Evelyn pov My father placed his large arm on my back and he was trying to gently nudge me into the room but I refused to step back, an alarm written all over my face. “Father, what's wrong?” On one hand, I was terribly worried that his health had caved in again, my stepmother was hanging like a crow to hear everything that was exchanged between the two of us and while I would rather not have her here I knew that I could not dismiss her with my father present. “Are you not feeling well?” I asked him with a dry throat, and I bit my bottom lip to stop any tears from being summoned from my eyes.He shook his head reassuringly from side to side and came closer to me, stroking my hair. “No there's nothing wrong with me at all, in fact, you don't have to worry about that at all but…” his last word hung like a hook in my throat. “It's about your husband,” he said, his voice getting deeper. “Are you sure you don't want to sit down to hear this?” With my heart pounding I nodded slowly
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