"Natalie, don't try to resist. You should know that in front of me, your resistance is meaningless," Jeremy said, his gaze devoid of warmth and filled only with cold determination.
"Why are you just showing up now? Where were you when my brother was taken? Where were you when Daniel raped me?" Natalie's voice was almost hysterical. Her tear-filled eyes locked onto Jeremy as streams of tears rolled uncontrollably down her face.
"You keep saying you're my father and that you have the responsibility and authority to decide my future. But where were you when my brother and I needed you the most? Why did you leave us to endure all that pain and suffering alone?" Her body trembled violently, every word a cry of anguish from the depths of her soul.
"When my brother was taken, he cried out desp
