I ran through the front doors of the Williams estate before the car fully stopped.The house was enormous, white marble and glass, the kind of home that appeared in magazines. I grew up here. I took my first steps on these floors. But today I could not see any of it. I could only see the hallway leading to my father’s room.“Where is he?” I grabbed the arm of the nearest staff member.“The master bedroom, Miss Williams. The doctor is with him.”I took the stairs two at a time, Anthony behind me. When I pushed open the bedroom door, my father was sitting up in bed with an oxygen tube in his nose, arguing with a doctor.“I told you I am fine. Get that thing off my face.”“Father.” My voice cracked.Benjamin Williams turned his head and saw me. His face changed. The stubbornness melted away, and his eyes, my eyes, the same brown, went soft and full.“There she is,” he whispered. “My girl.”I crossed the room and fell into his arms. He smelled like cedar and old books and home. His hand p
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