TAYLOR

“Mr Wilson, I just want to say…”

“Only speak when you are spoken to, boy!” He cut me off with a cutting gaze.

I tried not to show how nervous I was around him. I always hated meeting parents of the girls I had dated before now, but with River, I wanted her father to see me; I needed him to think I was good for his daughter.

Maybe not necessarily the best thing, but I was hoping he would see past the exterior and accept me.

“The nerve of that girl, hiding such a secret ...