RISE, DAUGHTER, AND SOAR!

Who would save him now? What can his father possibly do if men like Mr. Bruce Boden are this scrupulous of him? What?!

Talking about Mr. Bruce Boden, Lucien's statement has rendered him speechless. What should he do now? He's not sure what it is. Even if he wanted to do as Lucien said, there is little or no one to do it with.

Every family has laws to heed and protocols to follow. Especially, for a matter as delicate as this. As a helmsman who has been groomed to serve and protect those laws, he can't see himself being the one to break them.

He clears his throat and says, frighteningly, with his palms clasped together, "Mr. Wood, I need witnesses to do what you want. How will the rest of my family believe me if I told them I'd done something that important when there was none of them present?"

Lucien snorts derisively. "I'm here. What other witness do you need or am I not enough?"

"No, that's not what I meant, Mr. Wood," he pats his head and sighs. "Your presence is sure enough but th