Romeo and Juliet

Her Father
All I hoped for was to be able to prove myself as a capable father. Getting divorced five months ago was hard, not to mention gaining custody of our only child, Megan.
Megan is still young, well I consider fifteen young. Yet, she’s old enough to know what she wants. She said she wanted to live with me five months ago, but now, I can’t tell if she wants otherwise. She used to be a happy girl, running around, laughing at things that shouldn’t be laughed at. That’s changed now. Her giddy laughter has turned to half smiles and optimistic attitude has disappeared. It was hard doing it on my own, so I got a nanny. I try to make her tell me what’s bothering her, but she answers with a small “nothing,” and walks away. I’m worried I’m not proving to be a good enough parent, so lately I have been trying maybe too much and as I realized later, the wrong way.
“Hey Meg, honey, look what I bought for you. They’re new shoes, what do you t...