(Hopes POV)

     I walk through the door of my house and see both of my parents sitting on the couch next to each other. They look in my direction and both of them stand up almost the exact same time.

     "Come sit down next to us Hope." My dad says to me. I look at them confused and set my book bag next to the door and walk over to them.

     "You're..... not having another kid are you? Or..... getting divorced?" I ask them. Both of them shake their heads no. Dad reaches over to the coffee table and picks up an envelope before handing it to me.

     "I uh.... what's this?" I ask them. They don't say anything except stare at me.

     I look down at it and see my name written in a sloppy form of cursive. I open it easily since it was previously open, probably them reading it beforehand. I take it out and see a long letter written in a small form of sloppy writing. I look back up at the both of them, they quickly look at the ground avoiding eye contact with me. I look back at the letter and begin to read it.

     Hope since the day that you were born I instantly knew you were going to grow up to be a great person and change society for the greater good. I felt my heart drop and glance up at my parents again and look down back at the piece of paper.

     You are an amazing, wonderful, smart, and caring girl. You don't let anything get in your way, you push for your goals and care about those around you. If I could change the past I would do it in a heartbeat so we could be one happy family again, this time no mistakes. I haven't seen your mother since the day that you left. I felt tears start to fill my eyes, a couple fall down. He wouldn't know any of this he's just bullshitting his way through it. I quickly wipe them away and continue to read.

     You won't believe it but I'm clean now Hope. 6 years clean, I even went to the court system to get approved to get visitation rights to see you. Just once though, that's all that they would allow me. I'll see you real soon. With love- Dad. More tears started to fall down and I start to rip the letter up and let the pieces fall to the floor.

     "WHY ARE YOU JUST NOW SHOWING ME THIS?!" I yell to both of them before starting to storm to my room.

     "Hope, we just received it in the mail today!" Mom yells at me.

     I slam my door shut and slump down to the floor, bringing my knees up near my face and crying into them. I felt my phone vibrate a couple times in my pocket. I take it out and throw it towards my bed.

I suddenly stop when I hear a loud knock on the door. My heartbeats quickly and time seemed to move slowly. I hear the door being opened and it seemed like the whole house grew quiet after that.

"Hope can you come here please." I hear my mom yell in a higher pitched voice. I wipe at my eyes and slowly begin to stand up. I don't have to do this, they can't make me.

I turn around and open the door up and slowly start to walk out and walk towards the living room. I look towards the door and there he stood, he looked entirely different from when I last saw him. His eyes start to get wide and he looks away from me and starts to cry. He looks back at me and cries even harder. From where I stand at in the hallway I can smell some sort of odor from him.

"A spitting image of your mother." He says. I stand there just looking at him as he continues to cry. He takes a deep breath and wipes at his eyes.

     He doesn't even bother stepping into the house, he just remains on the porch looking in. He holds out his arms and looks at me. I take a step back and keep my back at the wall.

     "Hope..... it's me.... please I don't have much time with you. I don't have much time at all." He says. I hear another door open and Elizabeth comes walking out looking at me with Abby trotting behind here.

     "GO BACK IN YOUR ROOM ELIZABETH! PLEASE JUST GO BACK!" I yell at her, my voice cracking as the tears start to fall down again.

     She stops in the hallway and stares at me. Mom walks away from the door and towards the hallway. She walks Elizabeth back to her room and goes into the room with her. Abby goes to my feet and sits next to me.

     "I remember how much you wanted one of those dogs. Abby huh?" He asks me. This time he sounds like he's calming down.

    "Go." Is all I manger to get out. He looks at me for a couple seconds longer and looks at the ground before sighing.

     "If that's what you want Hope, okay. I'm so glad to see you one last time, your mother would've loved this." He says, still trying to create conversation. I shake my head and walk back towards my room as more tears started to fall down my face.

(Your POV)

     I walked into the house and saw dad putting on his police hat while loading his pistol up, Jess giving him a kiss on the cheek before looking at me.

     "I'll be out for a while. I got a call from the station ,apparently a convict at the prison a couple of towns over escaped and was last found in Lakeview. I want you to stay in the house until I get back here." Dad says looking at me. I nod my head and walk over before hugging onto him.

     "So, basically a game of cops and robbers huh?" I ask laughing a little, Jess laughs a little and nods her head.

     "I want you to call Hope and ask her if a man named Robert Anderson visited her." He says. I nod my head and walk towards my room.

     Anderson..... wasn't that her..... no.... it WAS her old last name. But.... Anderson is a common last name, yeah I highly doubt that it's actually her real dad.