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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?

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 see stares

shake my head as I climb out of the door,

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

but before I can answer Kent comes

two,” he demands. “Upstairs.”

Daniel says, taking another step down, putting out a

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Daniel and I both jump. I scurry to where Daniel is standing

Daniel whispers

know,” I whisper back, pulling him towards my

me and I shut the door behind us. But

Kent’s next bellow.

down here! Now!”

room with me for a

We watch old movies, surviving on bottled water and some gummy bears that Daniel had stored away in his

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

little bit, 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,

no sign

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

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starving.

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door. The whole house is silent,

anywhere. Curious, I step out into the

Still,

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