Chapter 85

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I bite my lip eagerly. “We could keep it simple, start small. Figure out how to get our passports, or get convincing passports made. Then, the next thing we need is cash. I have nothing,” I say, but then my eyes catch on the million–dollar diamond I’m wearing on my hand. “Or, well, I have some of this jewelry his dad gave me.”

He frowns at the ring on my finger, remembering–of course – that it was his mother’s. I quickly put my hand over it.

“Not this one,” I say gently. “This one, we keep. But there are

sapphires, other jewels. Just like… sitting in my room.”

He pauses for a moment, looking at me seriously, and then he

whispers his answer.

“Okay, Fay,” he says, very, very quietly. “I’m not saying let’s go. I’m just saying… let’s look and see. We’ll look into how hard it is to get the documents. Then, once we know more… we’ll talk again.”

I can’t help but give a little squeal of joy, and he smiles at my

excitement.

“Okay!” I exclaim. “Um, I don’t even have a passport though–do

you think we can get one?”

He considers it for a moment, opening his mouth to answer, when

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suddenly the door to the patio flies open, banging hard against

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at Kent, standing there, seething, his hands clenched in fists at

Daniel and I go silent, frozen in our seats. This is

hell,” Kent says, striding forward and

hand between us.

recognize

Shit. Shit.

poem inside. It’s been opened – clearly, Kent has read it

the back of the

Kent’s hand to hist face. I

my arm, pulling me up out of my chair and along with him back into the house. He’s angry, of course, but his grip doesn’t hurt me. He’s still firmly in

into the house as well.

firmly at his son. “You stay

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in his tracks, seeing the look

once

her go- don’t do this

If you kept your woman in

“then I wouldn’t

forward,

Towards that small

cold when I

voice, throwing my weight back, digging

heels into the tiled floor.

ignores me, continuing to move forward,

I lose my balance and have

through the door – heading

little dim hallway,

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