I watched as Regan disappeared into the cold winter night. The car that drove her in drove her out the gates of Paisley and off to her next task at hand. It felt like my feet were gliding me over to the front door and and gluing me thee until she came back to us. Warm tears fell from my eyes as I hoped that her car would suddenly make a u-turn and fly back through the front gates and she'd come back inside to stay with us and never have to leave again. I could wish on a million falling stars and that would be a wish that may not come true for a long time. I could hear Erin's voice coming up behind me as she touched my shoulders pulling me back into the real world.

"Come on Carly. Let's get you upstairs." She said softly pulling me away from the door.

The two of us walked towards the steps when I stopped in front of my dad angry. I was angry at him for not convincing Regan to stay. I was even more angry at him for letting some stupid fake article about me saying that I wanted to be with Melissa set him off knowing it wasn't true. I was never more angry at the man who took me in and made me his own like this before! Why? So many unanswered questions. So many angry and hurtful things were running through my head. Should I blame him? I don't know how to feel any other emotion but.......anger. As I looked at his face I can tell he felt bad but I didn't care. I was still so......angry! We just stood there at the bottom of the steps staring at one another. He was looking at me with guilt. I was looking at him with anger. He was trying to form his words but I didn't let him.

  "Carlyn.....I-"

  "I don't care." I shot at him in a low voice.

  "Sweetheart I-"

  "I SAID I DONT CARE! WHY DIDNT YOU STIP HER FROM LEAVING!?!?!?"

  "What did you want me to do Carlyn lock her up and throw away the key? She's an adult I can't make her do anything that she doesn't want to do!"

  "It doesn't matter Daddy she's giving up her life for me! For you! For us! And you can't do something as simple as marry her!?!?! When when you realize that she loves you!?!?"

  "Carly calm down." Erin chimed in as she tried to give me some sort of comfort.

  "For what!?!?!? For some crazy bitch to make up so lie that he knows ain't true!?!?!? I can't believe you fell for that when you know she'll do anything to take me away from you! Stop being so damn blind. Or.......maybe.....you don't want me here anymore."

My dad lost almost all the color in his face just then. He wasn't sure if he heard me right or if he was losing his mind.

  "Carlyn that's not true. You know that's not true!" He said as he tried to hug me.

I pushed him hard away from me making him trip over his own feet and knocked him off balance.

  "Then why believe that lie and not me huh? Why would you think I wanna spend an ounce of time with Melissa!?!?? You know she can't be trusted! Regan is going out there to settle it but instead of being the bigger man and handling it yourself you're letting her leave!"

  "She made her choice!"

At this point there was no more arguing to be done. Daddy was to warped into his own foolish pride to even rethink everything that had just went down and now I'm making my own choice.

  "Yeah. She did. And now so am I."

I bolted up the steps and sure enough he came up running behind me as I was on my way to my room.

  "What are you up to Carlyn?" He shouted from behind me.

  "Why do you care!?!?!?"

  "Carlyn you are my child and you will respect me!"

I sharply turned to him angrier than what I already was and stormed up to him meeting my height with mine.

  "Now I'm your child!?!?! Just moments ago you were ready to chew my head off for an article that was made up!?!?!? Are you serious!?!?!?! I mean....let's get real dude! ARE YOU FREAKING.....SERIOUS! You can't be my dad and love me when it's convenient for you! Now I see why Regan never married you before!"

  "Little girl check.....your tone."

  "No! You check yours! I'm beginning to wonder if now that you have Joey if you even want me here! I bet you were never so excited to have me gone when that crazy chick kidnapped me! That 16 hours of me being gone was the best moment of your short statured life wasn't it?"

  "Why would you say something like that you know that I love you with all of my heart and soul!"

  "Do I dad? Or should I say......Prince."

We stood back in our silent stare down and I can see that I got under his skin a little bit not early as much as he got under mine. I backed away and went back down the hall towards my room when he called to me.

  "Carlyn!"

  "WHAT?!?!?"

  "You......you've always been my daughter."

I rolled my eyes and kept waking.

  "Whatever." I said with a scoff.

  "Carlyn she was bound to leave sooner or later anyway I had no choice!"

I turned to him quickly and mutter the three words most kids and teens blurt out to their parents when they have a.....slight disagreement.

  "I hate you."

I stormed off into my room slamming the door behind me. The anger had turned into instant rage as I ran to my bed and pulled the sheets and comforters from the mattress. Next came the pillows. As I tore through each one feather were flying everywhere. I was a category 5 tornado tearing my rooms apart and there was no stopping me. By the time I was done doing most of the damage I was sobbing immensely. I was missing Regan something awful and I wanted her to come back to us. Moreover......I wanted her to come back....to me. As crazy as it sounds......she was......my mom. I had to find her and help her. I knew at that moment through my moment that I knew what I had to do. I had to find Regan. Bolting to my closet I packed a small duffle bag with the necessary things. Clothes, shoes some deodorant a toothbrush a few pads a and tampons and some underthings and found my way out of my room and down to the kitchen. Since I knew where all the outside cameras were I knew exactly how and when to dodge them. Sneaking out the back door and across the huge land in the cold night I ran the 50 feet to a fence that lead closer to the traffic climbed over it and slipped off into the night and hiked my way the 25 blocks in the freezing cold to the bus station.

Prince's POV:

Hours had passed since I've seen Carlyn after our little blow up. I guess it makes it official. Carlyn saying that she hates me gives me the official stamp of fatherhood. I left her to cool down until Erin made the suggestion while we waited in my studio to go and try to reconcile things. I reached her bedroom door and knocked a few times.

  "Carlyn?" I called but she didn't answer.

I knocked again hoping to maybe wake her if she had fallen asleep but she still didn't answer. Something was telling me to open the door and see what last going on with her. I knew I was getting more than just the silent treatment. I opened the door and the room looked like it was hit by a hurricane. I looked at the bed and found that it was completely ripped to shreds.

  "Carlyn? Where are you?" I called but there was still no answer.

Her bathroom door was wide open but she wasn't inside. I was hit with the light hint of panic but I kept my cool until I found my daughter. I left the room and raced down the hall calling out to my child. Tony and Erin heard me calling for her and came running up tot the living suite.

  "What's the matter boss?" Tony asked in a panic.

  "Yeah P what's wrong where's Carly?" Erin asked.

  "Well that's just it I was hoping maybe you had seen her."

  "No.....not since after Regan left."

Just then it hit me.

  "Oh no. Tony check the security feed."

  "What? Boss why?"

  "Just check the feed Tony!"

I didn't mean to snap at Tony the way I did but now I'm racing against the clock and I need to find Carlyn.

  "Prince!" I heard Erin call from behind me.

I turned to see her running up to me with a small piece of paper in her hand.

  "You might want to see this." Erin said frantically.

She was right. Carlyn left me one thing that set this whole thing in motion. The article that I found on my desk just a few hours ago and written in black marker was a note on the back that read 'I'm sorry'. There was no longer a need to check the cameras. Carlyn was going after Regan. This was all my fault.