CHAPTER 22

I swallowed hard; sweats are streaming down my face. I'm nervous, I can also feel my legs and hands shaking too much. Upon seeing her face, I think she will explode a minute later.

"Your Papa just called," when sitting on the sofa with Stacy and her, Aunt Gretchen began to speak. "He ordered me to hand this over to you and sign this, which means you're granting me your permission, as his daughter, to own this house."

"What?" I asked, surprisingly. "Do you mean… The title of the house will go to you?"

"Do you have a problem with that?" She raised her left eyebrow. "I am your future mother, Irene. Don't I have any rights to this house, huh? One more thing, it's your father's order, so just follow it!"

I remain stubborn. "I want to talk to him first regarding this matter. I want to hear his explanation---"

"Shut the hell up, Irene! Just sign the papers, so this matter will be finished!"

I looked at Aunt Gretchen in disbelief. It seems like she was afraid that I would talk to Papa. "I won