Chapter 53

Three days later.

Alexander.

"Have you decided yet what to do with Derrick?" Kai asked me during our morning workout.

The movement that Ashley heard the other night while in the woods was that of Kai and his men. He said he got worried after waiting tirelessly for me to return, and when I didn't, he mobilized his men to come to look for me, because he felt I was in some sort of trouble.

It's been three days since we came back home, and up till now, I have yet to decide what to do with Derrick.

The truth is that I have been thinking about how to address Derrick's issue, as it is very delicate.

Even though I know very well that for all the atrocities he has committed, death should be the only option available on the table.

But at the same time, I can't just get past the fact that hurting Derrick indirectly means hurting Olivia.

He may have been a monster to us all, but he is still her father. Will she ever forgive me by the time she is grown up and gets to