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Had Davinda abused him? How else would a woman like Davinda have been able to abuse or ed him? And that would have destroyed Cam He would have never wanted anyone to know

At fifteen, a youngdefined He had just lost his parents, Chase was as wild as the wind and grieving in other ways, and Davinda Morris could have easily exploited his developing sexuality

Why hadn’t she realized before now? She had suspected the darkness inside him had developed in thebefore that

No, she knew it had It had called to her as a young wo than a boy her own age Caerous bad boy, and the wildness she kept locked inside her had always known that

Chills were sweeping over her body, preh her, as she jerked to her feet, ignoring the wine that sloshed over her hand She finished the last quarter glass in one drink and fought back a screae

She knew that hat happened Cam was so totally certain of himself, so doer as well

Oh, God, the hell he would have gone through

The wineglass clattered on the table as she tried to set it dohile fighting to hold back her tears If he came downstairs and saw her upset, he would demand to knohy And she couldn’t let hiht so hard to hide it, to preserve his own sense of strength

She covered her lips with shaking fingers and inhaled roughly She could be wrong, but she knew she wasn’t And she knew the only way to find out for certain was to call Ties or her father and demand to know

She couldn’t call fro the conversation She would call tomorrohile she was locked in her office, and she would find out what her father had hidden from her

And there was no doubt he’d hidden it He had warned her away fro him, or had been in contact with hi She was to stay away from Cameron Falladay, becausea truth her father knew, that Cam would never want her to knoould destroy Cam It would have back then, and she was terrified it would now Some scars never healed, and she knew scars that went as deep as so like that would always strip a hts, so torn by the pain roiling inside her at thatnearly had her ju it froht it to her ear

"Jaci Wright" She inhaled slowly as she answered

"Jaci, it’s Moriah" The other girl sounded panicked, terrified "Annalee called"

Jaci grew still, her eyes going quickly to the stairs

"What does she want?"

"She saw us talking at the party," Moriah whispered fearfully

"We knew she would" Jaci kept her voice low, calm "Has she threatened you?"

"She wantsat a hotel don I’m to tell you that there are some clients that will only be in for a few hours and that you have to be there She and Richard will be there instead"

Jaci inhaled deeply There wasn’t a chance in hell

"Call her back, Moriah Tell them I don’t meet potential clients like that I’ll meet with them at your apartment instead We need control You kno to set up the video equipment, and you can do that in advance They know you’re scared, they won’t suspect we’re doing this"

"What if they refuse?" Moriah’s voice shook with fear

"Then there will be no ," Jaci told her patiently "Settle down, Moriah It’s coether Tell them I’m paranoid, they’ll believe that Everyone knows I always meet potential clients in safe atreed to meet them at a restaurant or other public area When they refuse, you suggest your apart to be helpful" Jaci could feel her palet them where we need them and then I’ll take care of the rest of it"

Moriah knew electronics She kne to set up the video caht and how to ht room when Jaci irl breathing harshly, thinking, trying to calm herself The Robertses had the power to make Moriah lose all sense of calm or confidence

"We can do this," Moriah finally said "This ork, won’t it, Jaci?"

"It’s going to work perfectly," Jaci pro to what they’ve done People like Richard and Annalee love to brag when they have the upper hand Look how sood ere Richard especially He can’t resist it We’ll use that against theether She would take care of the Robertses, then she could concentrate on Cam and this relationship She knehat he needed, and in a way, now she understood why he needed it Once she talked to her father, she would have the details she needed, and then she could make this relationship work

"What about the twins?" Moriah asked "Hoill you get away fro Tell the Robertses that I said I’ll be bringing a friend if it’s an evening appointment" There wasn’t a chance Ca if he so much as had an itch of suspicion And he would have "Tell the Three would be perfect Play them, Moriah Tell the more would do so Play on their paranoia"