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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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I’m too scared to say anything. What

we pull into 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

shake my head as I climb out of the door, letting him know that I have no idea.

the way to his office, people standing in the hallway staring after him with worried expressions. As I walk slowly into the house,

whispers, looking concerned, but before I can answer Kent comes out

he demands. “Upstairs.”

down, putting out

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where Daniel

whispers to

pulling him towards my

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

out Kent’s next

down here!

for a while.

as I do, but we’re both scared to leave. We watch old movies, surviving on bottled water

at sorrowfully as he leaves.

my eyes on the door to see if Fiona will come. Hardly a night passes when she doesn’t stop by my room to say goodnight,

there’s no sign of

starts to growl so hard I can’t stand it. I haven’t eaten anything real since my blueberry muffin that

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starving.

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my door. The whole house

step

around. Still, no

softly as I can, but still,

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