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