Chapter 25 Too Outrageous

• "Mr. Staber, you don't have to defend me. I made my own bed, and I'll lie in it!" Heidi chuckled self-deprecatingly. If she hadn't been so arrogant and had shown some humility instead, would she have prevented Huxley from saying such daring words as to ask her to kneel and call him 'Father'?
• Recalling her grandfather's emphasis on the importance of family, Heidi straightened her shoulders. Without pause, she walked directly in front of Huxley to kneel before him, looked up at him with a submissive expression, and called, "Father!"
• Arnie and Ellis were taken aback at what was happening before their eyes, both gaping in disbelief.