Fractured Empire

CADE

I sit in the chair beside Dad's hospital bed, the sterile smell of the room pressing in on me.

My mind won't stop spinning.

Cole's secret baby. The way Dad suddenly offered me the CEO seat after years of favoring him.

The irony stings because I got Hazel pregnant too.

The words sit heavy on my tongue. I want to throw them at him and tell him how hypocritical this all is. How I'm no bet