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Chapter 51 : Another Candidate
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2024-10-29 19:42:56Ashley POV
It really felt like she had punched a hole in my chest. I dropped the glass of water I was holding, which was thankfully only an inch above the surface of the kitchen overhang, leaving only a slight splash of water coming out, and felt my jaw slacken.
My eyes stared at her in utter disbelief. "You can't be serious," I managed to say. "This has to be a joke, right?"
She looked away. So did my dad when I tried to catch his attention.
"Why?" I asked, my voice only sounding like a whisper. "How?"
"It's a long story," Dad finally said quietly, slumping down onto a barstool that was two stools away from me. "And sits so close to my heart and my past."
"I think I have the right to know that story down to the smalle
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