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

she would never agree to such

But she remains silent.

do I have to-? I pause as I take

have to stay

rile my father up more and then there will be no negotiations

At all.

to marry someone? Someone I have

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

I ask in bewilderment.

dad nods his head in

me.Why do I need an outsider to show me

isn't just me

far

"I have other things I need to

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

maybe, just

everything he wants me to, just so I get his stamp

looked at the same

I always seem to

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 to bringing more fame to us.’' Without one last fleeting look, my father sits down and resumes filing

stand there in complete and utter

this is it? This

to open

say

However instead of rattling off into a motivating speech of human rights and

is curling up into a ball and crying for

shoulder encouragingly and I

mother and so I let my sister drag me to wherever she

consumed in my thoughts and own self belittlement, it takes a while

on.’' Sarah whispers as she pulls me into

hearing her voice makes me snap out of the little trance

move passed her and take a seat on the bed, wrapping

low

comes over to where I'm sitting and kneels down onto

"I knew."

She says.

snap to meet hers, hazel

them

makes me more

fuel to

you

I ask sharply.

leans back, stunned at

but then composes herself as she

the same time I couldn't.You know

asks, trying to plead with me to

know him more than you

for Sarah, she barely witnesses the side he has specially

do this

I say forcefully.

my strong will then maybe I can convince my own self that

Know.Just 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 big scare just to make you serious

says trying to relax me and make me calm

know that what she's

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