Your Dad's Perfect
Either way, I know this isn’t over.
“Then prove it,” he says, his voice soft, a challenge wrapped in a whisper. “Come back tomorrow night. Let’s see if you’re as committed to this as you pretend to be.”
He turns and walks to the door, pausing just long enough to look back, his expression unreadable behind the mask. “You might be good at playing the game, Candy, but you have no idea how dangerous it can be when the game plays back.”
And with that, he slips through the door, leaving me in the dimly lit room, my pulse pounding, every nerve buzzing with the thrill of what just happened—and the dread of what might happen next.