Golden Glade Get Lonely

Her question hit Reek like a swift punch to the gut. He felt as if the air had been stolen from his lungs. Even in his fury directly after the incident, Reek did not want to kill Laurel. In fact, the thought hadn't even crossed his mind. "I didn't want to hurt you," he explained. Reek shook his head and sighed. "I don't ever want to hurt you." It had never been a part of Reek's plan to make his daughters hate him -- but if it was, he would have been a great success. He was, however, no great success at being a father, and he hated himself for it. "But I guess I've done that enough, haven't I?"

"You know, when I came to find you at the Creek, I just -- I just wanted so bad to be a part of your life," he continued to explain. His voice cracked and he could already hear himself beginning to choke up. "When I first saw you, I thought you were beautiful. You were everything I hoped you would be." Even then, Laurel had been the first he saw -- and when he did, the full weight of parenthood stuck him. "Its hard being a father Lorry." It was especially hard when one loved their child deeply. Harder still when the child did not love him back.