Cowardly

Ava's P.O.V

Charlie's eyes shone with unshed tears as he stared at me, the hopefulness in them evident as day and I realized I had given him hope of getting to know the daughter he never knew. Part of me was still mad. This isn't how it should have been. I should have grown up with both parents in a loving home, but I suppose that is not everyone's story.

I deserved to have people in my life that loved me, that wanted me around. All my life I was deprived of that until I met Hudson. When he left, my life seemed bleak, empty, colorless even. Then he came back, he showered me with unconditional love and tenderness, the kind of love one reads about in novels and love stories.

Now I had a father, hope swelled in the pit of my stomach, maybe I was given the chance to feel love from ……