Chapter 41 A Family's Game

Luna Belle Fernandez POV

My heart beats a little faster when I face my dad. “What’s really going on, Dad? You’re scaring me when you and Mom fight like this.”

“Nothing.” He crosses the veranda and rubs my arm like he used to do when I was little and he wanted to soothe me. “Would you like a glass of wine before lunch? You’re eighteen now after all.”

“No, thanks.”

He chuckles. “Bart said you had a little too much champagne last night. I’m glad you had fun.”

I don’t correct him about the fun part.

He clears his throat. “You know how much you and your siblings mean to me, don’t you?”

“Of course.”

“You’ve always been the apple of my eye.” He smiles as if to himself. “I’d always get into trouble with your mother for that.”

“For having a favorite?” I ask, my throat tightening. Cassie is Mom’s favorite, and I know how much that used to hurt before I was old enough to understand. I’d hate for Cassie to have felt the same about Dad and me.

“For spoiling you.” He takes a sip of his drink. “Yet