One night stand with my baby dadd

ck to my stepdad's studio

n on my skin fo

door handle. I told myself I was here for the ink and

. My mind knew the truth. I only wan

t of his skin, wanted the dan

looked like a daughter but I knew within me I'm burn

the man I'm forced to call Dad

it was a sin to see the man I've

ced Dorian was at his desk. He was drawing on a piece of white paper. He did not look up. I ca

ere again,

tattoo is itchy

ormal. It

and I felt the heat in my face. I was

asked me where I was going. I to

ied to h

! My favourite y'all. But I ignored it and went to Dorian's studio ins

till hurt?

st burns s

me se

and slowly pulled down my single

w. He peeled back the edge of the bandage. His cold fingers sli

ymore, it will he

ay

abe

es

t be coming h

kno

ther will start a

lready

. He tucked a piece of hair behind my ear and his thumb grazed my temple. I wanted to move closer but no, since he is my stepdad now, I have to go. I pulled away from h

. I thought and headed to a coffe

met at a coffee shop, sa

r black coffee. I moved the spoo

tired,"

not sleepin

till abo

was the reason I went to that hotel

id. "He cheated a

abelle. You just

" I said as tears

d forward. "You don't answer my texts and you'

d my shoulders. "I j

hree h

to think

e bandage sticking out of my collar. She reached

tattoo?"

es

et tattoos Isabelle?

t want

ously. I felt a lump in my throat and I shi

I said. "He has a

it

sis.

Lena said. "I can tell. You

t lo

tting class in high school when yo

na. Don't wor

? Is that why y

e way he looked at me in the kitchen this morning, how he han

ieve me, rather she set her cup down on the met

, tell me," she said. "D

t being

er eyes and relaxed on the

*

and the house smelled like tomato sauce and garlic. My mother wa

lle?" she called ou

s,

yard. Go and tell him the

h,

f cour

s standing by the fence, smoking a cigarette and wore a

n, entering the veran

is ready

moke into the air. He looked at t

your friend

na." I said, s

sk about t

d as he slautch his head, climbed how and walked toward me, stopping t

good liar,

kitchen window, seeing mother standing there who wave

hought he was a goo

when we are not alon

t's the

t the on

whispered as my heart was po

his shoulder which was a hard contact and I felt the sting

her put a large tray of lasagna in the middle. She se

y, honey," she said a

te. "Mmmm... Thi

ed with smiles

t eating," my mother

mom" I said keeping my

oo thin. You need to have something to mu

und and looked at Dorian. He was eating

gns today," my mother said. "He is so

his gaze, watching me and

He knows exactly how to leave a mar

didn't get it and she t

g along," she said. "I wante

plate and saw the steam rising from the pasta. I felt the pl

g to bed,

her said, looking confused

dache. I need

ed up the stairs. I went into my room, loc

he muffled sound of their voices

mirror and took the tape off the

ink. I thought about Dorian. I thought about the way he gripped my waist in the studio,

apped. I had a secret in my skin and had a man in my head. An

in the hallway as they stopped outs

bell

pdad'. I didn't answe

s," he said through the wood. "She

said. "Tell he

the

N

it, Is

the door, turned the lock and opened it an in

you want?

pocket, pulled out a

shop," he said. "You n

e it from him, he held my hands with it, didn't le

ame stepdaughter," he whispere

o, You st

ying to

fast, he looked at me as he ran his eyes at my bare shoulder and

, walked back toward the stairs and I stoo

ing. And I pray I