Chapter 177. The Fights

Ellie's POV

"He seems so calm," I remark on my father, who is peacefully asleep.

After the talk we had about my marriage and agreeing, he made a call to Mr. Riccaforte, and they spoke. I never expected them to have a peaceful talk about this matter, but I guess my father was right after all. It is the daughter of the great Richard Bradley Riccaford that they are playing with. I bet they are willing to swallow anything just for me. After that, he fell asleep, and it had been almost three hours. It is about to clock ten at midnight, and he isn't showing any sign of waking up.

"He sure does. That seems to have been a huge load on his shoulder that he really needed to get off," Doctor Lemuel responds.

I nod, understanding just now how that weighed my father down. I took the issue so lightly and uselessly, but to him, it was killing him. I hope he feels much better after this. "I didn't know how heavy that issue was on his part. I wish I did. We c