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thinking through-

His face falls, then, into a dark expression. “Leave the horse,” he says, grabbing Fay by the arm. She drops the reins in shock, her face going pale.

“Wait, what happened?” she asks, confused as he pulls her out of

the stall. “I can’t leave Heathcliff like this – ”

“The grooms will handle it,” Kent growls, pulling her towards the front of the stables, snapping at a groom as they pass and pointing back towards Heathcliff’s stall. The groom instantly understands, heading towards the back.

“Kent!” Fay says, still shocked. “What’s happening?!”

But he doesn’t answer as he hauls her to the car, dropping her arm and climbing into the driver’s seat, slamming the door behind him.

Kent doesn’t say a word to me the entire ride home.

I

I twist my hands in my lap, looking over at him a few times, noting that his face is growing increasingly angry with every passing mile. I shrink back in my seat, wondering what the hell I said – what I could have done wrong –

I trace his anger back – when had it started? I guess when I mentioned my cousins, the conversation about Fiona –

But that’s just a coincidence – it has to be – there’s absolutely no

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way that Kent wouldn’t have thoroughly background checked

every person he lets into his life-

If he didn’t know….

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whole way home, but I’m too scared to say anything. What would it

the garage, Kent quickly climbs out of the car and slams his door, not saying a word to me as he storms into the house, past one of the guards that came to the door to greet us and report. The guard – Jerome, I

out of the door, letting him know that I have no idea.

after him with worried

he whispers, looking concerned, but before I can answer Kent comes out of his office again, fury in

he demands.

down, putting out

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to where Daniel is standing on

whispers to me as

back, pulling him towards my

in with me and I shut the door behind us. But even

block out Kent’s next

Get down here!

me for a while. He won’t admit it

to leave. We watch old movies, surviving on bottled water and some gummy bears that Daniel

he has to go to his night class. He apologizes as he goes, looking back at sorrowfully as he leaves. I think he knows that I’d pay anything

Hardly a night passes when she doesn’t stop by my room to say goodnight, at the very least.

sign of

hours pass with no word from anyone and my stomach starts to growl so hard I can’t stand it. I haven’t eaten anything real since my blueberry muffin that morning, and I’m

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starving.

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out my door. The whole house

anywhere. Curious, I step out into

around. Still,

creep down the stairs, walking as softly as