Chapter 9: Telling Shelby
After Shelby left Peter sat there for an hour thinking back. His little girl. That bastard
destroyed his little girl. He kept repeating these words in his head. How could something like
this happen? Shelby was always bright and innocent. Why would someone take that away? He
looked at a picture on his desk. It was of him, Shelby and Jess. It was Jess' 9th birthday party.
How could I miss so much? He thought. "I have to tell Shelby. She can't keep blaming me. She
needs to know." He said aloud.
The next evening...
Shelby was sitting at dinner with Scott. Their own private table. Shelby knew she was
really lucky to have someone like Scott. And Scott felt the same. Just then, Peter came over.
"Shel, we need to talk." He said sitting down. Everybody else in the cafeteria got up and left.
Dinner was over.
"Do we have to do this right now?" She asked. Scott looked at her.
"Maybe you should listen." Scott suggested.
Shelby thought for a moment. "Okay fine I'll listen." Scott went to leave. "Where you
going?" Shelby asked him.
"You and your dad need to be alone." He said than disappeared.
"Shelby what I'm about to tell you may be hard for you to hear. But you need to know."
He took a deep breath. "I sent you and jess letters." Was all he said.
"Huh? No you didn't. We never got any." She shot.
"I know. I only found out when you told me before. But your mom has been keeping them
from you. I wrote some on my computer and some I hand wrote. I think the ones I had on the
computer are still there if you wanna read them."
"But why didn't we get them?" Shelby questioned.
"I thought the same thing. Your mom. Shel, she kept the letters to you." He said.
"Why would Mom do that?" She asked.
"She didn't want you in contact with me. She thought I'd tell you I fought for you. And
lost." He said looking at his daughter.
"What? You fought for us?" Shelby asked confused.
Peter told her about court and how her mother stopped drinking for a while so he looked
like the bad guy because of his past. Shelby listened quietly.
"So what you're telling me is that the only person I trusted after you left is the reason I
went through all of my pain with Walt?" Suddenly, Shelby couldn't breathe. Her mother did this
to her. Her mother trapped her in her hell.
"Yeah Shel." He touched her hand.
"Why didn't you tell me when I got here?" She asked calmly.
"I didn't want you to have someone else you couldn't trust. And I saw that you trusted
Scott. So I had to tell you. Shelby, you always need someone to trust."
"You didn't leave me?" She asked. Tears streaming down her face.
"No baby. I didn't. I love you Shelby. And Jess too." He reached for Shelby and hugged
her. Shelby cried harder. Her Daddy loved her. He didn't leave. Shelby was so happy and so sad
at the same time. Her mother. Shelby had to do something. But what.
A/n: Shocking surprise in the next chapter. It's entitled : Home coming. Does Shelby leave? Find out! Love MoRbId Shelby
