There was nobody who cared enough for her to ever be willing to hug her, and the fact that her father had been prepared to give up his job to come and pick her up, even when it meant that he would risk getting fired, filled her with such warmth, yet sadness too, that she found herself wishing that he had never gotten involved with this business.

Because now, she would have no one to share everything with.

No one to rely on, no one to confide in. She wouldn't have anyone who loved her.

She wouldn't have the one person who understood her the most. She would have no...