Absolute Refusal

“What the reporter is saying isn't actually accurate. Sure, they have some evidence, but it’s not super airtight. If we could just do something, we still have the chance of sweeping this all under the rug,” my father said thoughtfully.

Suddenly everyone was silent as we all seemed to wait for him to come up with another genius plan to get us all out of this trouble. For a moment, I felt so far removed from the troubles of my family because I felt like it had nothing to do with me. That was what I thought until I felt my father's gaze stop and then stared at my face as if he was expecting me to say something. I stared back at him with wide innocent eyes as I silently questioned what he really wanted from me.

He can’t possibly...

“I am not doing it. I am not doing anything to help you with this,” I stated before my father got the chance to say anything.

I might not know much about life, but I could clearly tell when someone wants something from me that I didn’t want to give. The way m