Sinful (Desired Affliction Book 4) by C.A. Harms

Author:C.A. Harms [Harms, C.A.]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Limitless Publishing LLC
Published: 2016-11-22T05:00:00+00:00

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Romeo and Roxy moved like lightning through my dad’s house in search of him once I opened the door.

We found him sitting at his kitchen table with a half empty cup of coffee in front of him and a solemn look on his face.

Being the man he was, he tried to play it off immediately and cover his worry with a fake smile.

“Don’t,” I said as I sat down in the seat across from him. I had already recognized the letter from the prison that matched my own lying open on the table.

“Please don’t hide your feelings from me, Dad.” I knew he was trying to stay the strong one of the two of us, but I needed for him to open up. “For years you’ve stood strong, holding yourself together for me, and I love you so much for that. But you don’t need to deal with this alone. You need to get angry, and you need to feel. Because I need you to let go of all those feelings inside of you almost as much as you need to let go.”

Silence settled over us, and if it was anyone other than my dad, I might have been worried. But this was what he did. He took his time mulling things over, getting his thoughts in line.

Once he felt as if he was all put together on the inside and composed, he then let go.

“It does make me angry, Charlotte.”

Very rarely did my dad call me Charlotte, but in this situation, I didn’t find it surprising.

When I was younger, it was always when I was in trouble. As I grew older, it was something he used when he felt serious about something and wanted me to understand its importance.

This was definitely one of those times.

“None of the men who stole two of the three most important people in my life deserves to breathe the same air as I do,” he began, and I could see the pain in his eyes. “There was a time after the events of that day that I allowed myself to have visions of making them pay for their crimes in my own ways. I wanted them to suffer, and I wanted to witness each and every cry of the pain they felt.”

I swallowed hard, hearing this gentle man speak in this manner, but in no way could I ever judge him. I had felt some of those same things.

“But then I realized that doing something to that extreme made me no better than them.” He finally looked up at me. “And I had a girl who needed me.”

My heart warmed at his words.

“I had to stay strong for you, even if a part of me died the day I lost your mother and Corrine.” He reached out and placed his hands atop mine. “You kept me going, sweetheart.”

“So what do we do now?” I asked.

Even with my dad’s support, I still felt so lost. It was almost like this entire thing was a dream.

Or more like a nightmare.

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