he was off in a vacant room, trying to keep his voice as leveled and quiet as possible. though, the task was becoming far more difficult by the second as the anger from the voice on the other end rose. “ dad — you don’t understand, i can’t — ” but his efforts to placate the man were futile. “ i can’t just leave right now, but if you just wait until tomorrow i — ” again, cut off by the rising tone. he knew he’d feel richard’s true wrath once they were unfortunate enough to meet in person. it wasn’t like declan to disobey his father, but especially when the request sounded so dire, but he was tired of having to be at the man’s beck and call every hour of the day. above the yelling he could just make out the sound of the door creaking open, and he turned to be greeted by the sight of his sister in the room. “ i gotta go. we’ll talk later, ” he promptly ended the call before looking up at his sister with a grin. “ hey, fi. why aren’t you off enjoying the party ? ” declan could only hope that she didn’t overhear the conversation, as it would surely invoke questions.
