Chapter 44

• Shit just got real!
• I could literally taste the tension in the air, cut the tension between Tyler and his father with a knife and maybe touch it with my fingers. It was that solid.
• Both Father and son stared each other down. I could see the veins in Tyler’s neck rise as though he was holding himself back from doing more than just holding his father’s hand away from his face. Maximilian Edwin laughed but it was more like he was baring his teeth like a predator than an actual smile or laugh. He jerked his hand away from Tyler’s and walked back to the huge table that overlooked the equally large window displaying a view of the gardens at the back of the house. His hands were in the pocket of his trousers and his back was straight and tall, the image of a rich powerful man. Once again the resemblance between Tyler and his father struck me like it had the last time we were here for dinner. Both father and son were tall, handsome and blessed with arrogant jaws and dressed in dark blue tux they both looked like the very image of rich and powerful. Tyler stood every bit as proud as his father but for the first time, I saw a slight slump in his shoulders. I knew I was witnessing something I shouldn’t but like a car crash, I could not turn away from the door. I looked behind me to make sure no one was coming, the hall was completely empty, the lights from the high open windows cast a golden glow against the cream-colored walls. I turned back to the door and peeped in to watch the drama unfolding before me.