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Dad's daughter

Author: TanuS
last update Last Updated: 2024-12-03 02:40:18
Sitting on the bench outside the hospital, Charlotte and Nash were at opposite ends, each holding a hot cup of coffee. The cold evening air made them shiver, but neither seemed to notice.

Charlotte finally broke the quiet while giving Nash a tired smile. “Hi.”

Nash didn’t smile back. He stared off into the distance his face full of confusion. “I don’t understand any of this.” His voice was rough like he had been trying to hold it together for too long. “All these people... How are they suddenly my dad’s family?”

It had been two days since Nash learned that his father’s name wasn’t Neil Cooper, but Nathaniel Hart. The whole thing had started when the Hart family rushed into the ICU, crying and hugging his father as though they had always been a part of his life. There was an older woman named Ellora Hart, who claimed to be his father’s mother. Then there was Nikolai Hart, his father’s father. Nicholas Hart and his wife Anne were his father's brother and sister-in-law. Emery Hart and he
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