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My sister steps closer to me as she shrugs and wraps her arms around her middle.
“I didn’t know they were here. I wouldn’t have stepped in if I’d known they were here.”
I shake my head as I stand up and step closer to her.
“It’s not your fault, Delilah. If Callum didn’t know about you, I’m sure that his daughter wouldn’t have either. Come on, let’s tidy up then we’ll go upstairs.”
She nods at me, and we begin to clear the table.
CHAPTER TWELVE
Callum
My eyes scan over the document on my computer screen but my mind can’t make sense of the words I’m looking at.
My daughter didn’t pick up my calls. My daughter didn’t see me when I went over to hers.
Is she angry with me? Will she ever let me explain this to her?
She walked away from me.
She walked away from me like how Serena walked away from us.
My heart squeezes painfully in my chest as I force myself to take a deep breath in.
She’ll come around–I know she will.
But there’s a small doubt in the back of my head that tells me she won’t. I’ve kept my daughter in the dark about her mother for as long as I can remember.
Seeing Delilah would surely have been a shock to her, but it was also a massive shock to me. I don’t know what she’s thinking about this, but I know it won’t be good.
Forcing myself to take another deep breath in, I look again at my screen when my office door swings open and William walks inside.
“I told you to go and live your life,” he begins as he pulls the chair out before taking a seat. “Why the fuck have you brought these two strays home? And why does that girl have my wife’s face?”
Sighing, I lean back into the chair and take a minute to wonder where to begin from. William’s been around since the beginning so he knows exactly what had happened between Serena and I.
The stuff after though…the money…the updates…
He doesn’t know about that.
Releasing another deep breath out, I begin to explain things to him.
I explain how I began supporting Serena and her son after his father had walked out on them, and how I frequently updated her about Lyra. Even though she was no longer a part of my daughter’s life, I still continued to update her, up until my daughter had gotten married to the man sitting in front of me.
I explain why I’ve brought both Benjamin and Delilah to my home.
I don’t tell him that this isn’t my first time meeting Benjamin.
And when I tell him that I visited Serena yesterday to end absolutely everything with her, I see his entire body tense up.
I understand why.
“Have you got anything to drink here?”
He suddenly asks me as he stands up and walks to the side, already rummaging through my cabinets.
“William.”
