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I narrowed my eyes. “Sophie hasn't improved in years. She did with Evie, Henry.”
“I don't think you understand the situation you're in, Ethan,” he leaned forward. “It's one for one here.”
Shutting my eyes, I inhaled sharply.
I didn't want to hear those words. I thought about it, but didn't need to hear it. It couldn't be one for one.
“The loss of friendship is obviously taking its toll on you,” he sighed.
“Paint the scenario for me, Ethan. How exactly did it happen?”
My breath hitched. “We were… making out, and he saw us.”
“What was his reaction?”
I furrowed my brows. “Angry, of course. I don't think I've ever seen him throw a punch, but he did that night.”
“And the girl?”
My heart shook when I recalled Evie’s teary face. “She...”
“She’s still in the mansion?” He asked.
I nodded. He shook his head.
“That night you lost something, and the girl did too. I'm pretty sure her relationship with her father isn't the same anymore. You have to do away with her to have a chance in restoring your friendship and her relationship with her father. It's bros before hoes, brother.”
“She’s not a—” I started, but he interrupted.
“The friendship is worth more than the girl.”
No.
He didn’t see the full picture. He wasn't seeing Sophie.
“You're not... You're not seeing the full picture.”
He clasped his palm. “She contributes to Sophie’s improvement, and that's good. But beyond that, what else?”
What else? There was nothing else, right?
“Sophie is everything to–”
“I care about Sophie; you and I know that. I've wanted nothing more than to see your daughter be herself again. But who says someone else can't pick up from where she stopped?”
He shook his head.
“Don't you think the girl also needs to mend her relationship with her father? Life is a grand orchestration, and the people we meet are instruments playing their parts. Some melodies linger, forming the soundtrack of our lives, while others are fleeting flourishes, their purpose served in a single movement.”
I gritted my teeth. Those were the words of Father.
He sighed, holding my gaze in an intense stare. “I think it’s time to let the girl go. She has played her part in Sophie’s life.”
I didn’t want to hear that.
“Like I said, it's one for one,” he continued. “If there’s even a slight chance you'll regain this relationship, it won't be while she’s still with you…”
He trailed, making little gestures with his fingers on the table.
