issues that arose from the accident but even I don’t know the full extent of what happened as she keeps a lot to herself. Can I ask you a question Daniel?” Daniel nodded keeping his eyes fixed on the floor.
“Do you have feelings for my daughter? Something scared her into running and she tends to run from emotion, she’s scared of getting hurt”
Daniel gulped and took a few deep breaths “It’s hard for me to explain Mrs Warren but there is just something about Carrie, something I’ve never found before in a woman. And yes I do have feelings for your daughter, but they are feelings I can’t explain”
Anne smiled and nodded “I could tell the way you looked at her, and the way she acted towards you”
“Daniel my daughter is a very complicated individual. Ever since she was a child she has always looked too far into things, and although it was good in some cases, it always held her back in others. The only person who could ever handle her was my son in law Ian, he knew exactly what to do to calm situations down for her and to help her breath. Losing him was like losing my daughter, she changed. The only way she can cope is to lock everyone out and to become this kind of human robot”
“He sounds like an amazing guy” Daniel replied wondering where Anne was heading
“He was, and it was a huge blow to lose him for the entire family. His death broke my family apart, and I lost my daughter. Being with you she gained a sense of who she was before he died, and it was wonderful to see, but at the same time I think it all scared her, and so as we know she bolted” Anne shifted in her chair and leant forward towards Daniel and reached out for his hand.
“If you truly care about my daughter, you must be willing to work for her, I can’t say it will be an easy road and she’s not an easy person to get close to but if you can break those walls I guarantee it would be worth it, it just all depends on how much you are prepared to work for her”
Anne stood up shakily and smiled at a stunned Daniel before pulling out a piece of crumpled folded paper from the pocket of her dressing gown and handing it to him. He took it and unfolded it to see an address, phone number and an email.
“I want to see my daughter happy again before I die Daniel, and I believe in my heart you may be the one to make it happen. These are the details Jason managed to chase up before when we needed to contact her about this trip, what you do with them is now up to you”
Daniel walked Anne back to the barn to make sure she made it back safely, before going back home, throwing himself down on the sofa and rubbing both hands over his face. He took the piece of paper out of his pocket and stared at it trying to work out what he wanted to do.
Chapter 11
“Carrie what on earth are you doing here?” Leanne questioned leaning against the door frame to Carries office.
“Trip finished earlier than expected so I came back. That’s not a problem I hope?” She replied, praying her boss wasn’t about to send her home. She needed to work to clear her head.
“No problem, but if you wanted more time off you could take it, don’t feel just because your trip ended early you have to come back straight away”
“Thanks, but I would rather be here than sitting around at home bored, this is more constructive”
Leanne smiled at her. Carrie reminded her of a young version of herself, and she had no doubt that Carrie would eventually take her place if she ever changed roles.
Once Leanne had left, Carrie pulled her mobile phone out of her desk draw and texted Leah. She needed to talk to her best friend and needed some girly time and a good drink to put everything behind her.
Glancing up at her computer screen, she sighed and used the mouse the click the ‘X’ in the corner
“Do you have feelings for my daughter? Something scared her into running and she tends to run from emotion, she’s scared of getting hurt”
Daniel gulped and took a few deep breaths “It’s hard for me to explain Mrs Warren but there is just something about Carrie, something I’ve never found before in a woman. And yes I do have feelings for your daughter, but they are feelings I can’t explain”
Anne smiled and nodded “I could tell the way you looked at her, and the way she acted towards you”
“Daniel my daughter is a very complicated individual. Ever since she was a child she has always looked too far into things, and although it was good in some cases, it always held her back in others. The only person who could ever handle her was my son in law Ian, he knew exactly what to do to calm situations down for her and to help her breath. Losing him was like losing my daughter, she changed. The only way she can cope is to lock everyone out and to become this kind of human robot”
“He sounds like an amazing guy” Daniel replied wondering where Anne was heading
“He was, and it was a huge blow to lose him for the entire family. His death broke my family apart, and I lost my daughter. Being with you she gained a sense of who she was before he died, and it was wonderful to see, but at the same time I think it all scared her, and so as we know she bolted” Anne shifted in her chair and leant forward towards Daniel and reached out for his hand.
“If you truly care about my daughter, you must be willing to work for her, I can’t say it will be an easy road and she’s not an easy person to get close to but if you can break those walls I guarantee it would be worth it, it just all depends on how much you are prepared to work for her”
Anne stood up shakily and smiled at a stunned Daniel before pulling out a piece of crumpled folded paper from the pocket of her dressing gown and handing it to him. He took it and unfolded it to see an address, phone number and an email.
“I want to see my daughter happy again before I die Daniel, and I believe in my heart you may be the one to make it happen. These are the details Jason managed to chase up before when we needed to contact her about this trip, what you do with them is now up to you”
Daniel walked Anne back to the barn to make sure she made it back safely, before going back home, throwing himself down on the sofa and rubbing both hands over his face. He took the piece of paper out of his pocket and stared at it trying to work out what he wanted to do.
Chapter 11
“Carrie what on earth are you doing here?” Leanne questioned leaning against the door frame to Carries office.
“Trip finished earlier than expected so I came back. That’s not a problem I hope?” She replied, praying her boss wasn’t about to send her home. She needed to work to clear her head.
“No problem, but if you wanted more time off you could take it, don’t feel just because your trip ended early you have to come back straight away”
“Thanks, but I would rather be here than sitting around at home bored, this is more constructive”
Leanne smiled at her. Carrie reminded her of a young version of herself, and she had no doubt that Carrie would eventually take her place if she ever changed roles.
Once Leanne had left, Carrie pulled her mobile phone out of her desk draw and texted Leah. She needed to talk to her best friend and needed some girly time and a good drink to put everything behind her.
Glancing up at her computer screen, she sighed and used the mouse the click the ‘X’ in the corner
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