~Isabel~
I stood outside William’s study doors waiting a second just to pull myself together, my face felt tight and puffy from crying and my heart was still beating fast from the screaming match with my mom.
I did not have the energy to be polite so I just pushed the door open.
The room was dark, only one table lamp glowed lighting up half his face, he sat there not looking up right away just kept flipping through a file.
"You have been scarce and you are minutes late," he said. "I do not remember giving you permission to ignore me just because it is not work hours."
"It is eleven o clock William," I replied tired.
"I came the second Mrs Higgins told me... what could possibly be so urgent that it could not wait until morning?"
Finally he looked up, stood and walked around the tab
