I paused. And then I looked him straight in the eye. “I don’t know if I’ve told you this, but Ryan built his empire on my father’s money. On my father’s sweat and blood. And I will not let him get away with it. It’s not so simple. I won’t just walk away and leave him with everything my father worked for” My voice grew stronger. “He has to pay me back. He has to pay back every single thing.” I shook my head. “I’m not going back because I miss him. I’m going back because I need to get what’s rightfully mine. I need to get everything back. I feel like I will never fully recover, never truly make a step forward if I lose it all and he took everything." My voice was quiet, but sharp, cutting through the air. "He deserves to be stripped of everything. The fact that I trusted him, loved him

