Lucas POV
"I'm sorry?" My father asked as his eyes hardened.
I decided it was finally time to come clean with my father. I couldn't keep living my life in a web of lies. It was taking a toll on me, and I couldn't handle the pressure anymore.
The realization that I've been lying to every single person in my life hit me like a ton of bricks. All it's done is confuse me and hurt people, and I knew I was about to hurt someone else by revealing this.
I glanced up at my father, trying to gain the courage to speak the truth.
"It was all a ploy," I admitted, my voice thick with certainty. "Everything."
My father faltered, confused by my confession. He raised an eyebrow, looking genuinely surprised for the first time in a long time. "A ploy? What are you talking about?"
Knowing that there wa
