200. The Euphoric Feeling

Of all the stories he'd told her,

Of all the sad news, this was the most devastating.

Her own family did this to her.

How?

Why?

Was her love for him enough to make them abandon and try to kill her?

This information was too hard to digest.

It disoriented her thoughts and puzzled her mind.

Did her family disapprove of them?

Did she love him so much?

Who was he?

Who was she?

“I'm sorry.” Daryl dropped the frying pan and turned off the stove, his voice heavy with sadness. “I shouldn't have mentioned that now.”

He pulled her to her feet and hugged her. “Don't cry, huh?”

Was she crying?

Was she supposed to cry?

But Haley couldn't control her tears as they rolled down her cheeks.

She'd asked him so many questions and he'd answered each of them.

This was the only question she hadn't asked him yet.

It never crossed her mind in fact… how she ended up like this.

So it was her family.

The family she'd longed every day to at least know who they were.

“I'm so sorry…” Daryl kept on murmuring an ap