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Placing ainst the door, I slowly make my way down to ry without loud to him that he will somehow just show up It hasn’t worked yet Why would it now? Why the fuck now?

Burying s, I allowso hard to be strong around Kylie All I need is just a few minutes to let it all out, so that’s what I do I cry until my throat feels raw and my eyes become so puffy thatine sounds fro me of the sound of Royal’s truck I stop, and for a split secondso does ets closer sendsatfor the vehicle to coe truck comes into view, I lose it Every piece ofat my sweater as his truck pulls up in front of the house He ju himself time to stop

"Oh my God," I cry to myself as his pained eyes meet mine "You’re here You’re really here"

As soon as the words leaveuntil he’s standing on the porch, liftingarms

"Fuck, Ihis hands in ainst every inch of my wet face, as I clutch onto hiain I don’t knohat I’d do if that ever happened again, but I don’t intend to give hih a s my face, he pulls it up for our eyes tosorry, but I want you to know that I’ain You hear me?"

I shake my head asscared," I say, while squeezing his arain Do you kno much that hurt me?"

He looks away for a second, as if to hide his erily "It’s hard for me to believe that when I told you that I loved you, Royal I fucking told you that I loved you and you left You still left"

"Look atout a frustrated breath, I finally bring my eyes up to meet the beautiful ones that I’ve ," I whisper painfully

"I Love You," he whispers "I love you and it scared me That’s why I left" My eyes slowly close as he runs his thu you I had to clear h to let you in and fully love you like you deserve I can never take back leaving, but I can pro withoutain "Please tell me that you’ll let me love you Will you?" He whispers the last tords

Bursting out in tears from his confession, I wraphis soft lips againstit feel as if I’ for the first tiainst his lips "I love you so fuckinghis face "Don’t ever leave ently, while placingtihtly as I can, as he buries his face intohow much he loves and needs me

I’ve never felt ht here, standing in Royal’s strong ar I need to do and there’s really no right way of going about this I just need to tell hi hiirl in ray eyes widen as they search mine "You adopted a child? You had one before us? I don’t" He ss "It doesn’t matter I’ll love you both Youto keepanywhere unless it’s with you"

Tears strea to break down for thisto be so dahter’s life and he doesn’t even have a clue that she’s in ht now

"She’s yours," I say, so softly that it’s barely audible "Hadley is herein asps "What did you just say?"

"Your daughter is alive," I whisper, while wiping the tears offrips the back of his head "I don’t fucking understand! Are you fucking with me?" He looks up with tear stained eyes "Is this so?"

I shake rab his face "I would never do that!" I screah tears "I know it’s hard to believe, but I promise you that it’s the truth She looks just like you," I whisper "So one Your daughter is here with us, right now, in the house She’s fast asleep, warm and safe"

His fists clench at his sides as the tears uncontrollably pour down his face Tilting his head, he looks arounda creaking noise

I otten to close it all the way, because from the look of pure shock and awe on Royal’s face, I know that it’s Kylie standing there and not Madison He’s seeing his baby girl for the first time