Chapter 14: Dad and Daughter

As if I were walking being dominated by someone else, I get off the yacht and get into one of the cars that is driven by a woman. Helmut's threats and what he has told me, reverberate in my mind with a warning signal, as the red flags wave violently.

My mind short circuits as I process about dying accompanied and it is only when we reach my castle, that I react after seeing more than thirty women, standing facing each other, making a path for me.

"Welcome to the cold castle, Mrs. Baumann" they all greet in unison and the displeasure at hearing my last name being married to Helmut, is not long in coming.

"Call me Aitana, please" I plead, and they all look at each other uncomfortably."

"Ma'am, we are forbidden to call you that. Mr. Baumann said we could only call you by your last name" says one of the girls who dares to speak up.

"My last name is not Baumann. My last name is..."

"She is now married to Mr. Baumann. His last name is Baumann, ma'am." Says another girl and I bite my bottom