A second chance: Sequel of Against all odds by Alexia Vella Deguara Page B

finish her
homework.” 
    “ OK,”
She seemed sad. She stood up and grabbed my hand.
    “ David.”
    “ Yes.”
    “ Ahm...Can
I hug you?” She asked me blushing more than before.
    I didn't reply but wrapped
my arm around her waist and pulled her to me. I felt her trembling in
my arms, it was such a beautiful feeling. Her head rested in the
crook of my neck. I could have stayed like that forever inhaling the
fruity scent of her hair if I didn't hear Kylie giggle. We parted
slowly....
    “ See
you tomorrow Cassidy.”
    She smiled shyly at me and I
grabbed Kylie's hand and began to walk away.
    “ I
think this new mum loves you dad,” she said with a big smile on
her face. 
    “ What?
Oh no Kylie.”
    “ Yes
she does and I'm happy. I love this new mum best.” She said
jumping happily.
    I was stunned.
    “ Why?”
    “ She's
different, she's happy now. The other mum was always so sad.”
    “ Was
she?” I asked surprised.
    “ Yes.
Dad do you think we can be a family now? She loves you, maybe now you
can marry her,”she said. Oh, how I wish things were that easy.
Kylie was only a child, she didn't know how complicated things were.
Cassidy didn't love me. She liked me but probably only because she
had forgotten Tyler.
    “ Kylie
I can't marry your mum,” I said sadly. I knew I was going to
kill her hope, but it was better to that now. I didn't want her to be
deluded.
    “ Why?
You don't love her anymore?”
    “ Of
course I do. But she is still married to Tyler,” I tried to
explain.
    “ But
now she doesn't remember him and she will leave him I'm sure.”
    “ Listen
Kylie it doesn't work like that, I don't know if your mum will leave
Tyler or not, she hasn't even seen him yet. Sweetheart there isn't
anything in the world I wish more than to marry your mum, but I don't
want you to think that it will happen,”I said as gently as
possible.
    “ But
why?”
    “ Because
I don't want you to be deluded if it doesn't happen.” I hoped
that my seven-year-old daughter understood.
    “ OK,
Dad but I really wish it does and I'm sure that this time it will
happen.”
    I wished and hoped that too.

CHAPTER 13
    Cassidy's POV
    I was so happy. Finally,
Monday arrived and I got out of hospital. When I looked out I felt
strange, all the world was new to me, all the places, all the
streets, everything that surrounded me. I was impressed. The strange
thing is that I knew what the things were such as the trees and the
sea, but I couldn't remember ever seeing them in reality. It was like
I had seen them in a book or something and now I was experiencing the
real thing. I kept gasping at the tall buildings, at the beautiful
houses we kept passing in front of. David was sitting near me. He had
come with mum to pick me up. I glanced secretly at him every now and
then and looked at his beautiful profile. He turned around sometimes
and caught me staring. Each time I felt like I was going to die, I
couldn't even describe the feelings I had inside. Was this love? Had
I experienced this before with him or with someone else? I was so
curious. When we arrived home, I was stunned. This house was so big
and beautiful, I couldn't believe I was going to live there. I got
down and took a look around. It was a beautiful area with a lot of
greenery.
    “ Oh,
mum this is wonderful,” I said happily.
    “ I'm
glad you like it. Yes it's very nice, I fell in love with this house
as soon as I saw it.” 
    “ So
I didn't use to live here before?” I asked.
    “ No
honey, this I bought recently after your accident. Before I used to
live in another state,”she explained.
    “ Oh.”
    My mum opened the door and
we went in. The interior was as much as nice as the exterior. I moved
around touching everything. I couldn't understand why, but I felt it
was something I needed to do. I wanted to feel the texture of things.
I was feeling curious, probably like a baby seeing things for the
first time. I wanted to get the feeling that I belonged there, but it
was