Chapter 74

“Oh, babe”, Alex finally came out of his morbid thoughts. His face lit up with a radiant smile, sending warmth to his heart as he opened the door for her to come in, but he realised she was looking rather dejected.

“What is wrong”, he asked Megan, who took in deep breaths with a distant gaze.

“I… I never thought I would one day come up to my father, I had always been afraid to approach him and scared that he may get enraged”. She mumbled with tears slowly streaming down her cheeks.

“But today, I did it Lex, she called him by the nickname she came up with. I did it". She chuckled in between her cries, this was an achievement to her.

Alex could only rub her back to console her. “Let it out meg, I will be the shoulder you can always cry on. You don't have to face it alone”. He whispered into her ears as he gently took her blond hair from her face.

“Thanks lex”. She squeezed into his clothes as she cried more. After a few moments later she composed herself, not believing she broke down a