"If you love large, you've got to hurt large. If you've got a lot of light, you've probably got an equal amount of darkness."
—Unknown
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Bella's Dad
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I'd been waiting for this day to come clean for two years.
Endless chances, opportunities had been given to me to tell Bella everything; but I couldn't.
I believed she was still young to know the truth. Hanna and I had planned to tell her on her 16th birthday, but she was taken from me way to early so I had put off everything.
The death of my wife really fucked me up, the multiple contracts I had invested in where there to keep me sane and stable during my mourning period, but they could only do so little to mask the pain, the regret I felt for leaving them that day.
Moving had been the best possible action, so we did just that. Bella was resistant at first, leaving the neighborhood she lived in most of her life, her friends, her favorite spots, but all in all we couldn't live in that house anymore.
It brought back both good and bad memories. Fond memories of Hanna's wide smile that crinkled her eyes at the corners whenever she laughed warms my heart, crystal blue eyes that added a undeniable spark to her pale skin haunted my nights.
Why couldn't it be me? She deserved the world and more, she was the light that this dark world needed.
Buying Bella her first car was; I don't really know what it was.
A way to ease my guilt?
Maybe, maybe not!!
The look on my daughter's face was priceless when she saw her red mini cooper.
Her eyes the exact same shade as her mother's when excitement had bubbled over.
What I had to say might make her hate me, I hate myself for keeping such a huge piece of information from her that made up half of her existence.
But it had to be done, I had to pull the band-aid off now before things got out of hand.
It's now or never Jake. Let's get it done!
Mentally preparing myself for what'd happen in a few minutes, I chanted encouraging words to myself and prayed that I go about this the right way.
Heading out of the garage, I informed Bella to follow me down the hallway towards the sitting room.
Here goes nothing. Hanna please be with me and give me strength to handle this with utmost care.
"How's the car?" I asked her once we sat down on the plush couches.
"It's soo amazing. Thank you sooo much Dad, it means a lot to me. Can't wait to show it off!" She beamed, the glimmer in her eyes growing each visible second.
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|PARALLELS| ✔
Teen Fiction-Completed- ★UNDER EDITING AND/ REVISION★ Two and a half years after the tragic incident that took the life of Bella's mother Hanna Hernandez, Bella struggled to live as she felt like a part of her died that day with her mom. All the sympathetic sta...
