Daddy’s Game
Since school hadn’t ended yet, it was probably fine, but if things dragged on any longer, her personal driver would start looking for her.
Even after the meeting ended, on the way to the airport Emma still couldn’t relax. Restlessness, anxiety, and unease swirled around her, leaving her unable to think of anything else.
“What’s wrong? Are you alright?” Mrs. Lancaster asked softly, always feeling as if Emma carried a great secret she couldn’t reveal.
Mrs. Lancaster had once been a businesswoman from an upper-class family. As she grew older and no longer wanted to fight in the marketplace, she opened this private school, accepting only girls from aristocratic and political backgrounds. She fir