The Marriage Ultimatum

~CASSIDY~

Dad's office always felt like a courtroom.

I had been in here for report cards and every time I got in trouble.

Tonight the tension was tighter. The lamp on the desk made a small gold circle on the blotter.

Everything outside that circle felt like it was waiting to be sentenced.

"Sit."

I sat.

Harrison Davenport did not sit with me at first. He stood behind the chair like the articles wer