The Skywalkers 2
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The secret!
Lara was standing in front of the mirror, in her bedroom of the medical care. She was there for 2 days and the doctor finally allow her to leave it. She put her clothes on and looking at the mirror she look at her arms. Both were wrapped with a bandage but both of it had a different story to tell to her.
She touched her left arm and remembered it was in that arm that her mother almost killed her, taken 40% of her blood. Every time she would look at the small scar she would remember that day, but then she looked at her right arm and touched it. It was on that arm that her father gave some of his blood and saved her life.
Then she remembered the conversation she heard last night between him and her aunt Leia. She heard him telling that it was mistake to have her. Did he regret to have her? Tears started roll down her cheeks. Maybe he was right. Maybe she shouldn't being born.
"Are you up already?" she heard and looking on the mirror she saw him standing at the door.
"Yes" she told him. "Why are you here?"
Luke frown and walked in looking at his daughter
"Why that tone of voice?"
Lara looked at him
"You don't need to pretend you care. I heard you saying to aunt Leia that I'm a mistake. So don't worry, the mistake can walk out of here by herself" and with that she walk off the room with Luke following right behind
"Lara" he called but she continue to talk not listening him, to the point he started to get mad. "Lara I'm calling you" he continue but she continue to walk and he had enough
"LARA SKYWALKER YOU LISTEN TO YOUR FATHER AND STOP RIGHT NOW!"
Everyone stopped what they were doing the first moment Luke yelled at his daughter.
Stopping at that moment, Luke reached her and took her to their headquarters and closing the door he made sure Lara look at him. He was mad that she even thought that he didn't care after what he did to save her life, but the moment he saw the tears rolling down her cheeks, he sighed and leaning back on the table, he rest his hands on her shoulders.
"I'm sorry you had to hear that last night"
Lara looked down, she didn't want her father to see her tears. Luke continue
"I didn't mean that, and if you heard that, you heard what I said after that."
Lara continue to look down but nod
"Look at me Lara!" he told pulling her chin up to face him "You are not a mistake, you were never a mistake."
"Maybe you are right. If I didn't born your life would be a lot better with mother by your side" she said to him
"My life would be miserable because I didn't have you" he said and thinking about it he sighed and continue "If I didn't want you, I would never had you even knowing that you would be taken away from me 4 years after you were born"
Lara looked at her father with wide eyes and gasped when she heard that.
"You knew you would lost me?"
Luke nod
"Did mother knew?"
Luke shook his head.
"I never told to anyone. Until now. The reason I didn't want to have kids was because I knew they would be taken away from me when they reach their 4th birthday."
"But you said that you decided to have me anyway"
"Yes. I wanted to be a father. I don't regret it for making that choice. I made sure to spend every single day with you during those 4 years, to create a strong bond with you because I knew that I would find you. So do you still think I don't love you and care about you? You are the most important thing in my life Lara and I thought that this" and grabbing her right arm showing the bandage and then showing the bandage on his left arm "would proof that to you"
Lara looked to his left arm seeing the bandage on it and wrapped her arms around his neck crying, while Luke wrapped his arms around her waist and stroke her hair with his gloved hand.
"I'm sorry" he heard her saying.
"I'm the one who needs to say sorry for that stupid thing I said." and he made her look at him, and started wipe her tears "The moment I held you in my arms right after you were born, I felt a love that I never thought I could ever feel for anyone. That tiny little life that was half mine, that I made, was on my arms and it was the most perfect thing I ever saw and did. I almost lost you two days ago, and it is a feeling I don't want to feel ever again. I love you Lara" he look at his daughter with tears in his eyes.
"I love you father" and she hugged him, rest her head on his shoulder.
"You mother loves you too sweetheart. What she did was not her, you must understand that. I know what you are feeling right now, but trust me, she would never hurt you if she was the real Mara"
Lara closed her eyes. She wanted to believe it but at this very moment, her father was the only parent she cared and always be by her side.
Knowing what his daughter was thinking
"I will always be by your side" he said and make her look at him "But don't close your heart to your mother. She will need us when she returns. I need you"
Lara nod but she also needed time and Luke knew that.
"I will always be here" and Lara hugged him again just like when she was little and needed her father to feel safe. He knew it would take time.
So Luke knew that Lara would be taken away from him but decided to have her anyway. That was his secret and that was the reason he create that strong bond with his daughter.
