her thoughts were clouded. She could not believe he was the one over the phone until then Mr Willows must have noticed she was not listening to him anymore. He started calling her name, it too t

ealistic as she did not seem to believe that her father had called her directly. Thinking about it now, Claire was certain that there had to be a catch to him being nice to her, she only needed to hear from the horses mouth. She

r her to stay. Claire could not believe her ears that even her father whom had not seen her for years still was not going to want her around him. She asked him what the matter was exactly but he would not say. Cl

a female voice said from t

aited when the lady took the phone from him and said hello to her. Claire managed to say hello to her and she asked her if she really was coming to stay. Claire managed a yes and there

e the phone." her father

s. Claire are you the

am." Cla

u then." the woman said w

nt of her. It was clear that her father had remarried but what she was not sure about was whether or not it was the reason why he had st

rents room. She had earlier taken a piece of paper wrapping that had his full name and details. She was not certain if she should be doing it but regardless, Claire opened the computer which was something her memory had encoded. This w

appeared as well. Claire began scrolling through until she found her father's pictures which she clicked on. She had missed him so much and he had even grown his beard. She was mesmerized by his smile and started scrolling down when she saw a picture of him holding a lady. Claire opened that one too and started s

ughts about what he had been saying to her over the phone. She was at the crossroads at whether or not she should take his offer and go stay in one of his houses as

to get busy and into her business of packing up. She did not want h

ake dinner. It had to be something special as it was the last time she would be cooking in the house. Her mother never really appreciated it but she always did anyway