A Lock Of Death: A Dark Mafia Romance: A Rapunzel Retelling (Black Widow Book 2) by Beena Khan

Author:Beena Khan [Khan, Beena]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: B. Khan
Published: 2021-09-30T16:00:00+00:00

11

PAST

I changed into a pair of a white t-shirt and baby blue jeans.

Carrying my Hello Kitty backpack around my back, I headed to the kitchen for lunch. I plopped my bottom onto the chair and made myself comfortable before eating. Daddy had a sandwich wrap ready for me.

I looked around for him, but I didn’t find him.

It had always been me and my father. I didn’t know who my mother was. Daddy mentioned she had died at childbirth.

He’d never married either and I was glad he hadn’t yet. I wasn’t ready to share him with anyone else.

My eyes brightened when my father came through the door. My face froze when I noticed the tall man behind him. He was over six feet with pale skin and brown eyes. My curious eyes studied him as I ate my cereal. It was one of our neighbors, Henry Stevens.

I looked over and my eyes met my dad’s hazel eyes.

“Hi, Daddy,” I said chirpily when I finished eating.

His lips stretched in a smile, and his eyes brightened.

Mr. Henry gave me a stony look before he curtly nodded in hello.

My father smiled. “Hey, sweetie. Stevens is going to take you out today, alright? Mrs. Jones said she could watch you.”

I knew Mrs. Jones. She was one of daddy’s friend’s wives. She watched me sometimes when Daddy worked.

We didn’t really have any one of our own.

I sulked in my seat. “But you always take me to Mrs. Jones.”

He sighed. “I can’t today. They had an emergency at construction and called me in. I won’t make it in time for work then. Stevens offered to drop you to her home,” he countered.

I stood up and stared at the floor.

“But I want to go with you though, Daddy….”

I peered up at Mr. Henry wearing a white t-shirt and black jeans. I’d met him several times in the past, and he’d always been a close friend of my father. I hadn’t had much interaction with him though.

I returned my attention to my father.

Daddy gave another one of his smiles.

“Come on, sweetheart. It’s okay. It’s just for today.”

I chewed on the inside of my cheek before I reluctantly nodded. I didn’t know how to plead my case to him.

We exited our cramped apartment and into the evening outside. I stared wistfully as I sat in a brown car completely different from my dad’s car. My dad peered up from the windshield.

“Take care, sweetheart. I’ll pick you up and bring you ice cream, I promise,” he vowed under his breath.

He raked a hand through his tousled brown hair. I loved his smile so much. He was my sunshine. I giggled and smiled, nodding.

Daddy smiled and glanced behind my shoulder and over to Mr. Henry. “Thanks for doing this, man. Now get going.”

Daddy stepped away from the car and bid us goodbye, his face still held a smile on his face. He sat in his car and drove on the opposite side of the road. I still waved, staring wistfully at the car.

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