Promises
After the funeral, Vanessa promised her father that she would start her own life, with her own family and go on the best she could. He was a soldier and had raised her to be a fighter as well. She knew that she was tough and could take whatever life threw at her.
As Vanessa picked up the pieces and tried to make the best out of her life without her father in it, other things were waiting for her. Whether they were good or bad, would be determined in the years to come, but she would have never expected the direction her life would take.