Chapter 23

KRISTOFF

I know I have hurt Ashanti. I have crushed her heart. I lied to her. I have stepped on her feelings more than I could ever imagine. I have done the worst things a husband could do.

But for everything that I have done, I have a reason.

“Kristoff, I want to talk to you.” Ashanti’s dad, came into my office, Monday last week.

I was shocked because never have I expected Shan’s Dad to appear in my office, any day of the week. But here he is.

I looked at him and led him to the couch. “What is it, Dad?” I asked.

He sighed really hard. “Promise me not to tell Ashanti about this. Don’t tell her that we talked. Not even a sound about this,” he told me with a serious face.

I was intimidated. So, I nodded.

He smiled weakly. For the time that I have known him, this is the first time that I have seen