His to ruin
ck in about
y father; Leonard Forrester, had ever lied to m
rom the novel I was re
" My stepmother walked into the living ro
but I haven't opened it yet. I don't
trust your brain enough to know that this is a success. You kn
ka
er, I heard the door click shut behind them as
ing on it. Instead I was a mixture of anticipation, anxiety and exci
ndpa had always been my dream and I w
being top of all my classes. After all, the only thing I have ever loved while
s mum a
half brother's voice. When I raised my head, I found
Did you need so
hed, "Yeah, but do
an help,"
the bottle of whiskey I had just noticed. My forehe
ing around in your savings accoun
rriedly sat up, "What do you
he snapped, " But dad and
r and chuckled bitterly, "It's no
t your inh
and then he threw his head back and
pened my mouth to voice out my confu
ut of his pants pocket and ten
's go
and stormed out the living room, lea
orce, pushing the whole scene with Matteo to the back of my mind. I was sure he
s anymore, I decided to go bake to di
chen and saw Lisa wip
a," I smi
grown up together, so she was kinda my
ehind this smile of yours" she said
t makes you think that there's a good ne
ed and you're about to become
to wait for mum and dad to get back so we c
this city. With your grandfather's former connections, you can
t want to use Grandpa's connecti
aping at a lowly job when you'll have over fifte
ing lik
o humble for someone who grew
hool and the other wealthy kids. My upbringing up until age six when my mother had got
for myself without having to depend on the Forres
just me
up when your parents get home. You're just going to w
d bad thing that Lisa
leep with that letter just sitti
sternly, "You're
dded and decided
d of me at the law school. I couldn't wait to start learning all about
ver, and then I would fall in love with a good
at the tip of my fingers
alled from the end of the hallwa
ea
d, glaring at me, "Do you expect m
g? Perhaps he's just irritated about that problem of his that needs
he threshold when lightning flashed in the s
torms, and so my heart was already po
oing on?"
ped the shell bomb and