She froze further in place. The idea that the papers exaggerating whatever happened between Ben and Bella had never crossed her mind. A father wouldn't go to the length that hers had over a stupid rumor printed in Witch Weekly, or so she had thought. More so than ever, Melody was well and truly confused.

"You didn't?" She repeated. Every piece of pent up anger she had towards him suddenly felt like a lie. So much hatred and bitterness all due to a false rumor. Except, it wasn't just that. He had allowed two years to go without ever reaching out to her. She had written letter after letter before finally deciding to move on with her life. Hell, she was even beginning to become convinced that someone might actually want to court her.

"Why did you ignore all my letters?" This still wasn't the place to be having this conversation, but Melody simply couldn't abandon him this time. She walked away once. Drunk or not, Melody wasn't making that mistake again.

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