Sandy didn't know what to do or say. He just stared at his daughter. And without thinking, he walked up to her and hugged her tight.

Kelly was suprised by this move. She had expect him to , like , yell at her or even walk away, but not this.

"I'm so sorry, dad." , Kelly sobbed into Sandy's shoulder.

"It's ok. It's ok", he whispered comfortably. He pulled away. "What are you doing back here? Have you come to stay?"

Kelly nodded and said "If , of course, you want me to". She looked up into his eyes with tears in hers. "I'm so sorry about everything."

Sandy looked down. Kirsten waited, worried. Sandy weren't going to kick her out, was he?

Then Sandy looked up, smiled and said:

"You might want to take a shower, cause we're going out for a family dinner. It's really good to have you back, Kelly"

Kelly made a small noise of happiness and Kirsten couldn't help but laugh a little.

"Thank you so much"

"On one condition", he suddenly said. "And I think you know what I mean"

"Yeah, about that. I continued even after you shouted at me, but I've quit now. Something happened", Kelly screwed up her face at the memory.

"What happened?" , Kirsten asked.

"Well ,sometimes something horrible have to happen to someone you're close to, before you realise that you've been acting really stupid."

"What happened that made you realise you were wrong?", Sandy wanted to know what his daughter had been through, and hopefully, he could be able to help her deal with her guilt.

Kelly felt she had to tell them, they were her parents and she trusted them. Besides, if she told them, they could be able to help her with her feelings of guilt.

"We had been drinking, alot. I think we may have been a bit high too. And we were going to cross a road. I told my friend that it was safe to cross the road, and since I didn't see any cars coming I told her to go before me. But the alcohol fooled my sight, and I didn't see that car coming…" Kelly took a deep breath and continued"..She was dead before the ambulance came. I…I think the last thing she said to me was…'why did you lie to me'?"

Tears had been starting to stream down her cheeks as she spoke. Kirsten hurried to her side and put her arm around her shoulders.

"It wasn't your fault, sweetie. Oh god I am so sorry."

"I think I read something about that accident in the paper." , Sandy said.

"Since that moment, I haven't touched a drop. Cause now I 've seen what can happen."

"Sweetheart, the best thing you can do to move on, is to know that it wasn't your fault, that it was because of the drugs and the alcohol, and that it can happen to anyone who's doing drugs or drinking too much. Don't blame your self, it was just eye-opening, a warning." Sandy had made one of those impressive speeches that almost everytime helped someone in need.

" But I do blame myself,well you could say it was her own fault too…She was the one who dragged me into that shit that finally killed her", Kelly said, feeling a bit more revieled, her father's pep talk was exactly what she needed." Ok, I'm gonna go and take a shower,thanks dad." , she added. She knew her parents would want to talk about what they just had heard.