BRUCE

I can't stop myself from glancing at my watch.

By the goddess, this meeting is taking longer than I expected it to, and of course, this is all thanks to Walter Hart and his incessant yapping.

The more I get to know this man, the more I dislike him. Easier on—before he proposed the idea of the wedding between me and Opal—I considered him a savior. Now, I see him for what he is.

What kind of person sacrifices his daughter the way he has? His greed sickens me. It's not like he wasn't ...