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“You knew and you just let it happen!”

My uncle’s jaw tightens as he finishes off his whiskey “You don’t understand the circuhtly

“What circumstances could possibly make this okay?”

“You’re here, aren’t you? Your sister’s here?”

“What?”

“Fuck” My uncle turns his back, pouring hi us again He glances at my cousin but then focuses his attention on me

“You need to be careful with hierous man”

“What are you talking about? What the hell is happening?”

“Shit” Running his hand through his hair, hea deep breath in “Come with me”

I look up at hi toward his study, a place I’ the contract in my hand

He stands at the open door and waits for me

“I want to hear it too,” Liam says from inside

We both turn to hi to do with you, son You won’t have any part of it”

“But I—”

“I said no”

Just then Si her eyes “Liam?”

“Go stay with your sister She’s scared,” My uncle tells him

Although reluctant, Lia brother like Scott was to me

My uncle turns tofor me to enter I do and he closes the door

“Sit down,” he tells me and walks to a cabinet inside which is a safe

I sit on one of the two chairs and watch as he enters the combination I listen to the beep and pop when the door opens From inside, he takes a stack of papers, selects what he wants and puts the rest back, then returns to me He sets the papers on his desk and takes his seat behind it