. I took a deep breath, trying to calm the storm inside me. This had to be done. No more games.
"I'm coming back right now," I told my parents. My voice was low but steady I'm going to confirm your story. Every single word. If you lied to me again, if you held back even one tiny thing, you will see the worst of me. Do you understand?"
l'm tired of the lies. Tired of the secrets. Tired of everything they had put me through. They didn't say anything and just nodded.
My first thought was Griffin. I needed him next to me. He would understand. He always did. I tried to find him, running to his office, then to the main rooms. He wasn't anywhere. I asked one of the guards where he was.
"He left early this morning" the guard said, looking a bit confused. "Said it was urgent. Family business."
