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 do

would never agree

But she remains silent.

to-? I pause as I

have to stay

don't I'll only rile my father up more and then

At all.

sentence; "Why do I have to marry someone? Someone I have

for the business; my father starts out calmly, "You do not have enough

I ask in bewilderment.

his head in acknowledgement but doesn't

need an outsider to show me these things? I have you, don't

know this isn't just me asking for

something far more

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

don't have the time to babysit you and show you the

had hope, that maybe, just maybe, he'd

everything he wants me to,

I can be looked at the

always seem to fail

is a very good friend of mine.His son, Damien, is a very respectable 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

this is it?

go to

say

rattling off into a motivating speech of human rights and self independence,

feel like doing is curling up into a ball and crying for a

encouragingly and I finally

father nor my mother and so I let my

while for me to realise I'm standing

Sarah whispers as she pulls

snap out of the little trance I'm

and take a seat on the bed, wrapping my arms around myself for comfort."You

so low I

where I'm sitting and kneels down onto the floor

"I knew."

She says.

eyes snap to meet hers, hazel

remorse swirling in them as well

makes me more

adds fuel to

you

I ask sharply.

back, stunned at my

hisses back-equally as sharp— but then composes herself as

wanted to tell you but at the same time I couldn't.You know

trying to plead with

know him more than you think you ever

Sarah, she barely witnesses the side he has specially reserved for

can't do this

I say forcefully.

convince one person of my strong will then maybe I can convince my own self that I won't go through

because of work.He'll never do

says trying to relax me and make me calm

she's saying is far from

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