We Aren't So Different, You and Me

"Was that her?" I choked out. My dad sighed and turned back to our conversation.
"Yeah..."
"Jesus... She looks so much like her." I leaned back in my chair and sighed, running my fingers through my hair. Lindsey looked over at me and took my hand, running her thumb on the back of it.
"She cried herself to sleep last night," my dad whispered.
"Are you serious?"
"It took all we had not to go up there and just hold her. We knew it wasn't what she wanted."
"What was she saying about her dad just before she left?"
"Her mother's boyfriend. I don't think Adrienne ever told her that Jace isn't her real father."
"That must be harsh," Lindsey murmured.
"Losing a parent would be harsh, too," Mikey threw in.

I stood up and sighed, arching my back, feeling relief when it cracked. I heard Bandit's laugh from inside the house and sighed. How can we be sure that Taylor was even my daughter? I doubt asking Adrienne the truth would really help us, given the circumstances. All we had left was a DNA test. I turned back towards my wife and brother and sighed, kissing Linds's cheek.

"I'm gonna go out for some coffee, okay? I won't be too long but I'll call you or something in a while, okay?"
"S-sure, babe. Is something wrong?" She looked up at me a little confused.
"Nothing. I just need to clear my head a little."
She nodded but still looked unsure.

I took off on foot towards the old shop I used to go to after school and soon found myself in my favorite booth sipping on my favorite drink. I sighed and rubbed the sleep out of my eyes, yawning. Adrienne and I lost touch soon after graduation but you'd think that she keep me in the loop about my own daughter. And even if Taylor was my daughter, did Adrienne even plan on telling her about me or was she just going to keep up the whole act of her boyfriend being her dad? So man question, so little answers. But, if I am her father, I have no other option but to be there for her. And that's what I intend to do.

Notes

Alrighty, so I'm basically writing this shit on the fly. I know it's probably really shitty and I'm sorry. But this goes out to a very special reader who keep demanding more. ;)