Just Say Uncle

Her tail lightly wagged as he nuzzled her cheek and reassured her that he would always have time for her. She smiled at him, happy to hear those words. She had never been a beat around the bush type, no matter how difficult the subject may be and she wasn’t about to change just because it was regarding her father.

“I wanna know more about dad,” she said.

When she said the word dad her lips would twitch for a moment she wasn’t even sure that she should call him that anymore. After everything and all these rotten emotions he had made surface she hated it.

“Specifically why he’s acting like this, is he ill?” She found it was the only way to explain his crazy behavior.

Her eyes looked up to Ace trying to hide the pleading look. She needed to know, no matter how ugly the details she needed to know why he was acting so outrageous.