Dawn in Vancouver

Chapter 59: "So be it"

"I never want you to see that man again," Mr. Sinclair cried as Rachel hugged her mother in tears. "I never want him to set foot in my house again."

"But I love him," Rachel said between sobs. "And he loves my daddy."

"Love is a feeling that's not going to give you the kind of life you're used to," he said, tapping the gold-tipped cane on the hardwood floor. I'd rather die than let my only daughter marry a starving village vet."

"Money doesn't matter," the pain that accompanied her words was great as she watched her overbearing father forbid love. "Money doesn't matter when there is true love. Pierre loves me, father."

"No," the voice was definite as he rose from the chair in the center of the expensive mahogany desk where he conducted his business. "No starving man is going to take my business by marrying you. I'll disinherit you before I'll let you marry a mere country bumpkin."

"Then disinherit me," Rachel said coldly, "I don't want your money or anything that comes from you if you won't support me in the decision I've made with the man I love."

"Rachel," her mother finally spoke, reprimanding her, but Rachel didn't listen.

"Then get out of my house," Joel Sinclair said. "You're leaving with what you're wearing hoping that good-for-nothing will be able to support you."

"Joel," Rachel's mother shouted, looking at her husband and then at her daughter, feeling torn between the two of them. "That's not the solution."

"If she won't obey me and visit the Rodens to meet their eldest son then she has no business in my house, let her go Meredith."

"I thought you cared about my happiness," Rachel said painfully. "I thought all you wanted was to see me happy, he makes me happy father."

"Then I want you to go with him," said Joel strongly. "But if you walk out the door of my house you'll never come back in until I'm dead. You will no longer be my daughter."

"Then so be it," Rachel said softly, turning and starting to walk toward the front door as her mother followed her screaming hysterically.

Joel Sinclair stood watching his only daughter walk down the long hallway of his mansion. The daughter he adored, the light of his eyes. He averted his gaze watching her party dress, blue in color, as her eyes wandered and he closed his eyes. And that was the last time he saw his daughter.

"Dawn in Vancouver" written by Camila Cabello

4/6 OF THE MARATHON

TWO DAYS LATER

MIAMI, FLORIDA

Ryan looked at the clock next to him and realized it was eight in the morning. In two days he hadn't been able to sleep more than two hours at a time and the reason was logical, Lauren wasn't by his side. He heard his mother in the kitchen and put an arm over his eyes feeling the loneliness that invaded him.

Many times people occupy the loneliness and darkness of night to let their demons out. Sadness, shame, hatred or desire. Every person has a demon to fight and Ryan Green's was that love that only made his heart break more and more. Ryan knew that his parents were very worried about him.

He hadn't wanted to give them details of what had happened, but what hurt him most was not hearing from Lauren. She hadn't even had the consideration to call him and give him some explanation. The only thing he knew about her was that she was still in Canada, probably accompanied by her friends and her lover.