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Nikki and Danni are the daughters of famous musician Gerard Way. When the girls meet up with him 10 years after he 'left', things start to happen. Some good, but mostly bad.
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Nikki’s POV
October 9, 1996
That day was the worst day of my life. Why? You ask. I’ll tell you why it is. That was my 3rd birthday and it all started out great. My mom, my sister, and I had just moved back to New Jersey and I was waiting for my father to show up. My mom said that he was going to stay in New York and then come down in time for my birthday, but he never came. I waited and waited for him to show up but he never did. I asked my mom why he never came home. At first, she didn’t tell me, she said she would when I was older.
I kept asking her until one day, October 17, 1998. She finally told me.
“He doesn’t love you Nikki. He never did. It was his idea to move and he said that he would come down, but it was just a way of getting us out of the way.” That’s what she said to me.
I was still only six but I understood completely. He didn’t love me, mom, or my little sister, Danni. That broke my heart into a million pieces. Danni didn’t understand and to this day, she still doesn’t think that dad would leave us like that. But I know my mom wouldn’t lie to us like that. She loved us too much.
Danni would try to get me to believe her by telling me that he did love us, and if he didn’t, why would he sing to us and tuck us in at night? Always tell us that he loved us? Be there for us whenever mom wasn’t? She told me all of this but I didn’t believe her still.
I just couldn’t believe her. I was always a mommy’s girl. I always listened to her. I would believe anything she told me, even if it hurt me…
That was ten years ago. I am now 14 years old and we now live in New York City. It is the place that holds my fondest memories. It was when my dad was with us. We were a happy family, or so I thought. But that was a long time ago. I still see my dad though. Not in person, but on TV a lot. He’s in a band now. My Chemical Romance is the name. I had no clue where he lived now and frankly, I didn’t care. I am doing fine without him.
Danni on the other hand, isn’t. She rarely speaks to me or mom because she knows that dad didn’t leave us. I just don’t see why she hasn’t figured it out yet. If he didn’t leave us, why didn’t he try to find us? When I see him on TV, he looks perfectly happy. I had pointed that out to her so many times, but she still doesn’t think it. She will never know the truth.
Unlike Danni, I was enjoying my life as much as I could. Our step-dad was the greatest. He would give us anything we wanted, and best of all, mom loved him. She loved him more than she ever loved our dad. It was good to see her happy... I remembered when we were still with our dad and how I hardly ever saw her smile. Now, she can’t stop smiling. Seeing her smile makes me smile. We were an All-American family, or at least, that’s what I thought.
All my thoughts changed on the day we ran into our father one day at the store in Queens one day…
October 9, 1996
That day was the worst day of my life. Why? You ask. I’ll tell you why it is. That was my 3rd birthday and it all started out great. My mom, my sister, and I had just moved back to New Jersey and I was waiting for my father to show up. My mom said that he was going to stay in New York and then come down in time for my birthday, but he never came. I waited and waited for him to show up but he never did. I asked my mom why he never came home. At first, she didn’t tell me, she said she would when I was older.
I kept asking her until one day, October 17, 1998. She finally told me.
“He doesn’t love you Nikki. He never did. It was his idea to move and he said that he would come down, but it was just a way of getting us out of the way.” That’s what she said to me.
I was still only six but I understood completely. He didn’t love me, mom, or my little sister, Danni. That broke my heart into a million pieces. Danni didn’t understand and to this day, she still doesn’t think that dad would leave us like that. But I know my mom wouldn’t lie to us like that. She loved us too much.
Danni would try to get me to believe her by telling me that he did love us, and if he didn’t, why would he sing to us and tuck us in at night? Always tell us that he loved us? Be there for us whenever mom wasn’t? She told me all of this but I didn’t believe her still.
I just couldn’t believe her. I was always a mommy’s girl. I always listened to her. I would believe anything she told me, even if it hurt me…
That was ten years ago. I am now 14 years old and we now live in New York City. It is the place that holds my fondest memories. It was when my dad was with us. We were a happy family, or so I thought. But that was a long time ago. I still see my dad though. Not in person, but on TV a lot. He’s in a band now. My Chemical Romance is the name. I had no clue where he lived now and frankly, I didn’t care. I am doing fine without him.
Danni on the other hand, isn’t. She rarely speaks to me or mom because she knows that dad didn’t leave us. I just don’t see why she hasn’t figured it out yet. If he didn’t leave us, why didn’t he try to find us? When I see him on TV, he looks perfectly happy. I had pointed that out to her so many times, but she still doesn’t think it. She will never know the truth.
Unlike Danni, I was enjoying my life as much as I could. Our step-dad was the greatest. He would give us anything we wanted, and best of all, mom loved him. She loved him more than she ever loved our dad. It was good to see her happy... I remembered when we were still with our dad and how I hardly ever saw her smile. Now, she can’t stop smiling. Seeing her smile makes me smile. We were an All-American family, or at least, that’s what I thought.
All my thoughts changed on the day we ran into our father one day at the store in Queens one day…
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