Alexander Again, the lock turned with that metallic sound I was beginning to know all too well. I looked up, and this time it wasn't Vanessa, it was him… Her father. He entered with the same elegance I remembered seeing him with at business events. How curious, before there had been no need to introduce ourselves, I had no interest in doing future business with him… and now, here I am. The man wore an impeccable suit, his hair perfectly styled, his shoes polished. He looked like a man who had just left a board meeting, not someone entering a room where a man was tied to a chair against his will. He closed the door behind him, not saying a word at first, just observing me. I did exactly the same, and for the first time since waking up here, I had someone in front of me whose mind see

