“My father is actively dying,” Brandon revealed quietly.

“The hospital doctors give him only a few weeks left.”

“I’m sorry to hear that,” I said, though in reality I didn’t care about a man who had abandoned his own daughter.

“Natalie and I want Harper to meet him before he passes away,” Brandon explained.

“And what does your father say about that?” I asked.

“He insists he doesn’t want to see her,” Brandon replied honestly.

“Then why did you come marching up to my house?” I snapped.