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Gerard’s eyes flashed. “The one who hurt him? Are you implying that Sharon caused Miles’s disappearance- that she’s responsible for his vanished whereabouts?”

Silas shot back, “Miles went missing after he met Sharon. Whose guilt looks greater, if you ask me?”

if he could

Silas knew full well that without proof, you couldn’t convict Sharon. Still, that didn’t matter- poison the relationship between the Silverstone and McKinzie families and scuttle the deal, that would suffice.

He wanted Sharon to understand that, so long as the Kalen family opposed her, she could achieve nothing. What good were original shares if she was blocked at every turn? Let her keep those shares and rot with them.

Gerard’s tone turned cool. “According to my inquiry, Sharon was in intensive care that day, unconscious the whole time. Even if she’d wished to, she wouldn’t have had the energy or opportunity.

“By the time she woke, Miles was already gone. I did suspect her at first, but your grandstanding–publicly accusing your own sister–makes me think otherwise.

truly were the culprit, the Kalen family would suffer more than it would gain. Your

a meaningful look. “Silas, you’re still too

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are sharper than youthful pride. Gerard – no

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saw straight through Silas’s

with a genial smile to smooth the scene. “Gerard, don’t take a young man’s words to heart. Silas

laughed politely. “Of course. As an elder, I wouldn’t stoop to such petty quarrels. But consider this–if an outsider hears your son publicly smearing his own sister, what stories will they spin? Richard, you should rein him in; such rumors won’t do your family any favors.” 1

and agreed outwardly, but a cold

appeared, composed and immaculate in professional attire;

see her humiliated straightened at the sight. After raising

as Sharon extended her hand and shook Gerard’s. The contracts were