Home Again

After that moment at the dance I just ran.

I ran back to my dad's house, packed my bags, and left a note for him on my bed.

Dear dad:

I'm sorry. I meant to stay so I could tell you all about me and catch up on all the years we missed. But I can't stay anymore. Your wife and her precious daughters will tell you why I came. Why I stayed.

So good bye and good luck in life. You'll need it with that wife and stepdaughters of yours. If I offend, it doesn't matter. So think of it how you want.

Your first and only true daughter,

Ella

After that Mandy and I went home. The word feels like honey. Sweet and wonderful, but yet sticky with the thought of my getting nowhere but worse with that visit.

Now Char knows and next time he visits Arieda he'll want to see me. But I won't allow it.

No, no and nope.

Why is it that whenever I say no it ends in a yes?

Apparently Char didn't finish his visit to Bast and just came straight to my home to see me.

Oh yay!

I was sitting at home one day while my mom was at work when the doorbell rang.

Mandy was at the store so I got up and answered it.

And what do you know? Char was standing there.