I wanted to add that I felt what it could be like to like a boy, maybe even love one, but I knew that would not make him happy. Most fathers felt ambivalent about giving up their daughters, but in Daddy's case, that would be tragic, probably for both him and me.
"You are different now, Lorelei. You're closer to being one of us, and I have the best daughters any father could hope to have," he said softly. He kissed me on the cheek and then turned and smiled just before he left, closing the door softly and leaving me standing in the afterglow of his enormous love.
Maybe my instincts weren't as sharp and developed as Ava's were, but instinctively, I knew I would either grow because of that love…
Or drown in it.
Morning After
Had something happened to change me? Was I different now, older, almost overnight?
