Alex' POV "Who are you," I asked, unable to wrap my head around the fact that the person standing there was my father. "of course, it's daddy, Lexy. I can't imagine what you've had to go through, my love, I can't imagine how you felt all those nights you needed a father and I was nowhere in sight. But I'm here now, and I'm ready to explain why I've been absent all those years." "Why now?" I asked him, with tear-stained eyes. "Because I'm tired of hiding, Lexi. I've been in the shadows for too long, and I don't want to miss out on my daughter's life anymore," he said. He reached for my hands but I quickly slapped it away. I was tired of having two manipulative parents. I couldn't care less what they did at this point, I just wanted to be alone. "Can you please leave?" I said, my l

