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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

a little, that I’m just a pawn

cares about me enough to

hears that I’m in trouble.

a rule,” I say, twisting

starting to

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laugh. “He does not

to decide where to start. I

homemade porn in the basement doesn’t seem like quite the auspicious beginning, so I jump ahead. “He told me not to go into the basement. And I did. And

how much

pale. “I’m sorry, Fay,” he says softly. “Some of the stuff that goes on down there…is…did anyone

nod a little and he puts a hand on my

it happen often?” I

kid and then…I never went down again. Honestly, I think my dad was a little disappointed in me. He doesn’t want me to be…well, a sissy. And

who is sensitive. After a beat, I feel

inherit this family, its… business…if you can’t handle

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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

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