Chapter 128

MICHAEL’S POV The evening air was cold as me and my family stood outside the Ravenwood family mansion where Kimberly’s birthday celebration was going on. The guards stood there at the gate refusing to let us in because we were not invited. "Please," my mother begged, tying the shawl close around her throat. "Just call them Kimberly and tell her we are here. Her family wants to wish her a happy birthday." The guard didn't even flinch. "Mr. Xavier's instructions. No Harringtons are allowed in.” It was the first time Kimberly's birthday was being celebrated after we brought her back into the family and we were not there to celebrate it with her. We had lots of chances to make her birthday special but we ignored her and celebrated Madison instead. We were now reduced to the point that we had to beg to see her. My father breathed out, fists buried in a loose, crumpled trench coat. "This is degrading." "We deserved all this," I admitted. "We didn't treat her well when we had the chance. We a