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.

respect from your family? What kind of

Carlos. She tried to

about? Listen to

do this to my wife?” He gritted his teeth in anger and added, “Debbie has always respected you. Is this what she deserved

didn’t think he did

as my daughter-in-law. I won’t allow her

control pills in her

and seemed to stare deep into James’ black

he said, “They were just birth control

birth control pills?’ Within Carlos’ heart, his father’s image sank to a

You’ve been feeding

he swung a second fist towards James’

he let go of Debbie and left the room, slamming the door behind him. Quiet spread across the room.

window. But she really

nothing more than sleep. Slowly, she lay down

see Carlos once. The sun rose and

robotically, not

Emmett hadn’t re-posted a news article saying that Carlos had negotiated a contract with an overseas-funded

the Longest game of the silent treatment they had

In New York

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

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

saw James in the

James glared at him and shouted, “Have you Lost

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