Chapter 89. Not Damaged Goods

Alicia's POV

I met Dan on one of those nights when I wandered the streets of Clarissas's parents' neighborhood. I had just been discharged from the hospital with my daughter and could not stand to be near her at that time because she reminded me so much of her father. 

If I am to be honest, she still does, but I have come to terms with my fate and realize that anytime I look at her, she isn't just a part of him but of me as well, and she can not be blamed for her father's behavior. I would wander the streets aimlessly until I walked into a park. I remember sitting on a seat and staring aimlessly at the children who played on the swings.

I always got glared at by their mothers but I was too out of it to even realize at that time. A man walked up to me and politely asked if he could sit beside me. I'd said nothing at that time because I just wanted to be left alone. That man was Dan. He sat down anyway and introduced himself, cracking lame jokes