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Daniel’s gaze slips to mine, looking for confirmation. I hesitate for

a moment, looking between father and son, and then give a little

shrug, deciding not to push it. Kent has made his point – I need to do what he says – but if he was really going to hurt me, he’d have done it by now.

“See?” Kent says, looking at his son. “She’s fine.”

With that, Kent strides from the room, brushing past his son and

not giving me another look. Confused, Daniel looks after him, and

then turns to me.

“Am I crazy?” He asks. “Or did I hear you scream?”

I sign and sink onto the bed. “You’re not crazy,” I say. “I did.”

“But you’re okay?”

I nod as he sits down next to me, concern all over his face. I have

little surprised by it – all this time I

a little, that I’m just a pawn in Daniel’s

about me enough to

he hears that I’m

rule,” I say,

groans, starting to calm down a

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little laugh. “He does not like

my lip, trying to decide where to start. I was watching

jump ahead. “He told me not to go into the basement. And I did.

hesitate, wondering how much

says softly.

nod a little and he puts

it happen often?”

kid and then…I never went down again. Honestly, I think my dad was a

sensitive. After a beat, I feel a question

“How are you going to inherit this family,

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his head at me, looking sad. “I ask myself that all the time. I don’t think even my dad has an answer. Honestly, sometimes it feels like he’s fighting so hard to keep this family’s power together so that he can give it to me, pass

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