Now he could watch me and know it would never be for him to touch. He could stew in regret for his harsh words. Even if I knew they were only said to secure funding for their business. Oh yes. Whatever halfcocked plan they had decided upon had taken me all of five minutes to persuade out of my father. He certainly wasn’t about to deny the truth from his daughter. Not when he owed me for single-handedly saving our family’s massacred reputation. I recalled the terse phone call I’d had.
