18. Finding her

"Don't lie to me," Kayden scowled at Adam Watson behind the closed room's walls. Ever since Eleanor Watson went missing, he hadn't let Adam out of his sight. "Tell me where she is, Watson. If I find out you have done this purposely to hurt our reputation, then..."

"I haven't done anything," Adam snapped, defiance in his eyes. "And you're talking about your reputation? Nothing will happen to it because my daughter has eloped. People will point a finger at me, not you," he added with a bitter tone.

Kayden took a step back, allowing Adam to finish his words, the tension palpable in the confined space.

"God knows what sins I have done that both of my daughters ditched me? First Patricia and now... Eleanor," Adam lamented, his voice heavy with despair.

Kayden swallowed hard at the mention of Patricia's name, the past wounds reopening with the rawness of the present situation.

"For once... Once I see Eleanor again... I swear... I swear I will not leave her. I am going to punish her for stai