Erica: “I… I'm sorry that you are going through all of this. I wish there was a way that I could help.” The words came out wrong but there was nothing else that I could say to comfort him. I thought about it and deep down, he was in this predicament because of what he did to me six years ago. He tossed me out like I was nothing and now I had three kids that belonged to him but I wasn't going to let them meet him. I was still convinced that he didn't deserve them. He wasn't the kind of father that I wanted them to have. Or maybe I just judged him that way because of what he did to me. He looked at me with sad eyes and I felt my soul move uncomfortably. “Erica, please…” "No, Dante.–” I took my hand off his shoulder as he tried to touch me. “–If you are asking me to be your Luna, my

