“Where the hell have you been?” her father demanded furiously as he yanked her up the front stairs. His face was contorted with rage as he pushed her into the house. “Do you know I have soldiers combing the streets for you? Do you know the danger you put yourself into each time you leave this house unescorted? Your mother is worried sick. I was worried sick. Damn Hadlee if anything happened to you, I could never forgive myself!”
He continued ranting and raving at her and she stood there taking it all in, her eyes watering at his next words.
“Do you know I spent nine years not knowing you existed and every single day I worry I will miss more time because you are so reckless. You are impulsive and you do not think rationally when you should. Emotional and fickle, you jump from decision to
