Ashley's POV
“Ashley, are you okay?” Uncle Michael's voice broke through the silence as I stood by his office desk. The proposal neatly laid out before him.
Ever since I saw Aunty Kate yesterday, I couldn't stop thinking about the conversation I had with my father. He doesn't lie to me. He doesn't keep secrets from me. But why do I feel like he's hiding something from me this time? And then there was Aunty Kate, she coming to our house uninvited was unusual.
“I'm fine, I was just tired, I guess. I barely slept last night, so I had to work on the proposal.”
I looked up at him, and I noticed he didn't seem convinced. He set down the proposal and studied me carefully, his sharp eyes catching the tension in my posture. “Ashley, you are not fine. What's wrong? I know something is bothering
