Page 84 of The Passion

It was so tempting to call or message Flynn, but I made the stand that I needed time on my own, so I’m not backing down.

Instead, I head into my home office. Probably not the smartest thing to do, but throwing myself into work always helps me switch off my personal life.

Regardless that it is the weekend, there is always work to be done. Opening my email, as usual they stream up the screen infront of me. I filter them to the ones marked with the red urgent mark, and there are a few from Harper, and then there are two that make my skin crawl.

The one from Fulton Anderson I just delete without opening, but the one from my father I figure I may as well get over the inevitable tirade that will be enclosed.

But instead, it’s not at all what I was expecting.

Sender: Lord Ewan Kentwall

To: Lady Felisha Kentwall

Dear Felisha,

Thank you for your information today on the phone. We will need to discuss this further, and I ask that you take no further action or announce this to anyone until I return.

I am on my way to the airport to fly out to Switzerland as you couldn’t go and complete the job required.

I have concerns on your future ability to run the business if you keep pulling out of important meetings like this.

I have scheduled a meeting with you on Saturday upon my return. Please make sure you attend.

Father

Lord Ewan Kentwall

Kentwall Estates

“Oh my God, this man is delusional” I can’t even wrap my head around how he is acting. I was expecting him to turn up here or to keep calling and demanding I come to him. But of course, he would never say what he really thinks about Flynn and me being together in front of Flynn, I’m the only one who had the pleasure of that on the phone earlier. And now looking back, I’m sure mymother was subject to plenty of these kinds of rants over the years too, but she managed to protect me from it.

“Well, at least I don’t have to deal with him this week.” Sitting back in my office chair, I wonder what alternative universe I’m in. But I’m also struggling to work out why he would go to Switzerland. Nothing is urgent enough that it needed him to go. My head hurts from trying to work out another mystery.

After sitting and staring at the email for a few minutes, I decide it’s time to go to bed and just close my eyes.

The fear of my father turning up here is now gone, and suddenly, it’s like the adrenaline has left my body and the sheer exhaustion has set in.

Sending a message to Flynn and Harper that I’m fine and going to bed so they won’t worry, I strip off my dressing gown and pull back the covers, slipping under the covers with my silk nightgown sliding on my skin as I get comfortable. Looking up at the ceiling, I start to think about Cherie’s offer today and what I should do about it, but sleep is claiming my body, and I’m so tired I’m not going to fight it.

I need the energy to face work tomorrow.

FLYNN

I’m still perplexed as to the way old man Kentwall reacted to Felisha’s revelation about the two of us, and especially since it was off the back of the uproar he had about Fulton.

Something is just not right with this man, and I can’t wait to finally unravel it all and go head-to-head with him.

He was screaming down the phone to Felisha one minute on Sunday, and then the next minute, he is flying out to Switzerland on an unplanned trip.

But to be honest, I don’t have time to be worrying about Ewan this week. As long as he isn’t here being an ass to Felisha then I don’t give a fuck about him.

I hated being away from Felisha on Sunday night, but she needed the time to herself, and to be honest, I probably needed it too. To calm down, to organize my thoughts, and get the clear mind I need to get this thing sorted once and for all.

But she couldn’t keep me away for much longer. Monday night she slept in my arms in my bed, and I have never felt more settled. Having her with me, in my home, and where I can remind her how cherished she is.

Tuesday night her mother insisted on meeting me, and although it was awkward for a moment, that’s all it was. I can see where Felisha gets her beauty and her strength from. Knowing the story of how Ewan treated her when they were married, she grew as a woman and never let him have that power over her again. And at the same time teaching her daughter that no one should ever push you down like her father did. I’m grateful for her mother and the guts it took to leave her father and branch out into the world on her own.

Although money was never going to be an issue, she still had to face the stigma of being a divorced woman, and knowing what I know now about Ewan, I doubt he made it easy on her. The stories he would have spread and the harsh words could have been enough for her to hide in society or move somewhere else to live a life where she didn’t have to see him all the time. Instead, she stood tall and proud of herself and now lives her life doing good things with her charity work and watching over her daughter.

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