Don't leave me father please

"Listen to me baby I don't have much time but I need to say this. One day I believe

in my heart that Alexa will ask you to forgive her and when that time comes I want

you to promise me that you will forgive her."

"Father, I know that is never going to happen. We have waited for that for a long

time now. Since I was 15 now I'm 25." I said holding my father's hand tight

"No baby girl you have to forgive her when she comes to you and be sincere about

it. I am grateful that she let me have a daughter like you. Your mom and I were

struggling to conceive and when I saw you that day you were so helpless and I was

drawn to you. Even in the state you were in, you fought, you fought so hard to stay

alive and I know Mi corazon it will not be easy but do it for me ok, promise me,"

he said looking at my eyes and tears running down my cheeks

"I promise father I will forgive her for you and you will be there to see it." Holding

onto hope that he will get out of this cancer bed.

"I love you so much mi Corazon. Tell your mother I love her so much too," he said

letting go and his voice feeling lighter

"No father you are going to tell mother this by yourself she just went to get some

coffee she will be back soon." my tears were uncontrollable as I knew the

inevitable was happening.

"You be good, ok? Make our company great and most of all find a good man who

will protect you since I no longer will be able to do so. Promise me, Chloe, that

you will find a good man to marry."

"I promise. Father I love you, father please fight this"

"I love you, my dear, now wipe away those tears and smile for me one last time. I

am tired, my baby. I need to rest now." His hand went to my face and gently fell

from my face. I saw his eyes close, the straight beeping from a flat line. His heart

had stopped.

"Father, father no don't leave me too get up father, no father," I held his face as

though it would wake him

I jumped up from my sleep.

"Father!" I said still in dream shock.

That was my answer. I had to forgive Alexa for my father's sake. I had to go to

Italy. That was the last promise I made to him before he ... went to a better place.

I got ready to begin my day. I packed up and I was ready to leave.

"Good morning Ms. Moretti I see you are ready to go" Dr. nosy came in looking

fresh and so professional. His eyes were fixed on his tablet.

"Good morning doctor," I said looking at him.

"I'm just to clear you before you can go home," he said to me so cold. Compared to

yesterday

"Ok." I wanted to apologize for my actions but I couldn't. I never said sorry to

anyone but my family and I couldn't.

He looked at my arm and took my vitals and I was good, no internal bleeding from

the stitches. I was all good to go. He had the nurse put a sling over my arm and

neck.

"So you are good to go but you will need to be back in like 2 weeks so we can do a

follow-up and probably take off the cast depending on how well the bone heals."

He turns and says something to the nurse and she nods and leaves. Now it's just us

two.

"Ms. Moretti you are officially no longer my patient." He says and looks at me for

the first time since he walked in.

"Yeah, I can finally escape you and your questions." I laughed. He laughed too.

His laugh is so sexy it sent shivers over my spine.

"Thanks again for your help doctor Jones. Like I said I will send you a card." I said

and he looked at me.

"I thought your secretary was going to do that" I sent a text you Jahid to pick me

up.

"Well let's just say you have helped me a lot and my thanks should be sincere."

Just then, Jahid walks into my room.

"Good morning ma'am,"

"Jahid that was fast!" I said amused it had been less than two minutes since I texted

him.

"Oh, ma'am. I arrived here at 7 I just thought you were still asleep because you

didn't call me, so I stayed in the car." he gets my stuff "Ready?" I nod and say

goodbye to the doctor and leave. As I get into the car, I say to Jahid.

"Get as much information on Wyatt S'mores as you can. That asshole is going to

jail for playing with me," I said to Jahid.

"Yes ma'am"

As I got to the office, I had a ton of work to do as I expected. I did not miss the

eyes the employees were giving me at the office either. A cast is not really

something you can hide.

"Come into my office Mrs. Michelson," I said through the intercom. Soon enough

she was in my office.

"I need you to get a card and a sweet something to go with it. I will sign the card

personally so don't sign it or anything."

"Right away ma'am," she left me and I got some more work done.

Two weeks of work went by fast and I had to go back to the hospital to get this

cast removed. Finally. I hate not being able to dress up properly and exercise. I feel

so rusty. By noon, I left the office for my appointment.

"Looking good, miss. It looks like your hand healed really well and the bone looks

good and a little bandage on it for like a week will do the trick." I moved my

fingers for the first time in weeks and it stung a little but it feels good.

"I'm glad that thing is finally off my hand." Then my phone rang.

"Just calling to confirm the plan to Italy and purpose for the record," Jahid said

from the other line.

"Oh, right I almost forgot about that. Booking for tonight and purpose for work and

to visit Alexa... umm my mother," I quickly corrected myself. I needed to learn to

start letting go of what she did to me.

"I guess you're going on a trip?" I nodded "Please take caution and no heavy lifting

until your hand is fully healed." He said looking right at me

"Ok Dr. nosy I got it I know the drill here."

"Dr. nosy?" he looked at me amused.

"Well umm that's what I call you in my head because you are very nosy."

"Is that so? That means you think about me." He is finding this funny.

"I don't think about you ever" I smiled back.

"You should do that often it looks good on you,"

"What? give you silly names?" I was smiling a lot.

"No smile. You have an amazing smile" I blushed. I had never blushed because of

a guy.

"But seriously no heavy lifting and hitting," he said with a straight face.

"Depends on who I see on my trip, no promises." He gave me a look. "What?" I

looked back at him

"Do you always hit people?"

"When I need to, yes."

"Ok that is so wrong," he said amused.

"If you lived my life you would want to punch anything that threatens you," he

laughed.

Again with that sexy sound.

"You're silly,"

"No, I'm being quite honest. I don't joke around." I got off my feet and picked up

my stuff.

"Thanks for my card, Ms. Moretti. It was appreciated along with the candy it came

with."

Candy?

Mrs. Michelson thought I meant candy when I said something sweet. Damn

"Umm, you're welcome I thought candy because you were sweet to me." Quick

save.

"Yeah I loved it," I left there, Jahid drove straight to the airport, and my plane was

right there waiting for me. Jahid looked at me weirdly.

"Why are you looking at me like that?" I asked him

"Like what?" he had a boyish grin on his face

"You know what I mean."

"Oh, it's nothing just that you have been smiling the whole ride here and that is not

any kind of normal for you Chloe. I will assume the handsome doctor has

something to do with this"

"You know what they say Jahid assuming makes an ass out of you and me"

"Oh please, I've known you long enough to know you are in an exceptionally good

mood and you're not even thinking of the fact that once you get on that plane you

will only get off in Italy the place you swore never to go to since you moved to

Spain with sir Rafael."

"I moved past that plus I have work there." I got out of the car, greeted my pilot,

got into my plane and started working immediately.

Going back to Italy after all, this time is bringing back a lot of emotions. Haven't

been there since my father and I moved to Spain when I was 16. It was both a

business move and he hoped that it would help me move on from the tragedies of

that place.

Those streets, the smells, what I did to survive. I don't know if I will be able to

handle all I will encounter here. That is where my biological father was buried. A

funeral I never even attended. How cruel. All because of the woman, I am going to

see.

However, I have to look at the bigger picture. This is what my father wanted and

what the doctor said about grudges is stuck in my head, maybe he is right. Maybe

the grudges only hold you down. I hope I can finally get her out of my head and be

done.