He led me toward the guest bedroom and pulled me inside, locking the door securely behind us before sinking onto the edge of the bed as though every bit of strength had drained out of him. I stayed standing in the middle of the room, my heart beating so hard that I could hear it in my ears.
“Dad, you need to tell me the absolute truth right now. Why are you here, and what exactly did Kyle tell you?”
My father looked up at me with eyes full of confusion and heartbreaking sorrow.
“My dear, tell me the truth… are you really not in trouble with the law?”
The entire world seemed to tilt sideways, and dizziness rushed through me.
“In trouble? What in the world are you talking about, Dad?”
He swallowed with visible effort and pulled a crumpled, sweat-marked piece of paper from his pocket.
“Kyle called me about a week ago. He told me that you had made a terrible mistake with company finances back in Salt Lake City. He said they were holding you in a secure facility while they conducted an internal investigation. He claimed they needed three million dollars in cash to fix everything before they pressed charges and sent you to prison.”
I felt every drop of blood leave my face.
“He told you that?”
“He swore to me that I could not call you, because he said that if I reached out to you or anyone else, it would only make your situation significantly worse. He convinced me that all of your personal and business accounts were frozen and that he was the only person in the world who could save you.”
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