The Secret (Part 2)
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sidhe_faerieTitle: The Secret (Part 2)
Fandom: Original
Characters: Cherry Morgan, Victor Caster
Author: sidhe_faerie
Rating: PG
Length: 1248
Content notes: #14. Couple
Summary: Cherry gets another note. Victor starts to feel emotional.
The Secret (Part 2)
Victor walked into the house and shut the door. He looked around to make sure no one saw him with his new found daughter. He quickly took the backstairs to his room. He needed to think and get himself together before someone knew there was something going on.
There was one blessing that Victor was thankful for the family was at the country house for the rest of the week. He had been sent ahead to get the house ready for the upcoming social season. That meant that he could come and go as he pleased until they returned.
Victor opened a drawer and moved the clothes until he found the wooden box underneath. He lifted it out of the drawer and took it over to the bed.
When he opened it up, he smiled at the photo on top. It was the only photo he had of Cherry. She was only a couple of days old. He lifted it out and saw the photo of Greta underneath it. His heart became heavy with regret.
“I met our girl today, darling. She is as beautiful as you.” Victor whispered. “She’s in trouble and I have to help her. I’m her father and it’s about time I started acting like it.”
He sat on the bed looking at the two photos and wondering what his life would have been if he had been given the chance to be husband and father to these two beautiful women. It made his heart even more heavy knowing that he had not.
Cherry opened the door to her hotel room and dropped he coat and bag in the chair near the door. She went over and poured herself a glass of water and sat down.
She wondered what her mother and Victor we like as a couple. Were they funny together? Were they serious? Was he sad when she left? Was she? There were so many questions flying through her mind.
Cherry needed to know so much but she didn’t want to open an old wound for her Victor. She also needed to know if he ever thought of her. She hoped that he did.
There was a knock on the door and Cherry went to answer it. The bellhop stood there with a smile and a package. “There is a delivery for you, miss.”
“Thank you.” Cherry took the package and put it on the chair then pulled a tip out of her wallet.
The bellhop looked at the bill and smiled. “Thank you miss.”
Cherry took the package to the bed to open it. She assumed that it was from Victor but when she opened the box and saw the note on top then she knew it wasn’t.
“These are just a couple of the letters I have proving your true identity.”
The note was cut from magazines just like the one before. Underneath the note, there were copies of letters written by her mother to the Lady Veronica.
Cherry read the letters and realized that her mother trusted this woman with her most intimate secrets. In the letters, there were descriptions of secret meeting and some were very steamy. One letter caught her attention.
Her mother wrote:
“I have decided to go back to the States to marry Alex. I have to think of my future. I will keep my secret until after the wedding. I know Alex will be angry but I have to take that chance. As much as I love Victor, he will never be able to provide for us the way that Alex can. I pray to god that my child will forgive me for being so selfish.”
Cherry didn’t realize she was crying until a tear dropped down on the page. She couldn’t imagine being in that situation. Her mother must have been in a panic.
Cherry put the letters beck into the box and looked at the lid. Like the envelope of the original note there was no postage or return address. A wave of fear washed over her.
Cherry was beginning to wonder if the blackmailer was following her. Whoever it was had to be following her or they wouldn’t know where she was staying or that she had even left the States.
Was she in danger? Cherry hoped not but she still needed to be careful.
Victor walked into the Belmont hotel and looked around. He wasn’t sure if he should go to the desk and ask for Cherry’s room. What was the etiquette when you were meeting your long lost daughter for supper for the first time?
Victor didn’t have to wonder long. He caught sight of Cherry coming out of the elevator. He saw her smile when she caught sight out of him. Victor thought that her smile was the exact smile that Cherry’s mother had given him all those years ago.
“There you are! I hope you didn’t have to wait long. I’m a couple of minutes late.” Cherry took his arm and nodded towards a set of glass doors. “The restaurant is in through there.”
Victor was a little surprised at her sudden familiar attitude to him. He cleared his throat and smiled. “No. I just arrived.”
They walked into the restaurant and were seated.
Cherry looked around to see if she recognized any faces from the plane or from home but she didn’t.
Victor gave her a questioning look. “Cherry, is there a problem?”
“I received another note and a package with a couple of letters in it.” Cherry glanced around again. “They were from my mother to Lady Veronica. Whoever is blackmailing me has followed me here.”
Victor was suddenly angry. “You should have given me a ring as soon as you received the second note. I don’t like this at all.”
Cherry was surprised at his reaction. “You’re upset?”
Victor leaned forward and whispered. “I’m your father. I should be protecting you from this … unscrupulous person. I wasn’t given the chance to do so before, I need to do it now for both of us.”
“Thank you.” Cherry smiled. One of her questions had been answered before she had even asked it. He did care about her.
Victor softened. “You remind me of her so much. I want to show you something. He reached into his jacket pocket and took out two faded photos and handed them to Cherry.”
Cherry recognized one as a photo of her as a baby. The other was one she had never seen before. “My mother looks happy here. Were you in love with her?”
“Yes. I loved Greta very much. It broke my heart when she married Alexander Morgan.” Victor searched her face. “She didn’t tell me about you until after they were married. I suppose that was when she found out about you.”
Cherry shook her head. “She knew before she left. One of the letters that I received says so. She made a choice. I can’t say that I would have done the same thing that she did. I have no idea what it was like for her. Things are so much different now.
Victor looked at the young woman in front of him. All those years that he should have been her father were lost and now they were strangers. The love of his life took his child and turned to a man that had wealth and power. There were so many emotions churning in him at that moment that he couldn’t even name them.
