Eventually, without a word, he let go of Debbie and left the room, slamming the door behind him. Quiet spread across the room. Debbie sat back on the bed.

Blankly, she looked out the window. But she really didn’t see anything.

She was exhausted and wanted nothing more than sleep. Slowly, she lay down and drifted off.

To her surprise, for the next three days, she didn’t even see Carlos once. The sun rose and set, just like it always did. But she endured.

She prepared her meals robotically, not having much of an appetite

She would have thought he had gone missing if Emmett hadn’t re-posted a news article saying that Carlos had negotiated a contract with an overseas-funded enterprise.

This was the Longest game of the silent treatment they had ever played.

In New York

Carlos’ car sped into the Hilton’s residence. He got out of the car gloomily and went straight to the study on the second floor.

On his way, he saw Tabitha, but he only greeted her flatly. The grimness on his face told her that something was wrong. Her heart tightened. She followed him all the way up the stairs. She knew something was going to happen. Everyone could feel it-a tension in the air.

Sure enough, as soon as he saw James in the study, Carlos dashed over and greeted him with his fist.

Covering the side of his face that Carlos had struck, James glared at him and shouted, “Have you Lost your mind? I’m your father!”

Carlos grabbed James’ collar and stared at him fiercely.

are you a father? Did you earn respect from your family? What kind of father would

screamed and ran towards Carlos. She tried to hold him

what’s this about? Listen to

He gritted his teeth in anger and added,

still didn’t think he did

never accepted her as my daughter-in-law. I won’t

to put crushed birth control pills in

seemed to stare deep into James’

to his son, he was too weak. Pretending to be composed, he said, “They were just birth

Within Carlos’ heart, his father’s image sank to a new

poison. You’ve been feeding

that, he swung a

the room, slamming the door behind him.

window. But she

than sleep. Slowly, she lay down

days, she didn’t even see Carlos once. The sun rose and set, just like

her meals robotically, not having much of an

he had gone missing if Emmett hadn’t re-posted a

Longest game of the

In New York

the car gloomily and went straight to the study on the

something was wrong. Her heart tightened. She

soon as he saw James in the study, Carlos

side of his face that Carlos had struck, James glared at him and shouted, “Have you Lost your mind? I’m

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