CHAPTER 9
DAMON
The guests started arriving before I managed to take Adeline to the side and apologize for my dad. I told him when I picked them up at the airport that he was to enjoy today and get to know Adeline and her family—keep all the legal s**t to himself. I guess he didn’t get into too much legal stuff, but the whole quit your job and send the baby to boarding school? What the f**k?
Then I remember my father and grandfather yelling in my grandfather’s study. They always disagreed, and I distinctly recall my grandfather telling me that one day my dad would understand—when the empire was all his to worry about. I didn’t understand it until my grandfather had a heart attack and died, leaving my dad in charge when I was in high school.
Finally, once everyone has arrived and she’s
