chapter 122

The constant beep of the heart monitor is silent.

The bed is empty.

The entire room is silent.

My mind doesn't bother to find any reasoning, and my heart beats achingly.

He's gone.

There's no going back, and I have to accept it.

Of course I cried, he's my father. Whether or not he's alive, he will always be, and he left with a piece of my heart; all of our hearts.

A week after we came back to L.A., he left us, and a week later, we buried him next to our mother's grave.

I broke down, became sick, grieved, and then I pulled myself together for my sisters.

That was over two months ago. My heart still aches for my father, but it's dulled. It was time. He got his last wish, I got married.

Lucia has gotten better, I'm happy that it didn't take that much of a toll on her as compared to mom's death.

We've moved into the new house, the kids love it. Xander and I love it.

Being back though has separated us for a while, he's been stuck in piles of work and complications with his father.

Despite