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- Authors: Ava Harrison
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Phoenix
Four years later …
My father paces the office.
Back and forth. Back and forth.
What’s wrong with him? This isn’t normal behavior.
Right after college graduation, he demanded my presence back home. Then he tells me to come to
his office to talk about “work.” A part of me wonders if he’s planning to pass down the company to
me, but that wouldn’t make any sense. He refuses to ever talk about it, but something is obviously
driving him to act like a madman because no sane person acts this way at two p.m.
Sure, the pacing isn’t necessarily a sign of an issue, but it’s his office that has set off red flags.
Disarray.
Complete and utter disarray.
Those words clearly depict what is going on inside the four walls of this office.
I pull my gaze away from my father and allow myself to take in what should be a clean sanctuary
for him to do business. Instead, it looks like a construction site that just had demo work done.
The first thing I see is the desk. It’s turned over. My forehead scrunches as I look at it.
Wow.
That takes real strength to knock it down like that.
I can’t believe the man who raised me could do that.
I’m impressed.
Not only is the desk on the floor, but so are the papers that should be resting on his desk. The
phone is smashed.
I have to assume whoever called him pissed him off.
“What happened?” I take a step closer, and he steps back. From the way his brows knit together
and his fist clenches, it’s apparent that he’s hanging on by a thread and trying not to snap at me.
“Leave, Phoenix,” he grits out through clenched teeth.
I advance toward him, shaking my head on my approach. When I’m standing close enough that I
can touch him, I place my hand on his shoulder.
“You asked me to come, so I’m here. Talk to me,” I say. He turns his head and looks at me. Then
he closes his eyes. They don’t stay closed for a long time—just a beat—but long enough for his chest
to rise and fall with his breaths.
With his gaze on mine, the look in his eyes begins to soften. “I don’t want—”
“No.” I place my hand on my hip, indicating I mean business. “You no longer get to push me away.
You summoned me here for a reason. I’m your daughter, and this is my legacy too …”
“Don’t you want more?”
“No. Dad.” I say the word and let it hang in the air. He might not be my biological father, but he
raised me, and this is my choice. “I want to help.”
His shoulders drop, and he walks toward the couch in the corner of his office. I follow suit and sit
across from him
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