chapter 47

The fresh air did me good and I could breathe properly again. I sat down on the top step to the garden and looked straight ahead. It was a beautiful sight, even in the dark. There were a few lanterns set up to light the way. It wasn't completely dark out here.

I wiped the tears from my cheeks, which was useless as more tears made their way down again. I sniffed once, but the disappointment and sadness were too great. My howling wasn't going to end anytime soon.

My father had planned this for a long time with my sale, rather my giving away. Three months earlier and talking to Xavier to make him do it at all. How could I have thought for one second that it had been different?

My father thought Xavier was the cruelest man on the planet, and yet it was with great urgency that he sold me to him.

How could you do that to your own daughter?

A sob escaped me, it hurt me badly. It hurt when your father hated you like that.

When you think of Xavier. He had thought that I would come voluntarily.