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"This is her," Hancock said in an even tone

She found herself yanked forward and then the door slammed behind her Suddenly the blindfold was torn from her eyes, and she rapidly blinked to adjust to her surroundings

She was in a large study or office It had the look of a library but there was a large executive desk at the back To the right was a large fireplace, which despite the war

She took in as lanced left, hoping for a , hoping for son of where she was, but was frustrated as she realized there were no s It was more like a dark cave where a beast skulked about

Then she focused on theevery bit as hard at her as she was at hihtened her so much with his voice alone, his appearance was deceptiv

ely ht Maybe late forties He was obviously a bit prideful because there wasn’t a hair on his head that was out of place, thanks largely to the a products evident

He wore expensive clothing Dia around his neck, and in one ear he wore a diaant on most days, but there was so much relief in his expression that it took Grace aback He looked…happy…to see her

"Get the cuffs off her," her, the man ordered "We don’t have any tiht now"

Hancock quickly unlocked the cuffs and Grace pulled her hands around to her front, rubbing her wrists as she stared warily at the man in front of her

"Who are you and why am I here?" she demanded

"Who I ahter is very ill, and you’re going to heal her"

CHAPTER 36

GRACE was taken aback by the utter despair that choked his voice It wasn’t that she hadn’t expected to be used for her abilities She just hadn’t expected…this A leconfirmation or perhaps to knohat else he intended to use her for Was she souinea pig, and if Grace was successful, would she then be turned over to sohest bidder?

What she found shocked her Gordon Farnsworth wasn’t a good s that made her blood run cold He’d led a life filled with atrocities, bloodshed, selling out whoetic and completely unrerieving father whose only daughter was dying, and he was frustrated by his inability to buy her health and happiness It was a harsh realization for hiiven his i he hter’s life

Though she knew the answer to her question, she posed it anyway in an effort to buy time, to plan her next move and to somehow maneuver herself out of an i with her?"

"Cancer," he bit out "It’s a particularly invasive, aggressive form of cancer Supposedly rare The doctors all have nahter’s life froh place, but before she could be treated, it had already spread to her liver and then into her bones She’s riddled with cancer There isn’t a part of her body that hasn’t been besieged by the disease It’s in her lungs, and at times she has to be put on a respirator so she can survive It’s spread to her brain and at tis"

He advanced on Grace, his face ugly, and she got her first look at what this man was to the rest of the world Cold, evil, the very devil

"You’ll cure her I know of your abilities I made damn sure that you were able to do as said could be done before I had you brought here I wouldn’t trust hter to someone ould cause her hare to Rio

Gordon Farnsworth

Rio was silent but then he had to kno precarious Grace’s current position was Shea stirred in her mind but also remained silent, a steady support

"It would seem, Mr Farnsworth, that I hold all the cards," Grace said coolly

"You hold nothing!"

He yanked her toward him, his hands wrapped in her shirt until their faces were inches apart Spittle hit her cheek from the explosion of his outburst

"You’ll heal hter or I’ll make you wish you were never born"

She reached for his wrists with renewed strength and yanked the herself fro vibrated with the stench of evil and death It nearly overwhelmed her

"You’re too late for that," she said in a low voice "I’ve wished forto hter’s life worth to you?"

Clearly he hadn’t expected this He took a step back, eyes narrowed in rage and surprise He seeaze back into hers and made a visible effort to collect himself

"Money? Is money what you want? You’d sell your ability to save a child’s life?"