Tangled Obsession

er's

eyes locked onto the familiar face of the news anchor

real, this could

CEO, Mr. Richard Greenwood, faces accusations of fraud and embezzlement." The announcer said,

r as a picture of my father, with his familiar warm smile

t playing tricks on me,

father?" Claire asked, her voice

felt fuzzy, it felt like the world wa

felt too ov

table and leaving my group of friends who w

a simple get-together with old friends.

chaotic mess, as I tried to call my father

ns of paparazzi waiting at the gate. The thought of the

of my car, making my way through the b

de was buzzing with eager reporters hoping to get a scoop of news,

nse of panic and fear consuming my whole b

umbling down and he w

ask, my voice t

oice barely a whisper. And her eye

h the door and the sight I met nearly knocked me off my feet as I

on his chair, a glass of whiskey clasped in his hands as he stared blankl

r self. He looked like the weig

le to keep my emotions in check

t his lips, but his eyes betray him. There was nothing left of the man who used

e? How could I have been so wrapped up in my own life tha

im into a tight embrace. The man who's alway

ng's gone. The company... the investors... my em

t like a punc

everything about hard work and

ere for you, Dad, I a

th a sense of determination. I have to find a way to he

grabbed his chest, gasping for breath. My h

y heart racing. "N

! Call

e, Dad. Plea

*

ld hallway of the hospital, the sound of

as drowning in

e calls out, breaki

ards the doctor who had just w

ize him," the doctor ex

because of stress and lack of rest. He nee

but the thought that he had not been eating properly t

my mother for the hundredth

my throat and nervousl

running from his body to machines that beep at

y tears dripping onto his palm. "Ple

*

eks fighting, begging, pleading for help. But it

d the constant harassment of the l

o can help." My father said, smiling weakl

with relief as e

"They've agreed to step i

elf. "What

voiding mine. "You will

ho he's talking about. Him. The CEO of FG. The spoiled, arrogant

to marry that narci

ve

e kidding me," I

ne of the wealthiest men in the world. If

The weight of the decisio

it." I sobbed, walk

octors and nurses rush pass me but I took deep i

voice through my hazy thought

e and doctors Scurring in

ear as panic settled i

nurses who had just r

ning to my fat

ing another attack." She said, with a pa

swirling around me as my legs gave up un

yself off, ground I rushed back to his

ne as doctors and nurses

ng me to allow the doctors to do their job. I felt helpless

ill do it. Just please don't leave me.

them fight to keep him alive.