~Maya’s POV~
I don’t know how I feel about this revelation. To my father, I was just a transaction to keep his company. He never once regarded me as his daughter. He arranged marriages for me. I accompanied his business associates on business trips. I was pawned. It pains me, but I can’t pay evil with evil. I look at the two women who treated me badly all my life, but I am not them.
“Wait here, I’m coming.”
I headed upstairs to put on something more comfortable and headed back downstairs. I grabbed my car keys and said, “Show me where father is.” They nodded and followed me. We headed to the hotel. I decided to ring him when I was in the reception area.
Father: Cupcake
Maya: I’m downstairs at the hotel. Can you please come down?
He agreed. I didn’t tell him I was with my stepmother and sister. After some time, he came down. Looking all strong, we might not have a strong father and daughter relationship, but I know my father very well. Even when he’s not okay, he will always try to hide it. He came to a halt when he saw Ivy and my stepmother, but I smiled and walked up to him and smiled. When I hugged him, he didn’t want to let go. So I didn’t push him. I waited for him to break the hug. When he broke the hug, I looked around and saw a restaurant, but since I knew what we wanted to talk about was very sensitive, I looked around and my father didn’t have to ask,
“Follow me.”
We followed him to his hotel suite, and to my greatest shock, my husband was there. I looked at him with questionable eyes, but he ignored me and wanted to leave, but my father asked him to stay.
When did he come here, as I thought he was working all along?
We both sat down, and everyone was too quiet, and no one said anything. I looked at my dad and cleared my thoughts, wanting to speak, but he beat me to it.
“Maya, baby, I have wronged you all these years. I don’t even deserve to be called a father for what I put you through. I put you out there for my own gain, making you go on unnecessary business trips with men who could have raped you. I am so sorry, Cupcake. Maybe I needed your husband to tell me the truth about what I had been missing out on. This makes me sound like an opportunist because it feels as though I waited for the truth to come out to realize the lie I have been living all these years. The child I neglected turned out to be so great and decent while the one I had been treating turned out to be a disgrace and worse, not even my blood. I have wronged you, Maya, and lied to you about your mother just to make my wife happy. Your mother never seduced me. Chloe and I dated for years before you were even born. We were each other’s first loves. But because I wanted a peaceful home, I told a lie. Only a few people knew about your mother and me. But few people thought I cheated on my wife to conceive you, but that was the opposite. I wronged you and your mother, cupcake. I will forever regret this, but no matter how much I’m being offered, even though I have never shown you affection. I will never trade you for any amount. ” He paused and looked at my husband, who hasn’t even shown any emotions since we got here. This makes me wonder if this is the horniest and funniest man I have ever married. He keeps such a cold face while with people, but with me, he’s always playful. I cleared my throat once more.
“Dad, you had your reasons. I am not here to talk about the past. I am here to talk about the future. I don’t want my twins to come into this world to find our family a broken family. Yes, we have our differences, but which family doesn’t fight? Every other family out there has a secret of their own. Mother was wrong to keep you in the dark. She could have told you everything and let you decide. I love Ivy and I love mother. Though it took me a long time to say this, all I ever wanted was for the three of you to appreciate me and celebrate all my successes with me. We are not perfect, and no one is. It would be a pity to give up on a family you have worked hard to build. Betrayal is hard to forgive, but with time we learn to live with it and slowly forget. I know you love, mother, and I also know the news about Ivy might have crushed you dearly. But Daddy, are you willing to let go of the people you have known for half your life? You once told me that you can’t stand seeing homeless people. I’ve watched you over the years buy a house for beggars on the street. You even told me that adoption isn’t all that bad. I helped two people just like you, and I gave them shelter. I learned that kindness from you. If adopting a child isn’t such a bad idea, then why can’t you accept the only girl you have ever loved all your life? Why can’t you forgive, mother, and move on? I’m not asking you to fall back in love with, mother, but try to work things out and see where it leads you. Even if Ivy isn’t yours by blood, Ivy will always be your princess just like I would always be your cupcake. ”
He looked at me and smiled, “When did my cupcake get so mature?” I smiled and walked up to sit next to him.
“Your cupcake grew a long time ago, and she can also try to be in everyone’s shows.” He brushed my head and kissed me on the cheek.
“You look beautiful, cupcake. Did I hear you say, twin?” I nodded my head and he smiled and looked at my husband, who had been quiet all this while and was just staring at us with no expression whatsoever. “You’ve done well, cupcake. We are just 4; another 2 would add to the family.” I smiled and hugged him. Then I heard someone clearing their throat.
“Cupcake, are you going to wait for me outside while I talk to your dad?”
Cupcake?
Since when does Zion call me cupcake? pervert!