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.

to

would never agree to such a

But she remains silent.

pause as I take in a

to

I don't I'll only rile my father up more and then there will be no

At all.

I have to marry someone? Someone I have never met? Just the thought makes tears well

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

I ask in bewilderment.

nods his head in

can show me.Why do I need an outsider to show me

isn't just me asking for his help in the

something far more

"I have other things I

babysit you and show you

that maybe, just maybe, he'd be there for

do everything he wants me to, just so

the same way he does

I always seem

will show you the ropes and he will be a huge step in the right direction to

in complete and utter

this is it? This

to

say

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

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

squeezes my shoulder encouragingly and I

nor my mother and so I let my sister drag me to wherever

while for me to

as she

hearing her voice makes me snap out

and take a seat on the bed, wrapping my

whisper so low

over to where I'm sitting and kneels down onto the

"I knew."

She says.

snap to meet

them as well as

just makes me more

adds fuel to

you

I ask sharply.

stunned

as sharp— but then composes herself as she takes

at the same

asks, trying to plead with me

him more than you think you

the side he has

can't do this

I say forcefully.

of my strong will then maybe I can convince

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

to relax me and make

I know that what she's saying is

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