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 do

know she would never agree to such

But she remains silent.

I have to-? I pause as I

to

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

At all.

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

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

I ask in bewilderment.

his head in acknowledgement but doesn't

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

me asking for his

far more than

"I have other things I need

you and show you the ropes.’ My heart breaks at

hope, that maybe, just maybe, he'd

do everything he wants me to, just so I

I can be looked at the same way he

I always seem to fail

he will

stand there in

this is it? This

to

have to say

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

defeat and all I feel like doing is curling up into a

squeezes my shoulder encouragingly and I

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

a while for me to

on.’' Sarah whispers as she pulls me

me snap out of the little trance I'm

take a seat on the bed, wrapping my arms around myself for

so low I barely

sitting and kneels

"I knew."

She says.

snap to meet hers, hazel

them as well as pity and

makes me

fuel to

you tell

I ask sharply.

leans back, stunned at my

but then composes herself as she takes in a deep breath and

the same time I couldn't.You know how Dad

trying to plead

than you think you

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

do

I say forcefully.

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

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

relax me and make

what she's saying is far from the

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