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

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

and shake my head as I climb out of the door, letting him

people standing in the hallway staring after him with worried

Kent comes out of his office again, fury in his every line.

two,” he demands.

down, putting out a

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said upstairs!” Kent yells, and Daniel and I both jump. I scurry to where Daniel is standing on the stairs, grabbing his arm and pulling him

going on?” Daniel whispers to me as he

whisper back, pulling him towards

in with me and I shut the door

Kent’s next bellow.

down here!

room with me for a while. He won’t admit

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

looking back at sorrowfully as he leaves. I think he knows that I’d

if Fiona will come. Hardly a night passes when she doesn’t stop by my room

no sign of her.

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

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starving.

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out my door. The

anywhere. Curious, I step out into the hall further,

around. Still,

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