Chapter 55

I’m alone in the back seat of the black sedan that takes me to

dinner at my father’s house.

I look up at the grey stone mansion and grimace, not looking

forward to this. I know that there should probably be some

curiosity in me, some desire to know more about my family and

my heritage. But honestly? Lorenzo Alden doesn’t feel anything

like my father. That, to me, will always be David.

Kent sent two guards with me and instructed them to stay by me

at all times. For protection, presumably, but also I think–to be Kent’s eyes and ears at the meeting. Alden is his ally, but I think

even the term “ally” in this underworld has some tenuous distrust

built into it.

I had begged David to come with me but Kent denied that too.

apparently, wanted me all to himself.

enough, now I have to go into this alone?

be a

of the front of the car after they park and

to open my door. I step out and sigh,

preferably,

the front steps to the house and formally ring the bell. I twist my mouth at the irony here. If he’s my dad – if

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house – shouldn’t I

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opens it for us, giving us a

in welcome.

we step in, I stop dead in my tracks. The guards almost bump

into me.

asks – Jerome, I think. One of the friendlier

Kent’s employ.

response, staring around

in reality? I’m totally not

like walking into a dream. I’ve been here before, I suddenly realize. I know things about this space – what’s around some of the corners, what things will feel like, what it smells like. Even the rugs

The arch that leads into the dining. room – yes, I know that, and if I

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