Derek POV
She needs her mother. Lexie needs her mother to survive, to live, to become my wife, but how do I get to her mother when I don’t know where she is? All I know is that she was taken to another town.
The only person who can answer this question is my father. But am I ready to meet him again? To ask for his help again.
Geese, I had already promised myself not to ask my dad for help again. It will make me look weak.
“What did he say? Is he coming?” Meredith asked after my long, noticeable silence.
I raised my eyes to look at her. “She needs her mother.”
“Her mother? Then why are you here? Get her mother or send Jeremy to get her,” Meredith urged me. She did not know about her history with her mother or with my father.
I took in a deep breath to push in the bitter taste at the
