CONNOR'S POV
Leaving the suite, I felt a jumble of emotions swirling inside me. I had tried talking to Maria, but her lingering anger over my failure to search for her during her disappearance left me feeling frustrated and unsettled.
"Why can't she see it from my perspective? I had my reasons." The thought echoed in my mind as I made my way to the car.
"What would Father have said? That I was careless and treated her with no regard, and that was why they got to her and kidnapped her?" I muttered, my frustration mounting.
The anger was welling up inside me, a tangled mess of emotions. I was angry at myself for my actions, angry for making her angry, and angry at Alex.
From the beginning, there was always something mysterious about Alex. His demeanor, the way he carried himself, it al
