"Seems like the perfect love story". I could already feel the tears in my eyes. "How come I've never met him?".

"He couldn't do it sweetheart. He couldn't raise you without your mom".

"So he didn't want me".

"Oh honey". She placed her hand on top of mine. "When we lost your mom your dad went down a very dark path. He wasn't the young man I once knew. He packed up and left a few weeks after you were born".

"So he's never even seen me?". I whispered.

"He did". She smiled. "He held you when ...