"Don't give me that look Ellise. I've told you before, I really don't have a freaking idea who your father is," she said while avoiding her eyes.
Ellise sits on the sofa like a statue if only her hands aren't shaking on her lap. "What do you know about Brent Windsor," she mumbled the question.
"He was my classmate in high school," she said nonchalantly.
"You knew him!!!" she shouted as she leaped from sitting on the sofa.
Joy was startled and almost spilled her wine.
"What the f*ck? You know who my father is all along, and yet you kept on saying you don't! How dare you lie to me!" she trembles as she speaks. "Why did you lie to me? You of all people. You're the only one I trust." she shouted in anguished.
Joy was dumbfounded looking at Ellise, who turned pale and visibly shaking in t
