My mom can't stop sobbing as they lower Kassandra's casket into the ground. I watch with no expression as they toss in Lilly's, her favorite flowers.

Her boyfriend, the boy who caused all of this sobbed. Something my father shamed upon. No man should ever cry, no matter what. I stare at my father, we share the same black hair yet I have my mother blue eyes.

He has no tears, he has no regrets. He's proud of himself.

We sit at the ridiculously huge dinner table. Mother eating somewhere in the kitchen. "You have no regrets." I crack. His eyes flash to mine and he gives me a crooked grin. "I set her free. She defied me yet I still gave her what she wanted. You see, Kai, there is a method to my madness."

"And one day you'll understand me, why I do the things I do. You'll find a girl who will make you do things you'd never dream of."

I don't believe him.