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A silence settled between them for a brief moment as each struggled to rein in their emotions. Kenneth still had more to say but this wasn’t leading anywhere.
“You shouldn’t have bothered to come in here, Father. Thank you for the dinner invitation. I’d rather eat in my room than come down to dinner in the midst of your friends.”
He knew exactly how his speech had sounded. He was dismissing his father.
The Duke shook his head and turned to head out of the study. At the door he paused and looked back at Kenneth.
“I am tired of this foolishness, Son. Give this idealistic dream up,” the Duke remarked in exasperation.
“Then I am sorry to disappoint you, Father.” Kenneth responded.
“You will leave me with no other choice but to disown you, Kenneth,” the Duke said.
No one said a thing as the weight of the Duke’s words settled in the room. Kenneth knew and understood the gravity of what his father was saying. Being disowned by his father meant he will lose his titles and inheritance.
Their eyes met but neither said anything more. His father simply turned and walked out of the study, leaving Kenneth behind, his heavy words lingering in the air.
