All Chapters of Billionaire's Prisoner: Chapter 21 - Chapter 24

Cynthia hadn't thought about her father in a long time.For years, she had deliberately pushed him into a corner of her mind where she didn't have to look. Whenever his name came up, it brought nothing but anger, disappointment, and a strange emptiness she couldn't explain.Now, after Damien's questions, she found herself thinking about him again.She tried to remember his face.She couldn't.That realization disturbed her more than she expected.She could remember pieces of her childhood. Her mother's voice. Her grandmother sitting beside her while helping with her homework. Leo as a little boy, always following her around the house. But when she tried to picture her father, there was almost nothing.Perhaps that was what happened when someone left your life so completely.Their memories slowly disappeared with them.Her parents had never been a happy couple. Cynthia remembered the constant arguments from her childhood. Raised voices. Doors closing. Her mother crying quietly when she

Cynthia couldn't stop thinking about her father. His name was Thomas Hart.For years, that name had meant almost nothing to her. He was simply the man who had left, the man her mother hated, the man who had never returned even when his daughter needed him.But after what her aunt had told her, Thomas no longer felt like a forgotten part of her childhood.There were questions now.Cynthia lay on the bed, staring at the ceiling while her phone rested beside her. After several minutes, she finally picked it up and opened Google.She typed his name and stared at the results. There were several unrelated people with the same name, but nothing that seemed connected to her father. No photograph. No company profile. No news article that mentioned him.Cynthia sighed and dropped the phone onto the mattress.He had disappeared years ago. Why would the internet remember him?Then another thought came to her. Her grandmother's diary. She remembered seeing her father's number written inside it ye