Innocence

Father Daughter bonding - CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN

Lexi

"Hey pumpkin." He walks over to my other bedside where Leo wasn't on. He was about to give me a hug and I slapped him. "Fuck you." I say. He takes a step back. "Please give me a just a second of your time. Please." He begs. "Why should I? Why would I? So you can beat the shit out of me and then tell me everything's ok? That you hit me because you love me?" He looks confused. "How come after all these years you barely come now?" I ask.

"I've changed. I hated what I did to you. I hated myself. And you probably hate me and I totally understand. I came here to apologize. I'm extremely sorry. It's better late than never. I miss you pumpkin. I miss being your dad, I miss you little voice when I used to come home. Every time I came home you would run up to me and yell 'daddy's home.' And you would hold me so tight and never let go till I told you to wash up for dinner." I tear up hearing my dad feed me bull shit lies.

"And you just think that after all this time, I want to talk to you. You just left out of nowhere. I would wait for you by the door so long I fell asleep on the floor. Then I would wait by the window, then the couch, then the stairs, and finally I gave up and went to my room. I would think you would at least go to father daughter day school presentation at school. Something you knew I was excited for and you promised you would go. YOU PROMISED. You know how weird it is to explain to other children you don't know where the fuck your dad is? You left me to suffer with mom. You left her and that's why she's so fucking crazy. You abused mom and I. You fucked up our lives. We were doing just fine without you in it and we don't need you in our life now." I yelled at him. For once in my life. I yelled at him. Telling him every reason why i'm mad at him. Why he's the reasoning for my trauma. He's the reason why i'm all fucked up.

"Please don't you miss being with me? Some part of you does miss me right?" My father tries to grab my hand but, I move my hand quickly.

"Yeah, I had a part of me that did miss you. I had apart of me that missed having a father but now, that part of me died." I look at my father and show Leo and I hands linked. "But, this. Leo. My everything, My home, my safe place, my boyfriend, my future husband. He showed me what real love is like. The real way a man should treat a women. The real way a man should be around women. He opened my eyes on the abuse i've been going through. He got me through that trauma and now that I'm fine I don't want you back in my life. " I grab my remote and click the nurse button.

"Please I miss you pumpkin." He says. Leo stands up, "I think she would prefer you to leave. Do want him to leave kitten?" He asks me and my father gets heated. "Kitten?" My father repeats. "Yeah he calls me kitten. But you don't get to say anything cause you're not my dad." I say. The nurse comes in, "is there a problem here?" She asks. I look my father in his eyes. "I don't want you to give him access to visit me." I say very clearly. "Ok that's totally fine. Sir? Can you show yourself out or do you need assistance?" She asks calmly. "No need I know where the exit is." He says. "You will regret taking my daughter away from me Hernandez." And with that my father leaves.

I turn to Leo, "you know him?" I ask. Leo made a face of realization, "I knew he looked familiar. There's no way you're related to that bastard." Leo says. "Yep he's my father haha." Leo doesn't laugh at my joke.

"Look your father isn't the person who you think he is ok?" Leo tells me. "What's going on?" I ask. "You're starting to scare me Leo." I say worried. "Ugh no wonder he didn't even acknowledge me in the beginning. Pussy ass bitch." Leo realizes. "BABE WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON?!?!" I yell.

He stops for a moment and holds my hand. "You're father is a big boss for a mafia of his own." No this, this isn't true. "He's really bad. He takes money from other people's mafia, he steals stocks, and just overall a bad person." This isn't happening right now. This isn't real. "Everyone knew he had a daughter somewhere, but no one could ever find out because she never was around. And every time someone mentioned his daughter he would try to avoid any confrontation. He's known for being one of the most wanted people in the world. The only reason people want him so bad is because he's a thief and a rat." Leo states.

He pauses looking into my eyes. "Are you ok baby?" He asks. I stay silent. I mean what does he want me to say. What should I say? What do you say? Like oh don't worry my father is a literally scary ass person and I'm not afraid that someone will find out and kill me. "Baby please. Say something please." He says with his eyes boring into mine.

"I-i-i- Wh-wh Ho-how..." Shit what do I say. "It's ok. I know you're confused. I can answer all of your questions. When you're ready let me know. I'm here. We'll get through this." Leo says.

We sit there for a minute looking into each others eyes. Nothing was said, the only thing heard was the sound of the AC in the room.

"Has my dad stole from you?" I break the silence. "Yes." Leo states. "Do you want to kill my dad?" I ask. "Yes, but if you don't want me to then I can call off the people following him right now." My eyes widen at his response. "They're going to kill him?" I whisper. "No, they're going to keep him hostage." Leo nonchalantly states. "Alright, when we get home can we deal with this?" I ask. "Of course. Don't worry kitten we can talk about this later. Right now you need to get some rest." He says. "Yeah and you too. Come hop on the bed so we can cuddle." I giggle. He picks me up and lays down on the bed and places my head on his chest while my legs tangle with his. I yawn, "I love you kitten." He says. "And I love you." I say before falling into a deep sleep.