She Approved the Split He Fell Apart

105 Jack Fuller’s Compromise

Scarlett’s POV

His men haste up their steps and surround us, all in straight faces with their eyes hiding behind cold. sunglasses, “…Adrian…?” My voice is shaking.

“Take the tickets,” Adrian puts them in my hand, standing in front of me, “You will be okay. Nobody can touch you today, so long as I’m here.”

“Mr. Dunn,” Jack Fuller nods at Adrian with a smile, “Fancy seeing you here.”

“I guess I can say the same to you,” Adrian blocks me with his body, “Where are you traveling to, Mr. Fuller, if I may ask?”

Jack Fuller curves his lips scornfully, but then he answers tamely: “North Dakota.”

My stomach drops. He is here for me, and he knows what I’m up to. I knew he was crafty with a black heart, and I just watched how he tamed Ava. But still. Never have I been more frightened by this man l once called Dad than at this moment.

I feel like I could never get out of his grasp.

“Scarlett, come home with me,” Jack Fuller took a side step, looking at me right in my eyes, “This is for your own good, trust me.”

I won’t, never again.

can have such a calm conversation

eyes, something soft and gentle: “Scarlett, I’m not doing this just

but if Jack Fuller rememb her slip of the tongue for so many years,

moment, all

does not exist,” He says,

I’m looking for my real parents who would love me. I’m looking for a home that shelters me because of me, not for my blood or sweat or any value I might provide. Even such a request does not exist? What does not exist? Only Ava deserves love,

refuse to listen. Adrian shoots me a worried look, and

away.

and there is no point arguing with

grits his teeth, so hard that his face twists. Normally this means he is really, really angry. I used to shiver at that look when I was little, but I’m not

I want MY father, a father who would really

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105 Jack Fuller’s Compromise

a long, Jack Fuller realizes his magic is not working today. He lets out a sigh and asks: “Do you really have to do it this hastily? You don’t even know where to look. How about you come home, and make a

family really making a compromise to me? If budge,

a plan first, then you would let me go?” I ask him with an

Fuller nods, but Adrian suddenly