Chapter 4

"Dad." I stood in the lounge looking at the man who'd pushed the door open.

Rivers Taylor wore a dark gray suit. Harrison followed behind him.

The two walked in side by side, like partners who'd worked together for years.

I remembered when I was little, the day he sent me to my grandmother's. He crouched down, touched my head, and said Dad will come get you soon.

I was six that year. I waited fifteen years.

Until a month ago when he suddenly called telling me to come back, saying he'd arranged a marriage for me.

"Do you know…