Chapter 24

• Cameron
• - Are you joking, I hope?
• Standing in front of the stairs, I, my brother and Ambre witnessed the scene that Henri was making with my mother on the phone. Helpless, we all remained silent, waiting for the end of the argument that we would have preferred not to hear. With the cell phone pressed to his ear, my stepfather paced the living room like a caged lion, dressed in a suit jacket and dark trousers. His perfume hangs in the air as he works in front of our eyes.