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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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but I’m too scared to say anything. What would it do, anyway?

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

as I climb out of the door, letting him know

left chaos in his wake on the way to his office, people standing in the hallway staring after him with worried expressions. As I walk slowly into the house, I see Daniel come down the stairs. He catches my

happened?” he whispers, looking concerned, but before I can answer Kent comes out of

two,” he

down, putting out a hand to offer

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jump. I scurry to where Daniel is standing on

whispers to me as he

back, pulling him

me and I shut the door

out Kent’s

Get down here!

room with me for a while. He

as I do, but we’re both scared to leave. We watch old movies, surviving on bottled water and some gummy bears that Daniel had stored away

at sorrowfully as he leaves. I think

if Fiona will come. Hardly a night passes

there’s no sign of her.

from anyone and my stomach starts to growl so hard I

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starving.

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The whole house is silent, no guards

servants anywhere. Curious, I step out

around. Still,

down the stairs, walking as softly as I can, but

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