Chapter 157. Family Comes First

ASHLENE

I entered the office, hesitating, but have to.

Anton was sitting on the chair in front of Dad, his back facing me. Angry lines were carved on the face of my father, too obvious that he had been nagging my brother for the news that had spread.

“Do you need anything, Ashlene?” Dad tried to be calm but I can still sense the anger that hides behind those forced calmness.

“No, Dad… I just feel like I need to be here,” I said, shaking my head.

Dad focused his attention on me, and then he looked away.

“Fine, then.”

He cleared his throat. I wanted to take the seat beside Anton but it felt wrong at the moment. Also, he’s not even looking at me. From the video, he knows that I already know about it. But since that day, I didn’t talk to him about what I knew. I didn’t ask him about the veracity of the information. I simply avoided it, hoping I could just forget.

But look at us now. I’m not the only one who’s haunted by it anymore. Dad, as