Arletta Jessica McDowell POV

"I wanted to ask, do you have plans to get married anytime soon?"

"What?" I was wide-eyed when I heard Dad's question which was really out of the ordinary.

Lord, why do I even have a father who was as obnoxious as he was? What sins did I commit in my past life that have caused me to get in trouble with Rayner? Could I live a simple life like others and have a pair of sane and normal parents?

"Yes. You heard me right. You are already old enough to think about it."

I could not stand Dad's authoritarian attitude anymore. How could Dad say...