Reborn From Oblivion (Nellie and Cameron) novel Chapter 1015

“Let Mom go, Dad,” Nina said quietly.

Cameron’s voice trembled, his agitation rising. “I’m your father… Why can’t you ever see things from my side?”

Nina’s tone stayed even. “I’ve already sacrificed my own happiness just to stay here with you. Why can’t you let Mom move on?”

Cameron’s eyes grew red, his lips quivering. “Sacrificed yourself? Living with me is a sacrifice to you?”

“Isn’t it?” Nina replied, steady as ever. “If I’d chosen to stay with Mom, I could have had a life of privilege—a good school, friends my own age, a whole world of comfort. But I picked you. And you know better than anyone what that life’s been: lonely, full of missed chances. I should be chatting with classmates, worrying about homework, not all of… this. But you were so caught up in your own love drama, Dad, you barely noticed I was even there.”

Cameron’s tears fell freely now.

A memory flashed in his mind—how, when he first started dating Nathalie, he’d promised her daughter the best education money could buy. But then Greta got sick, over and over, and he let everything slip. In the end, he’d dumped Nellie’s schooling on the housekeeper, who sent her to a second-rate school.

Cameron looked at Nina, his eyes rimmed with red. “I never meant to neglect you.”

Nina’s voice trembled, but her eyes were fierce. “Dad, whether you meant it or not, the ones who got hurt were me and Mom. We have every right not to forgive you.”

Cameron’s jaw clenched. “So what are you really trying to say?”

Nina perched on a tall stool, legs swinging idly, but her gaze was sharp and old beyond her years. “I want you to understand something: your love for Mom? It only ever touched you. It never reached her at all.”

Cameron’s voice cracked. “I know I made mistakes at first. But after we got married, I tried. I really loved her.”

“In your mind, Mom was this poor, unloved orphan, so you figured even the smallest act of kindness made you a hero. But you never realized—she’s already found a love so much deeper, more loyal, more selfless than anything you could give her.”

Nina turned to meet his eyes. “Dad, your love just isn’t enough. You need to let her go.”

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