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

would never agree to such

But she remains silent.

pause as I take in a deep

have to

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

At all.

to continue my sentence; "Why do I have to marry someone? Someone I have never met? Just the thought makes tears well

calmly, "You do not have enough

I ask in bewilderment.

his head in acknowledgement but doesn't

show me.Why do I need an outsider to show me these things? I

all know this isn't just me asking for his help in the

far more than

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

don't have the time to babysit you and show

that maybe, just maybe, he'd be

he wants me to, just so I

at the same

seem to

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 right direction to bringing more fame to us.’' Without one

in

this is it? This can't

go to open

have to say something, I need

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

doing is curling up into a

hand squeezes my shoulder encouragingly

my mother and so

self belittlement, it takes a while

on.’' Sarah whispers as she pulls me

snap out of the little trance I'm

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

whisper so low I

to where I'm sitting and kneels

"I knew."

She says.

meet hers, hazel against

can see remorse swirling in them as well

makes me

adds fuel to the

you

I ask sharply.

leans back, stunned at my

herself as she takes in a deep breath and

really am.I wanted to tell you but at the same time

trying to plead with

know him more than you think you

for Sarah, she barely witnesses the side he has specially

do this

I say forcefully.

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

some time to relax okay.Give him a 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 about the

trying to relax me and

she's saying is

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