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

But she remains silent.

pause as I

to

more and then there will be

At all.

sentence; "Why do I have to marry someone? Someone I have never met? Just the thought

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

I ask in bewilderment.

nods his head in

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

know this isn't just me

far

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

time to babysit you and show you the ropes.’ My

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

wants me to, just

looked at the same

always seem

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 right direction to bringing more fame to us.’'

in complete

is it? This

to

say something,

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

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

hand squeezes my shoulder encouragingly and I finally

even look at my father nor my mother and so I let my sister drag me to wherever she is leading me

a while for me to realise I'm standing in front of

she pulls me into the

snap out of the

and take a seat on the bed,

whisper so low

and kneels

"I knew."

She says.

eyes snap to meet hers, hazel against

in them as well as pity and

just makes me

fuel

you tell

I ask sharply.

back, stunned

down Serena.’ She hisses back-equally as sharp— but then composes herself as she takes

but at the same time I couldn't.You know how Dad is, don't

to plead with me to forgive

know him more than

Sarah, she barely witnesses the side he has specially reserved

do this

I say forcefully.

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

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

says trying to relax me and make me calm

what she's saying is far from

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