Serena Mclane's P.O.V

"What?"Is all I manage to get out as I sit there in my seat.My fidgeting hands come to a halt as I now fist my t-shirt in a tight grip.My mind is completely blank at the moment.

I can't seem to be able to process his words.

"Dad" I finally manage to get out,

"You can't mean that, you wouldn't.I whisper as I look at him for confirmation.I want him to just start laughing, and then hug me and say it's all a big joke, that the entire ordeal was just that"

 A big joke.

But no, of course not.My father never jokes, not with me at least.

"You know I don't like repeating myself"

My father says sternly as he looks at me.

Even though we're sitting face to face, it's as if he's looking down at me.

As if he's judging me, finding all my faults and insecurities and displaying them right in front of me.

Taunting me with everything.

"B-but the business, father.You-I- you wanted me to take over the family business but I-.How?" I ask, finally giving up.

I barely have the ability to speak.

The shock potent in my words.

"I told you, I do not repeat myself"

He says standing up now, having to actually repeat himself.

"Well you're going to have to this time Dad!"

I exclaim as I now too stand up.

The anger is as clear as day in his eyes as is in mine.

It's like fire against ice.

Unfortunately for me, I'm melting and can't do anything about it.

"Roger!"

My mother says as she too slips into the study with my sister in tow.

Just then everything dawns on me.

They knew.

Both of them knew and neither of them had the decency to tell me.

I could have at least been prepared.

"Samantha please"

Almost immediately my mother silences herself but still walks up to my father.

I glance at her with pleading eyes, begging for her to reason with him.

She is my mother.

has to

never

But she remains silent.

pause as I

to

rile my father up more and then there will

At all.

have to marry someone? Someone I have never met? Just the

out calmly, "You do not have enough

I ask in bewilderment.

nods his head in acknowledgement but

you can show me.Why do I need an outsider to show me these things? I have you, don't I?" I

just me asking for his help in

something far

a daughter have her father to rely upon? "I have

have the time to babysit you and show you the

maybe, just maybe, he'd be there

everything he wants me to, just so I get his stamp of

be looked at the

always seem

young man and is well known in the industry.Damien will show you the ropes and he will be a huge step in the

stand there in

it? This

to

have to say

off into a motivating speech of human rights and self independence, a hand settles onto

doing is curling up into a ball and crying for a whole

squeezes my shoulder encouragingly and I finally give

even look at my father nor my mother and so I let my

a while for me to realise I'm standing

whispers as she pulls me into the

her voice makes me snap out of the little trance

and take a seat on the bed, wrapping my arms

low I barely hear

I'm sitting and kneels down onto the floor

"I knew."

She says.

snap to meet hers,

can see remorse swirling in them

just makes

fuel to

you tell

I ask sharply.

stunned

She hisses back-equally as sharp— but then composes herself as she takes in a deep breath and shakes her

sorry.Ser.I really am.I wanted to tell you but at the

plead with me to

him more than

witnesses the side he

do this Sarah.I

I say forcefully.

can convince one person of my strong will then maybe I can

stressed because of work.He'll never do something like this, it's probably a big scare just to make

me and make

she's saying is far

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