Chapter 9Dakota Eldrekki seems lost. Welcome to the club. Neither do I understand my father's actions. I have long wondered if I was really his daughter. Today's news would tend to confirm this. So why this contempt on the part of my father? I am all that remains of his wife, of the love of his life, but instead of hanging on to this little piece of her, he held me responsible for his disappearance, with reason, I must l 'admit, but all the same. I prefer to hang on to my nascent happiness rather than drown in these dark thoughts that have been ruining my life for far too long. I found someone like me, who sees the world the same way as I do, and who attracts me like I never thought possible. I also want to know him. — And you. Tell me about you. Do you have family? — No, I've been alon

