Chapter 120: Chapter 120
At the cafeteria, Calvin sip on his coffee then look at Dante.
I am sorry! He stare more at him. Sorry, I wasn't really able to...
Stop it, you shouldn't take my daughter's words to heart, I am sure she is only teasing you, you kind of look funny when you frown, that face of yours is hilarious. Dante wiped his face with his palm. I see the reason while my daughter is teasing you.
He frown more, Calvin look at him, then sip on his coffee.
Do you love my daughter? Dante nodded, Calvin smiled inwardly but then his face is without expression.
I am sorry. He stared more without blinking. I am sorry for the scandal I put your daughter, sorry that I embarrass your family; sorry I lied to you and your family, that we are dating when we are not; I really want to come back but then to apologize, to stop all of them from making jest of her. I was scared, too scared to face you all, especially Barbara, I know you hate me, for putting your daughter into that.
Yes, I was mad, too mad that you hurt my daughter, that you made her worthless and cheap, having a public humiliation that any girl of her age might get depressed of but how could I get mad at you, when you save her, from that hooligans? My dad used to say, no one is perfect, that is the reason, you should used one good side of a person to overlook the bad side.
I am...
Why didn't you tell her that you love her, back then?
Coward! Call me a coward! Calvin look at him. I was caught off guard with her boldness, I wasn't expecting a girl of her age to be bold enough to tell me, she loves me, when she knows nothing about me, even after hearing all the bad things that I plan to do to her. Dante said then sighed badly
Too scared to face another heart break, I have been through that road before, I want to protect my heart, I don't want to be a rebound guy, I don't want to break down, my first relationship was devastating, leaving a scar in my heart, I still have the pain, I built a very high fence to protect my heart but then my stubborn heart wouldn't let me be, after locking myself in my own world for years, your daughter destroy that fence Dante hissed.
Why are you telling me that? Dante look at him.
I don't think she will forgive me.
If you think, she will not forgive you, what about me? She will probably hate me for the rest of her life for betraying her. Dante look at him. Yes, she is my daughter but too ashamed to tell her that....
What? You are hiding her identity because you are ashamed to have an illegitimate child?
Not at all, if all illegitimate child are like my princess then I will rather have Claudia has one, so she could be more of a good daughter than a prodigal daughter. He gasped for air then sip more on his coffee. I won't want my daughter to be stigmatized, I wouldn't want the society to judge her.
No one will judge her, she deserves the Truth. Calvin strong gaze visit him. I know everything, I know she is your daughter, from the woman that you once love, who happens to be the murderer of her mother and Barbara's grandmother. Who feed her little girl with drugs, locked her up with lots of cockroaches, beat her with wipes like she is an adult, starve her... Dante felt his own heart is going to fall out of his chest, recalling all the things that innocent little girl must had face in the hand of that monster that call herself mother.
Calvin look at him, he could see sincerity in his worried eyes, he could see that the man doesn't just love his daughter, he cares about her, he felt her pain, he is hurting seeing her hurt, that pain In his eyes was same with the one, he saw earlier.
Part of the reason, Calvin didn't do anything to Dante, after watching the video of his daughter begging Dante to love her, the young man reaction was one of confusion and fear not that he doesn't love his daughter, like he called himself, he is a coward, a very big coward, that couldn't admit his feelings.
So are you ready to accept my daughter and all her baggage?
Of cause, I have never love any other woman, the way I love your daughter, I got information about her, even before deciding to be her rented boyfriend, what I didn't look at was everything concerning her biological mother, I was only satisfied with the fact that she is your illegitimate daughter.
Calvin couldn't help but admire the young man, he didn't believe that someone could love someone and accept all her baggage.
What are you going to do about your feelings for her?
Don't worry, I know I have a long way to go, she is not going to accept me easily, even if I have to chase her and then act shamelessly, I am going to do that.
Calvin stand then tap Dante's shoulder.
You surely, we have alot of competitors, Jeffrey is one of your competitors.
What about Gordon? Dante asked, he look at Dante, the young man fall his face, he doesn't know the reason, he is more jealous of Gordon relationship with Barbara than Jeffrey, he is more scared of Gordon. Probably because he felt Jeffrey and Barbara grow up together, she will never see him more than a brother but Gordon, they were adult already when they became friends.
Not to worried, Gordon is not your threat, that man is not your competitor, even if you see him as one, he can never be.
Why?
Can you marry Sally? Dante look at Calvin's confused, he run his hand on his neck, Calvin tap his shoulder for the second time.
Don't worry about that, all I need from you, is to promise me, that you will stand by my daughter, you will be there for her, she could be stubborn and hot hearted but she is human and have all the hormones associated with the feminine one, when she say, you should stop chasing her, chase her; when she asked you to get out of her life; stay; if she show you the door, you shouldn't go away, every words of hers, are always the opposite thing, she wants, you should be patience with her, extra patience.
Dante watch as Calvin back face him, he could see the man is more relief than before, sharing his burden with someone must have made it light for him, he could not help but feel at ease, that someone will always get his daughter back when he is not there.