#Chapter 169: Father Daughter Time

It takes a moment, but eventually Davis opens the door. He doesn’t seem particularly shocked to see me, though he doesn’t seem pleased about it either. “I’ve been told that if you arrive again, I’m to send you away,” Davis says. I would like to check on Thea and make sure she’s okay, but that’s not my main objective for today. “I need to speak with my father about Edward Zimmer,” I tell him. Davis looks at me for a long moment. “If you tell him that, and he still doesn’t want to speak with me, then I will leave of my own accord,” I say. Davis nods grimly. “Very well. Please wait a moment.” “Thanks, Davis.” He disappears back inside the house, closing the door behind him. I wait on the porch, anxiously wringing my hands together for the several minutes he’s gone. What will I do if father sends me away again? No. No, he won’t. Even if he loves Thea more, he doesn’t hate me. He knows, in part, what he saved me from, even if he never could find enough evidence to push