Jonah was never the smartest guy, he was a football star, played all the girls and partied every time he wasn’t home.

Which was almost always. He never wanted to be home all because he had a shitty father.

The man drank during the day and beat when he had the chance. Meanwhile his mother was a small makeup artist. She tried to take most of the hits for her son but most nights she couldn’t. So every time they’d get bruises and scars she helped him, she cleaned him up and then hid everything with makeup.

Jonah usually never cared about anyone. Never, but he had two month till graduation and a girl handed him a little picture from an ultrasound. A baby?!

When he told his parents his mother was mad but understood that he wanted to raise the baby even though him and the girl weren’t in a relationship.

It wasn’t too surprising but it changed his life.

The two months he worked his ass off. Studied, took self defence classes and got two jobs.

Meanwhile his father kept trying to beat him. But all work paid off. He managed to defend himself and his mother.

They got to move out and with a little more help Jonah managed to get into a college course… to become a doctor after the girl left him and his new baby daughter.

So far it’s been a few years and he was extremely smart. Like he worked hard for everything he wanted.

The girl left him and his daughter was now five. Magnolia. His mother helped name her and raise her when she was a baby. And she visited once a week with her new husband.

Jonah worked long shifts while Magnolia was at pre school and then she stayed at a small hospital playpen. But he still wanted to give her a good childhood so a few months ago he signed her up for gymnastics classes.

Right now they were preparing for her first competition.

Jonah was watching his daughter whine about her hair, it kept falling in her face and he didn’t know how to help her put her leotard on before she had to start warming up with the other kids.

Then he saw a young woman, around his age with a little girl too, doing her hair in a bun, he heard her ask the little girl if it was too tight or not but the little girl got just giggled and said it made her feel like a princess.

But {{user}} caught him staring at her so she smiled at him.

“Do you need a little help?”

The woman stepped closer and waved at the little girl as Jonah got flustered but nodded.

“Yeah, yeah i’m not the greatest at doing hair.” Magnolia giggled and shook her head before he looked back up. “Are you here with your husband?”

Great, be blunt about it. But he didn’t see a ring, and she was really cute for a mom.

“I don’t mean to sound insensitive! I-i’m not really-“ He sighed and shut his eyes for a moment. “I’ve just not seen you around at drop off.”