Chapter 55 - Sophie Rust

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I slumped back to the dinner table and forced out a smile. Nat laughed, “I know... It's kind of bummer to watch him leave in this heavy situation, but get used to it,” she said to me.

I stared at her for a while. “So, you’re cool with me and your father being…?”

She laughed again, cutting me off. “Well, despite your denying it, I always knew something was going on. I mean, there have been other women, but no matter the time Papa spends with them in bed, they never try to control him or even curse at him. But you’re the only one who ever cursed and yelled at Papa to be alive,” she pointed out. “You’re not the little friend I used to know. I mean, look at you,” she said, gesturing with her hands. “Despite your age, you look, act, and think like a mature woman, and compared to all the women that have entered this place, I feel safer with you,” she finished with a smile.

“Wow, it feels like I’m in a novel, and a confusing one at that,” I told her. “Imagine you screaming daggers at me