#adeline gray

Charlotte looked at the girls sitting in front of her. She hadn’t seen her twin in ages. Charlotte honestly felt stupid that she had let her guard down and let Adeline back into her life when they were teens. She had wasted so many years of her life. Astra sat with her legs crossed, a fake amicable smile. As if she hadn’t completely abandoned the family either for a fleeting love. If not for Millie and her father, Charlotte would have already lost her cool. “Daddy, you can’t go back there,” Astra said, reaching out to grab his hand. “It’s dangerous. We don’t know where Dad is or if he’s returning.”

“Really? Declan is Dad now?” Charlotte asked. “Since when? He betrayed our family! He betrayed dad.”

“Say what you want.” Adeline replied. “But Declan is a good man. Whether you see it or not. Father knows that as well.”

“Oh, really? Do you dad? Do you know that the guy who betrayed you and our family is really a good person deep down?”

“I still love him,” Alistair said, letting the words fly into the open. “I don’t know if he’s a good man or a bad man. I think that he made decisions that he thought were best for the family. It doesn’t matter now.”

“It does, dad! It matters because he ripped this family apart. How can you love someone who hurt me? Hurt my daughter?” Charlotte asked. “Sitting here like this, I realize that we can’t be a family. Astra and Adeline have screwed my family over in big ways that I can’t even reconcile. Their support for Declan is just the icing on the cake.”