❧R E M O R S E ❧ [the sequel]

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"M-my ...dad?" The young girl questioned as she slowly looked at her mom who was hiding under a nervous smile

She wasn't expecting Mattia to actually tell her daughter. Not so soon. It would ruin everything she had set forward since day one of being a single parent.

Although her and Mattia technically hadn't broken up

"Yes" Mattia says to Adalyn as he brings her closer to him and stares at her features. Although she looks nothing like him, she is 100% his is according to the DNA result. She could of course, retake the test. But to prove what?

She knew the results wouldn't differ.

"I have a dad? Like my friends?" The girl squealed as she clapped her hands together in excitement. Mattia nodded eagerly at his daughter

She giggled which erupted happiness inside of him. All he ever wanted was to be a father. She seemed to brighten his world although he had only just met her

She could be the reason why he could resolve the empty void in his heart that left him broken

"I always wanted a dad" the girl smiles as she looks at her mother. Dawn leans her body on the wall behind her as she observes the moment; silently . It's almost as if she's interrupting their personal experience

Mattia outreaches for a hug when the girl gives in, feeling the warmth of her father for the first time ever. Dawn's eyes watered.

"Mommy did you know I had a dad?" The girl asks as she pulls a way from the hug still beaming with a grin

Dawn nods as she wipes her tears quickly; right before Mattia could turn around and see the redness in her cheeks. "Yes, baby. I knew"

"His name is Mattia" Dawn continues

"But you can call me 'dad' or 'papa' or whatever you would like" Mattia interrupts

"hmmm" the girl places her finger under her chin as she thinks. "I like papa!"

"Well then I'm your papa" he laughs as he kisses her on her forehead.

"Do you wanna play a game?"

"Sure" the man replies as he takes his daughters fingers in the hugeness of his hand. He stands and walks towards the door when he looks back at Dawn to say something

"Dawn can we—"

The sound of the loud doorbell interrupts the moment when Mattia looks down at the ground

"Cmon" his daughter tugs on him as he follows her across the hall and into her bedroom

Dawn places her hands over her chest as she walks down the stairs with her thoughts roaming in her head. She was the mother. She was able to make the decisions

The only reason her and Mattia would be forced to cooperate was because of the daughter they both shared. Other than that, things would never in a million years, be the same as they used to be.