Chapter 27

ORION

“Son, how is Old Man Heartfield doing?” My father asked as he walked into my office. I sighed and sat up, looking away from the documents on my table. Since the last time I had been at the hospital, I hadn’t gone there again and my father’s question suddenly made me feel guilty but I shrugged it off.

He sighed as he took a seat and eyed me thoughtfully. “Are you going to throw away your future over a woman? Why don’t you accept this woman you have here and who knows?” he asked and I looked at him like he had lost his mind.

Was he asking me to forget Sophie? To ignore the memories and future I had imagined with her?

“I’m not asking you to forget her,” He continued as if hearing my thoughts. “I’m only asking you to start living your life after all she did run off with another man.”

“I’m sure there’s a perfect explanation for that Father,” I told him coming to Sophie’s defense and he shook his head. “Look Father, I am neck deep in paperwork.”