Why does he care now and not in the past?

Instead of being stuck in my head where eventually I would explode I turn on my hardest classic rock album. It will distract me for a little. I think about how I need to get out of this hell hole town as fast as possible. I have no idea where to go, I just know I need to go. 

The next morning Elena is already packing her bags into the Uber she ordered. They are taking us to Richmond International Airport where we'll catch the next flight to where ever. 

When we get to the airport we have the choice of London, Berlin or Hong Kong. So London being of our favorite cities that's where we choose to go. 

The entire six hour flight neither of us speak a word to each other. Not because we are angry, but more angry at ourselves. And if I start talking first she will make me face my demons, not something I really want to do. 

Then as we pull up to my apartment she tries talking to me again, "Emma you haven't said a word all day. I know you don't want to talk, but you can't be stuck in your head it will eat at you."

"Elena, please stop. Please give me some space." I ask begging her, but I know she isn't which is what makes her the best aunt. 

"No, I will not give you space. Emma you've been through so much in the past couple of months you can't not talk to me."

"Yes I can." I say all smart-ass-y

"No you can't. It will haunt you, and you'll never let it go."

"How am I supposed to let it go? My father hates me, my mom is gone and what am I left with? Nothing. Absolutely nothing." I half yell at her. 

"You have me, you always have me." She stops me in the greeting room and pauses so that the butler can put down our things. 

The the yelling begins as the butler leaves. "Elena I have nothing left. Please just let me be."

"That's not true Emma. When will you realize that I am always here for you. Lexi is just a call away and your father loves you more than you know. He never hated you. He hates himself for what he has done to you." I stop her before she can go further. 

"None of it matters Elena. None of it matters when mom is gone and I know she is disappointed in me. Even from where she is. She is looking down and saying that I am a disappointment. I promised her that I would make the Salvatore Brother's feel hell and I did the complete opposite. I can't even look in the mirror without seeing the failure in me. All I want is for my mother to be watching me and being proud of me. But I am the complete opposite." My knees suddenly go weak and I fall on the floor and cry. All I want is for someone to say that I am not a monster and I want that person to my mom. Even though that it would be a lie I still want to hear it. But no matter what I do I will always be a monster and a disappointment.

Elena runs over to me as she sees me fall and holds me. "Shh, shh. Emma your mother is more proud of you than you know. You have done everything she couldn't and more. You are not a disappointment or a failure to anyone. Not even your father. You are the thing that your parents are most proud of. Even though you have a bit of darkness in you, we all do. Hey look at me." I turn to look at her. "Your mom is very, very, very proud of you."

"How can she be proud of me when I failed?" I ask sounding childish. 

"Because even though you failed you did everything she couldn't. You stood up to those who told you couldn't do something. You fought back those people who said you were a monster and a failure. You proved them all wrong. That is what your mother is proud of. She doesn't care if you failed once. We all fail at least once and just for the record you didn't fail. You made Stefan say his feelings out loud. We could all hear them in his head but we never though he would actually say them. You didn't fail and you are not a failure. You are the sunshine in a hell of allot of darkness." I look up at her truly wanting to believe the words she was saying but my mind woudn't let me. It was a battle between my head and heart. My heart needed to hear the comforting words. But I have always seen myself as a failure and a mistake. I was never meant to happen. Elena stops my thoughts again. "Emma, you are loved and while you father may see you as a mistake your mom never did. You were everything to her. You are her hopes and dreams. You get the opportunity to be better than all of us and not make the same mistakes. You are everything she couldn't be. Now stop crying, get up, forget about the dumb asses in Mystic Falls and let's enjoy the city while we can."

And with that my minds feels better. No more war inside me. Just peace. Elena is right I need to forget about Mystic Falls and, and stop making the same mistakes. And if my dad really cares he can find me. If not screw him. I don't need him anymore. 

I have made my peace. I shouted screamed and yelled. Time to let it all go.

The End 

Hello friends. I'm pretty sure this is the chapter that you have been waiting for. Lot's of lessons to be learned here. It's also the very last chapter. Thank you to all who have read the book. I have really enjoyed writing it

And I'm also thinking of doing one more chapter with Stefan's pov for the aftermath, what do ya'll think? Should I do it?

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