Thirty five

"Hi dad, I thought you wouldn't come see me before you sell me off, I guess you really do have a heart after all" I know I sound mean, but I really don't care at this point. My father is willing to sacrifice my happiness for the success of his company.

I don't think he realizes that I will have to take over the company at some point. But then again, it will be taken away by Taylor Wright because by then, I'd have been long married to him. My dad probably didn't think this through at all, but I won't be bothered to correct him, I'll consider it as my own revenge plot.

"Honey, you don't know why I'm doing this, I can't explain it..... but I just want you to know that everything I do, I do for you. For your future. For the family. I do it for all of us, but especially for you little princess" Dad says, honesty dripping from each word. If i know one thing about my dad, it's that he never lies.

I can feel the waterworks coming up again.

I love my dad, always did, but he his actions towards me as I grew up, strained our relationship. Him calling me princess brought me back to the days where I really was treated like a princess.

The woman I called mother always seemed to dislike my presence so my dad and I would go on an outing or a trip, anywhere I wanted to go, just the two of us and it was perfect.

Then things changed, I don't know how it went wrong, dad and I drifted apart. It got worse after I graduated college and had to work at his company, he always treated me more like a surbodinate than his daughter.

"Daddy...." I start but he cuts me off.

"I'm sorry honey, I didn't mean for all of this to happen. You deserve so much better than this, and I'm sorry that I can't protect you, I'm sorry that I can't be the father you need, but I know you're strong and I'll do everything in my power to keep you from away harm. If you don't want me to walk you down the aisle today, it's okay.... I'll just get someone else to do it." Dad says, his head lowered.

I've known him, literally all my life and he has never shown weakness to anyone before, but then I forget that this man in front of me isn't just a businessman, he is also a father, this is him being a father.

"How can I let someone else walk me down the aisle when you're here, hale and hearty?" I ask in bewilderment, we might have had some disagreements in past but I most definitely wouldn't be letting someone else take the role of my father on my wedding day, even if I'm being married off against my will and I totally hate my husband-to-be... just the thought of being married to Taylor gives me shivers.

"Okay then, I'll leave you alone for now. I'll be back later when the ceremony starts" He says, walking towards the door but then he stops while holding the door handle seemingly wanting to say something but he hesitates.

"I just...I just wanted you to know, that I'm proud of you. I really am. You are so brave princess, you're doing this for me even after all that has happened, my daughter really is a beauty, my ~Kanani~" he says and walks away. This time I don't stop the tears, I don't care if I walk down the aisle with smudged makeup and puffy eyes later, I just really need to let these out. He chose my wedding day to reconsile with me, how wonderful...not.

I dab my tears with a tissue I picked up from a box beside me, raising my head to stare at the mirror, but what I see when I look up scared the shit out of me.