Marley looked up, her eyes instantly locking onto the cold gaze of Lance Brooks, her biological father. His imposing figure loomed over the banister on the second floor, his steely eyes boring into her very soul.
"Get up here for me!" he barked, his voice dripping with disdain.
Marley's heart clenched as resentment swelled within her chest. She hadn't seen this man in six years, and yet his presence alone was enough to stir up a storm of emotions she thought long buried.
With a defiant glare, she pushed back the anger and hurt, and marched towards the grand staircase that led to her father's office.