The billionaire's haunted house

ch

ed me out of the house with only a joggers and a faded tee shirt, none of this would be happening. But what were the odds that t

ill thinkin

ault, you know? If you hadn't dragged me out. I said

o time." Chri

or the fact that dad had put the compan

ing to sell the company?" Christine's eyes almost watered. I grabbe

ell the company. He was just ang

o felt guilty. It wasn't my intention, but we'd fought like we always did. He'd insisted I come work for the company and I'd rejected the offer like I usually did. But this time, Dad refused to let it

r that company. He wouldn't sell it for any rea

it too. But what

palms, wrappin

e you, he

mine. They were speaking, and I

." I shook

"I can't.

dy to work beside him? You know that's wha

there wi

working even before you graduated school. You're smart and you'll be very helpful to him.

he living room. We s

ou continue to d

n't h

ris

right now. But it makes dad so happ

nt than your

ng so brightly, it almost made me ashamed. I was older and

all I'm asking is you give him a date, a time, anything. Just tell him w

now?" She smiled. I pulled her to my body, and pre

grown for a twenty four

everything I know and filled the place of a mother in m

There was no reason to get all emotional. Christine

s dad when she saw him. I joined

t you pulled today?

before the interrogation beg

couldn't you have told us? Prepared us? Do you

company?" Dad walked p

at's the explanation you're going with?" I sat

ooked at Christine. When he looked at me, I saw the guilt he was trying to hide. But that wasn't the on

wants. But I can't work with my father. Not side by side him. The one character I'd inherited from him was that I was a per

e company." He s

ave to say? What about an ex

her from going after our

today. We can alw