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.

has to do

would never agree to such

But she remains silent.

have to-? I pause as I take

to stay

I'll only rile my father up more and then there will be

At all.

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

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

I ask in bewilderment.

nods his head in acknowledgement but

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

know this isn't just me asking for his help

something far more than

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

don't have the time to babysit you and show you the ropes.’ My heart breaks

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

to, just

looked at the same

I always seem to

Stryker is a very 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 huge step in the right direction

there in complete and utter

is it? This

go to open my

have to say

speech of human rights and self independence, a

is curling up into a

shoulder encouragingly and I finally

and so I let my

and own self belittlement, it takes a while for me to realise I'm standing in

whispers as she pulls

snap out of

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

low I barely

where I'm sitting and kneels down onto

"I knew."

She says.

to meet hers,

in them as well as

makes me

fuel

didn't you

I ask sharply.

leans back, stunned at my

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

but at the same time

trying to plead with me

more than you think you ever

Sarah, she barely witnesses the side

can't do this

I say forcefully.

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

give dad 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

trying to relax me and

know that what she's

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