"Please, forgive me," he said and held her head firmly. She felt the loving warmth of a father for the first time. It wiped out all the ugly fatherly experiences Alpha Daniel gave her. She had no choice but to forgive him. She relaxed as they admired different species of birds jumping from one tree to another.
"You look like your mother, but you speak like my late mother, I mean your grandmother. You got my height too." he said, and Emma kept quiet.
"How are you doing lately?" He asked after about twenty- five minutes holding her firmly to his side.
"I'm doing fine."
"I'd like to be part of your life; would you permit me?" She nodded like a toddler.
"I know I have missed the part of your life when you needed your father most, but consider me. I need you now."
