Daniel Becomes a Father Slowly
Chapter 16 - Daniel Becomes a Father Slowly
Daniel sold the estate where he planned to live with Vanessa.
Grace did not want to move into it.
He purchased a smaller apartment near Anna’s home and Grace’s school.
He stopped using assistants to schedule family time.
He called Grace directly at agreed hours.
When she did not answer, he waited.
Their visits were ordinary.
Homework.
Pizza.
Arguments about screen time.
Daniel wanted to recover eight years quickly.
Therapy taught him that urgency could become another form of pressure.
Grace called him Daniel for nearly a year.
The first time she said Dad, it happened accidentally while asking him to pass the salt.
Daniel did not turn the moment into a ceremony.
He passed the salt.
Later, alone, he cried.
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Being her father was no longer a title restored by DNA.
It was a relationship she was deciding whether to build.
