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"I’hed and shook his head "On the contrary, I can Your parents entrusted me with your safety, as stipulated in their wills As your priuardian, it’s my responsibility to do what I think is best for your future"

"But they hated you Even when they were alive they wouldn’t let you see me So how can you possibly think you knohat’s best forabout me"

"That may be the case," he said quietly, "yet the fact still rerandfather, and you are a minor I know more about you than you know about yourself Now, sit down Please"

I cringed and sank into uardian, and you’re going to Gottfried Now, I’ to speak plainly and clearly You are not safe here, Renée"

"What do you mean?"

"Your parents died I don’t knohy or how or by whom, but it certainly was not by natural causes"

"But the police said--"

"The police believe that they both had some sort of heart attack Do you think that’s true?"

"No"

"Neither do I"

"So … so what, then You think someone murdered them? That sorandfather shook his head, his jowls quivering "I don’t know, Renée I only know that it wasn’t an accident Which is e have to leave"

My h all of my options I could run away, stay with Annie and her parents Or I could just leave and never corandfather couldn’t find me I had to talk to Annie Maybe she could help randfatherI will physically place you in the car if necessary"

"Tomorrow? I can’t leave tomorrow What about my friends?"

Suddenly I didn’t care if there was some killer out there anted to chopto find out what happened to o," I said defiantly "Not with you or your stupid butler"