Lake:

I took one long and last look at him. All I could do was shake my head and turn around to leave his office, but not without banging the door behind me. I had been a fool to think that he would listen to me. I was very stupid to imagine a world where my father would be quiet and want to reason with me, father to son. All our discussion had succeeded in doing was annoying me even more. I rushed back up to my office, packed my things in my briefcase, and got ready to leave.

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