The diary

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Stef's: POV
While Lena was at work and Francesca is at school
I decided to do some housework around the house
I ended up starting up stairs in the girls room
It's been a while since I visited Callie's old room
I entered inside her bedroom it looked just the same as she left it. Nothing was out of place l straightened up her bookshelf, until her pink and black diary fell out
I've always respected her privacy but this time felt different in a way it wasn't my intention to read her private thoughts. I took a seat on her bed and open it up and begin reading, the first page she talks about not liking her classes in school. Then I came to the fifth page she goes in detail not liking going over my parents house to visit cause her grandfather makes her play the horsey game while sitting on his lap as read further Callie goes to say how he touches her between her legs and makes her feel dirty inside, l couldn't believe what l was hearing
The man that l loved all my life was sexually abusing my daughter. It all begins to make sense now Callie never wanted to come home on holidays, this whole thing was making sick to my stomach cause the more read the sicky
I was becoming, we trusted him to keep our daughter's safe. It has to be some legitimate explanation to these allegations, there's no telling how Lena's gonna feel after l break the news. But first l need to pull myself together
I can't go to my mom with this latest development she's grieving the loss of my father there's no telling what this will do to our family, dads not here to defend himself
I know we can't do anything about since it happened so long ago. I think it's time for me to pay Callie a face to face visit and get some answers about this situation, l guess the reason why she never told us cause she probably scared we wouldn't believe her, part of me blames myself for taking her over there for him to babysit her while we had to go to work. Knowing my wife the way l do is a completely a whole another story, l don't know how l'm gonna have to ask my youngest daughter Francesca has her grandpa touch her inappropriate that made her feel uncomfortable. I know at times when I went to pick her from my parents place she would always appeared anxious, l didn't give much thought at the time.
I take Callie's diary with me out of the bedroom and locked it up in my lock box in the back of the closet
Stef takes a break from the house hole chores and heads downstairs to drink of water from the refrigerator

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