Walking along the shoreline later in the morning, she couldn’t stop thinking of Eric’s words. He was wrong. There was no way she was angry at her father for not wanting to name her his successor. It was ludicrous. Moreover, Eric was clearly choosing sides with the way he was questioning the events as if she was the one who left her out. He was gaslighting her. That was it!
Her phone tucked in the bra of her bikini rang and she pulled it out and noted it was Gabby facetiming her.
“Hey.” She plunked down in the lounger in front of her villa.
“Hi. You’re in the middle of paradise and you look annoyed. What’s wrong?”
“Apart from Eric gaslighting me?”
“About what?”
She shrugged, “when I was home, I was complaining about how they all leave me out and treat the boys better than me. I gave h
