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Father took a deep breath before he replied, "This person here happens to be my daughter, my biological daughter Lilly."
I held my breath without meaning too as I hoped that she wouldn't have a bad reaction to the news. Imagine my surprise (and everyone else's) when she started laughing hysterically.
"Okay, I get it, I get it. You are bedding her! You don't need to make up lies Kol," she chortled while holding onto her stomach from how hard she was laughing.
Everyone else just remained still.
"Go on Kol, tell us who she really is and how long you have been bedding her," Aunt Rebekah continued while looking around the room to her brothers. She was ignoring me completely like I wasn't even there.
My stomach churned in revulsion at just the thought of her thinking that I was sleeping with my own father.
Doesn't she see the resemblance between her own brothers and me?
When the nausea passed and I didn't feel like throwing up again, I looked back up to Aunt Rebekah, "I know that we look about the same age and awesomely beautiful but come on!" I smirked a little in the end, knowing that I was sounding a little more like Father in the end before I continued. "From what Father and Uncle Eli told me, you like to pride yourself in being deferred from blonde bimbos but I'm not seeing any difference right now. You are acting quite like them!"
"I don't care on who you are at the moment but I'm not about to have some stupid strumpet talk to me like that!" she shouted at me.
"Strumpet?" I snorted, "What era are we in? The 1500s? And by the way this 'strumpet' has a name, it's Elizabeth," I wasn't offended that she called me a whore.
"Why you little bitch!" Aunt Rebekah growled.
I started to prepare myself for her impact. I saw her blurring towards me before Father, Uncle Eli, and Klaus grabbed a hold of her and held her back.
As I straightened out, Father and Uncle Eli started to verbally beat down on Aunt Rebekah.
"What the hell is wrong with you!? You completely disregard what I say and insult my daughter after I told you she is my daughter. But instead, you treat her like she is some piece of trash on the bottom of your shoe!" As Father said this, he looked like he was on the edge of his breaking point and about to snap Aunt Rebekah's neck for what she said to me.
"Father, just leave Aunt Rebekah alone and explain to her that I really am your daughter. Please," I said softly; I didn't want Father to snap her neck and stall on our talk when we have other matters to attend to.
After making sure that she wouldn't try to go after me again, Father let her go but he stayed close to her to make sure that she wouldn't try to surprise me with another attack.
Father took a deep breath before he started explaining, "I walked into a bar looking for a midday snack in Haiti, this was in the 17th century, when I came across a beautiful young gal with one of the most appetizing scents that I've came across at the time."
"'Hello Love, why don't you join me for a little stroll outside?' I had said to her, trying to compel her to come with me, only to find out, shockingly, that compulsion didn't work with her," Father breathed out while getting a far-away look in his eyes.
"'Why don't you leave me alone?' she had replied, not even looking at me to see who was talking to her. She just kept on talking to her little friends across the table."
"I kept on trying to persuade her to go outside with me but she said no every time I even opened my mouth," Father said wistfully.
"I walked up to the only bartender of the place at the time and asked him about the lady. 'She and her friends there always come here around noon but they leave about an hour or two after' he had said while looking at me curiously. It looked like he was interested as to why I was interested in the girl."
"Me being the person I was at the time, and still mostly am, decided that I could wait it out, that it would be worth it to drink her blood and to leave before anyone suspected it was me that killed her."
"I came into the bar for weeks after that, talking to her, trying to get her to go home with me to I can finally drink her blood but as time went on, I started to slowly fall in love with her and I didn't want to kill her anymore."
"After about a month and a half had passed, I finally got her to come home with me, and my god was that one of the best nights of my life," he smiled softly at Aunt Rebekah and you could see the love he had for her in Father's eyes.
"It was three weeks after that first night when she came to me one night. She was carrying her luggage while she was in tears. 'What's wrong?' I had asked while frantically searching if something had happened to her."
"She gave me a watery smile and responded 'I bare a child Kol, your child. My parents disowned me after they found out that I was pregnant with your child' before more tears started to slip out."
"I didn't believe her at first but then again, which one of us would when we know that we can't have children. And if we could have, then you would have been the first to know about it Bekah. I know of your wish to have a family too," Father said gently to Aunt Rebekah when she opened her mouth to protest.
"So she got really angry at me when I doubted the paternity and she said 'Who would have I been with if I've spent all my time with you? I spent all my time with you when I'm wasn't with my family!' I, of course, knew that already but I still couldn't believe that she was carrying my child. Vampires just couldn't bear children… that was one of the first things we learned in this life."
"So I let her move in with me, I loved her and if she was really pregnant with my child, I was going to care for her and my child."
"Days turned into weeks, weeks turned into months and everything was peaceful. And before I knew it, my love was giving birth to my beautiful daughter Elizabeth," Father turned to smile brightly at me, to which I returned before I saw his smile dim somewhat.
"She was severally weakened after she gave birth to Elizabeth. She only lasted a few hours after that, with me holding her and us both just looking at Elizabeth sleeping peacefully… and right before she died, she rasped out to me, 'Take care of her for me Kol, do whatever you have to do to keep her safe' and with that she died," he whispered.
I got up from my seat and hugged Father as a few tears slipped out before I could stop them. Once Father and I have calmed down, I dabbed the tears away so that I wouldn't smear my makeup.
"That was the last time I saw my love but she left me with the best thing that has ever happened to me," Father said to Aunt Rebekah while holding onto me tightly.
It didn't escape my notice that Father had never said Mother's name. I don't blame him though because as soon as they find out just who my mother was, there would be a shit-storm here that would be never-ending and who knows what the outcome of that would be.
Apparently it didn't escape Aunt Rebekah's notice either because she narrowed her eyes at him. "Kol who was the mot-" she was cut off when Uncle Finn walked into the room.
"Mother wants us to begin our toast and then give our respects to the guests for coming to the ball, they are starting to leave," he announced to his family before he walked back out.
Father and I sighed in relief when we all shuffled out of the study. We were glad that we didn't have to reveal the name of my Mother.
As Father and his family gave their respects to the guests for coming after the toasts, I stood off to the side a little. Shortly afterwards, I felt a presence behind me and I instantly stiffened.
"Interesting company you keep," Damon commented.
"What does it matter to you what company I keep?" I demanded as I was annoyed at the fact that I couldn't be left alone.
"It doesn't, I was just saying," Damon smirked and he walked out the door before I could say anything back.
When all the guests were gone, Father led me to a bedroom on the top floor where all of his siblings' rooms were located. He had put me in a room across from his.
Before we parted ways, I hugged Father tightly while whispering softly so only he could hear, "I've missed you so much Daddy." I quickly hurried into my room with a smile on my face for I was happy to have Father back in my life.
Sorry guys for the late update, I've been busy with school but i got the chapter up at least! :D Hope you liked it and review please! :)