Chapter 0360

“All right,” Jerome whispers, not pushing me on it. But then he takes his hand away and sighs, stepping back and studying me.

“What?” I ask, confused.

“I just think it’s time for you to loop Daniel in a little more,” he says, giving a shrug. “After all, he has to do all the stuff with the boats.”

I bite my lip, anxious. “You don’t think it’s too soon?”

“Two weeks, Fay,” Jerome whispers, his expression worried now. “It might not be soon enough.”

I groan and sit back down in my chair, hard, staring at the paperwork spread out on the table. After a long moment I nod. “Fine,” I say, my hand rubbing passively over my belly. “We’ll tell him tonight. And then tomorrow…” I look up at Jerome, seeing if he already knows.

“Tomorrow we go see…her.”

a deep breath. Because now that I’m getting

is real now. And after tonight, it will

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he flips through his notes after a long interrogation session with Kent. He watches carefully as Kent declines to reply, smirking when

and leaning back in his chair, looking Kent over from head to toe. “I don’t mind. I’ll pass on

Kent raises his head to meet Ivan’s eyes. He blinks once and just shakes his head at the kid, knowing that he’s needling him again. Kent’s determined not to let it work, but

tells Kent, his voice soft. “Not fat

hears it, and he believes him. Not only does Ivan have any reason to lie but…well, that’s how he imagined Fay would look. Keeping

go with her. To hold her hair, rub her back…really, anything that she needs. That’s what a good guy does, isn’t it?

Because even though he knows exactly what Ivan’s

is what a dad should be doing for the mother of

is, rotting away

there Ivan is, more than happy

murmurs, not knowing why the hell Daniel keeps letting Ivan into the house. Unless Fay has a

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