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I slammed the door to my car way harder than was needed and marched into the house without a plan I was fueled by new revelations, and all the things I had been sing down for the last year or so were breaking free of the stranglehold I normally kept on them I shoved open the front door and didn’t even bother to close it as I marched with purpose and ferocity to my dad’s closed office door I didn’t bother to knock and didn’t bother to announce myself or make any kind of pleasantries I just stormed in and attacked

His head snapped up froot wide “Brysen?”

I put e of the desk and leaned over so that he had no choice but to look at me and not at the computer monitor

“I know you lost the Lexus because of a gain to cover what you owe”

His eyes got even bigger, if that was possible, and all the color fled from his face

“What are you talking about?”

I narrowed my eyes at him and pushed off the desk so I could cross my arms over my chest in a defensive stance

“I know, Dad”

“You don’t know anything, little girl” His tone got sharp, and where he had been pale aI have done I have done to keep this family afloat since your mother’s accident Do you think those doctor bills were cheap? Do you think the settlement we had to pay to that other family was pulled out of thin air? I did what I had to do”

“Yeah, but you didn’t stop, did you?”

He just glared at lared at him even harder

“How much do you owe, Dad?”

He huffed and puffed and pushed back in his chair “That’s none of your concern I have everything under control”

I wanted to chuck so heavy at his head He laringly obvious