Chapter 103

~Frey~

I cleared the table while Vaughn exchanged a few more words with my father at the door. The rumble of their laughter, as though they had been friends for a long time, made me want to throw the plates and utensils in my father’s face.

He succeeded in squeezing a reaction from me, and he succeeded in rattling my resolve. When I was a child, all he did was starve me and hurt me whenever he fel