I'll Give What He Couldn't

As the line went dead, Lyra froze, staring blankly at the dark screen of her phone. The oppressive silence in her small apartment mirrored the suffocating weight pressing down on her chest. Victor Holloway’s blatant disdain for her had only grown exponentially since Bianca’s triumphant return to the family. To her biological father, Lyra was nothing more than an embarrassing stain on his perfect,