Laura ran after her father, her heart slamming against her rib cage as she went after him.
"Dad please. Please wait and talk to me. Please," she called out to him.
Adrian whirled around to face his daughter.
"You know who that woman is. You know the stance our family has taken against her. You know that we do not want her for Curtis, and what? You're going to help her? How dare you, Laura?" he snapped.
His words were delivered with an edge, and anger wafted off him in waves.
Laura sighed and ran a frustrated hand through her hair.
"I know we all decided that we would forever hate her, blah blah blah. But don't you think we are taking things too far, Dad? Curtis is absolutely, irrevocably in love with that woman! He was willing to walk out of the family because of her. That is how much he loves her, Dad. He loves her enough to pick her over us. Do you want to lose your only son? Why can't we just be happy for him?"
