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42| We Knew
I stood there, frozen in shock at what just came out of my father’s mouth.
“How- How did you…?”
Mom closed her book and pushed herself off of leaning on dad and looked right at me. “There were certain parts of the company that I still have access to, Steph. The finance records are one of those things. We also know that the legal documents for the partnership have been sent out to be voided.”
I tilted my head to the side. “You never said anything.” I then looked at my dad, who was still involved with his phone and acting as if he wasn't a part of this conversation.
“We never said anything about it because we knew that you could handle it. And you did. You just handled it with the wrong person.”
I stood there with my jaw slightly dropped as I looked back and forth at my parents. “This whole time you knew
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