Fandom: Original
Characters: Cherry Morgan, Victor Caster
Author: sidhe_faerie
Rating: PG
Length: 1248
Content notes: #14. Couple
Summary: Cherry gets another note. Victor starts to feel emotional.
The Secret (Part 2)
Victor walked into the house and shut the door. He looked around to make sure no one saw him with his new found daughter. He quickly took the backstairs to his room. He needed to think and get himself together before someone knew there was something going on.
There was one blessing that Victor was thankful for the family was at the country house for the rest of the week. He had been sent ahead to get the house ready for the upcoming social season. That meant that he could come and go as he pleased until they returned.
Victor opened a drawer and moved the clothes until he found the wooden box underneath. He lifted it out of the drawer and took it over to the bed.
When he opened it up, he smiled at the photo on top. It was the only photo he had of Cherry. She was only a couple of days old. He lifted it out and saw the photo of Greta underneath it. His heart became heavy with regret.
“I met our girl today, darling. She is as beautiful as you.” Victor whispered. “She’s in trouble and I have to help her. I’m her father and it’s about time I started acting like it.”
He sat on the bed looking at the two photos and wondering what his life would have been if he had been given the chance to be husband and father to these two beautiful women. It made his heart even more heavy knowing that he had not.
Cherry opened the door to her hotel room and dropped he coat and bag in the chair near the door. She went over and poured herself a glass of water and sat down.
She wondered what her mother and Victor we like as a couple. Were they funny together? Were they serious? Was he sad when she left? Was she? There were so many questions flying through her mind.
Cherry needed to know so much but she didn’t want to open an old wound for her Victor. She also needed to know if he ever thought of her. She hoped that he did.
There was a knock on the door and Cherry went to answer it. The bellhop stood there with a smile and a package. “There is a delivery for you, miss.”
“Thank you.” Cherry took the package and put it on the chair then pulled a tip out of her wallet.
The bellhop looked at the bill and smiled. “Thank you miss.”
Cherry took the package to the bed to open it. She assumed that it was from Victor but when she opened the box and saw the note on top then she knew it wasn’t.
“These are just a couple of the letters I have proving your true identity.”
The note was cut from magazines just like the one before. Underneath the note, there were copies of letters written by her mother to the Lady Veronica.
Cherry read the letters and realized that her mother trusted this woman with her most intimate secrets. In the letters, there were descriptions of secret meeting and some were very steamy. One letter caught her attention.
Her mother wrote:
“I have decided to go back to the States to marry Alex. I have to think of my future. I will keep my secret until after the wedding. I know Alex will be angry but I have to take that chance. As much as I love Victor, he will never be able to provide for us the way that Alex can. I pray to god that my child will forgive me for being so selfish.”
Cherry didn’t realize she was crying until a tear dropped down on the page. She couldn’t imagine being in that situation. Her mother must have been in a panic.
Cherry put the letters beck into the box and looked at the lid. Like the envelope of the original note there was no postage or return address. A wave of fear washed over her.
Cherry was beginning to wonder if the blackmailer was following her. Whoever it was had to be following her or they wouldn’t know where she was staying or that she had even left the States.
Was she in danger? Cherry hoped not but she still needed to be careful.
Victor walked into the Belmont hotel and looked around. He wasn’t sure if he should go to the desk and ask for Cherry’s room. What was the etiquette when you were meeting your long lost daughter for supper for the first time?
Victor didn’t have to wonder long. He caught sight of Cherry coming out of the elevator. He saw her smile when she caught sight out of him. Victor thought that her smile was the exact smile that Cherry’s mother had given him all those years ago.
“There you are! I hope you didn’t have to wait long. I’m a couple of minutes late.” Cherry took his arm and nodded towards a set of glass doors. “The restaurant is in through there.”
Victor was a little surprised at her sudden familiar attitude to him. He cleared his throat and smiled. “No. I just arrived.”
They walked into the restaurant and were seated.
Cherry looked around to see if she recognized any faces from the plane or from home but she didn’t.
Victor gave her a questioning look. “Cherry, is there a problem?”
“I received another note and a package with a couple of letters in it.” Cherry glanced around again. “They were from my mother to Lady Veronica. Whoever is blackmailing me has followed me here.”
Victor was suddenly angry. “You should have given me a ring as soon as you received the second note. I don’t like this at all.”
Cherry was surprised at his reaction. “You’re upset?”
Victor leaned forward and whispered. “I’m your father. I should be protecting you from this … unscrupulous person. I wasn’t given the chance to do so before, I need to do it now for both of us.”
“Thank you.” Cherry smiled. One of her questions had been answered before she had even asked it. He did care about her.
Victor softened. “You remind me of her so much. I want to show you something. He reached into his jacket pocket and took out two faded photos and handed them to Cherry.”
Cherry recognized one as a photo of her as a baby. The other was one she had never seen before. “My mother looks happy here. Were you in love with her?”
“Yes. I loved Greta very much. It broke my heart when she married Alexander Morgan.” Victor searched her face. “She didn’t tell me about you until after they were married. I suppose that was when she found out about you.”
Cherry shook her head. “She knew before she left. One of the letters that I received says so. She made a choice. I can’t say that I would have done the same thing that she did. I have no idea what it was like for her. Things are so much different now.
Victor looked at the young woman in front of him. All those years that he should have been her father were lost and now they were strangers. The love of his life took his child and turned to a man that had wealth and power. There were so many emotions churning in him at that moment that he couldn’t even name them.