Chapter 5

I knew Dad still clung to those old-school ideas. In his eyes, daughters weren't dependable, and he'd rather put his trust in his son-in-law than his own daughter.

'Bet he didn't even remember how he treated his father-in-law when the Fairbank family hit rock bottom,' I thought to myself.

I totally wanted to avoid being alone with Geoffrey, so I brought Hazel along when I visited the Alvarez family.

The Alvarez family wasn't happy about Dad taking that plot in the north, but with our families now neck and neck, any fight would just hurt us both, making it easy…