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“What do you want to talk about?” I ask. Rather get it over with as soon as possible.
“Isabella, there’s no easy way for me to say this.” Maddox hangs his head. “The hospital just called. Your father’s passed away.”
“What?”
“I’m sorry,” Maddox replies. “If you need anything from me, just call…”
I’m already on my feet before he can finish his sentence. I wrap my arms around him and he does the same. No matter how I feel about Maddox, or whatever our sham marriage is, I need his arms around me. I need a sense of comfort to ease the burden of what he just said.
My dad’s dead. I’m all alone.
I weep into Maddox’s chest, and he strokes my head.
“How did it happen? He was fine when we left?” I protest.
“Complications with his heart is all they told me,” Maddox replies.
“I have to go back to the hospital,” I say into Maddox’s chest.
“I’ll come with you.”
Together we venture back out into the night, to deal with the death of my father. While we are at the hospital, Maddox ends up sorting out most of the paperwork and discussions, because all I can do is cry.
He may not have been the best father in the world, but he was the only one I had.
I’m going to miss him tremendously.
