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

she would never agree to such

But she remains silent.

I pause

to

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

At all.

do I have to marry someone? Someone I have never met? Just the

do not have enough practical knowledge in regards to the business industry: "That's it? That's why you're making

I ask in bewilderment.

his head in acknowledgement but doesn't

to show me

me asking for his

something far

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

show you the ropes.’ My heart breaks at

maybe, just maybe, he'd be there for

agree to do everything he wants me to, just so I get his

be looked at the same way

seem to

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

there in

is it? This can't

to open my

to say something, I

instead of rattling off into a motivating speech of human

shoulders sag in defeat and all I feel like doing is curling up into a ball

encouragingly and

mother and so I let

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

whispers as she

voice makes me snap out of

the bed, wrapping

low I barely

over to where I'm sitting and

"I knew."

She says.

eyes snap to meet hers,

remorse swirling in them as well as

just makes me more

fuel to

you

I ask sharply.

stunned at my

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

but at the same time I

trying to plead with me to

him more than you think you

for Sarah, she barely witnesses the side he has

do this

I say forcefully.

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

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

me

she's saying is far from

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