Daisy With an expression of pure disbelief, I gaped dumbfounded at the red-lip-glossed mouth, that just said, ‘Dad’ with a rushing sound in my head. Yes, it feels like my entire world tilted. I felt lightheaded. This was too much. Too fast. Too insane. The blondie woman Jordan had been kissing on the cruise is Rik’s daughter? My stomach lurched, and my pulse pounded so loudly in my ears that I barely registered the rest of the room. My gaze darted between the woman who was giving me a scorned- no a loathing-filled gaze, and Rik, my mind struggling to piece together the absurd reality I’d just stepped into, while I attempted to mask my feeling from my facial features. All the while, a rushing inside my brain- or ears. Probably both. Someone asks Rik something and I hear him answer,

