Zack POV
My heart palpitates faster as the day approaches when I will encounter my murderous father. But I have no feelings for him; I feel as if I don't want to meet him, and my other thoughts are to find out why he murdered my mother's family and to question him about my background. I inhaled deeply and entered Mom's office, where he had been summoned. Mom simply smiled as she diverted her sight from me. I hugged her and smiled at her in an attempt to brighten her day. Maya then came into the office to tell us that my father, Lear Reed, had arrived. Mom had requested that he be allowed to enter the house.
She left the office with a nod. She returned with a man who appeared to be in his fifties, with a beard and grey hair, walking with a cane and a cut on his face. Nothing has been mat
