MARK’S POV I hadn’t planned on going home that weekend, but my dad left like a dozen messages and calls. I clicked on the latest message. "Mark, come home immediately. There is something I need to tell you about. It is important." Dad never sends any messages except for questions about school and whether I need more allowance or not. Ever since my mom died eight years ago my dad as be very distance and borderline indifferent to me but for the last three months he has been abnormally attentive. I had half a mind to ignore his message but he has always been serious with his commands. If he says it is important then it has to be. And so here I was, back in the sleek, modern house in the hills that always felt more like a luxury mansion in Hollywood than a home. My dad was standing in the

