" Donny sighed and pushed the duffel bag at his feet closer to Bellisia. “There’s your belongings. These men hunting you disappear, you come home. And if Ezekiel really wants you, he can come talk to me.” Without another word he sauntered off in the direction of the side of the house where he knew they kept a ladder. “Wow,” Cayenne said, awed. “He’s so amazing. He’s already treating you like a daughter.” “What did that mean? About Ezekiel going to talk to him?” “It’s a tradition for a man to ask for her father’s permission when he wants to marry a woman,” Nonny explained "
― Christine Feehan , Power Game (GhostWalkers, #13)