Chapter 43My jaw goes slack, I am mortified. "Take that back!" I point at Oliver.
He sighs and pinches the bridge of his nose, "You aren't remotely close to who Dad was, a ruthless beast to anyone who crossed him."
"He was a business man, he ought to have been ruthless otherwise..." I say.
"He made me watch him beat a man that had betrayed him. I was only four and that was just the beginning of the horrific incidents he forced me to be part of. And you think I would want that life again?" He shakes his head.
My father was a gentle man, he would never hurt a fly. A man that read stories to me, he played house with me, he tucked me to bed with a kiss... No. "You are lying." My voice comes out unsure.
He paces at one spot before looking down at me, "Of course it is understandable why you
