(Ashley’s POV) . I was trying hard not to flood my cheeks with my own tears. I swiped my eyes with my fingers and those damn tears came down anyways. My father never said those kinds of words to me before. It was lovely. Touched my heart, definitely. My eyes were then staring at Nikolai who was smiling at me. My focus was no longer on the judges but on what should I do next after I get back home in Amberose City. Would he follow me back home? Would our relationship work being so far apart living in different countries? I sighed not knowing what sort of future would be for us. I had hope we would find a way that would make my son happy. For the past few days living with Nikolai, I had never seen Teddy so happy. Nikolai was good to us and I knew it would be hard to tell my son we were