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I gaped at Emery

She did not look like a billionaire

She did not act like a billionaire

Not that I would kno they acted because until now, I’d never met one!

Seeing we understood, she flushed “I was very privileged and until that point, not a very nice kid I didn’t know any different We lived on an estate in upstate New York We had staff that did everything for us, and I was spoiled When they died, randmother took over their shares in the company A board runs it with a chairrandmother had her own ventures in real estate She was …” E to the floor, andher hands “Very strict Yes, she was very strict”

“What happened?” Bailey asked quietly, engrossed “To your grandmother”

“Whole Lotta Love” by Led Zeppelin unexpectedly blasted out of my purse, and we all jumped about a foot

Jess cut hter “I’ to E, I intended to switch off et back to Emery’s story, but the caller ID said it was my dad

Two o, when Michael Sullivan had shown up at Emery’s, I realized his appearance had been no coincidence

The only person in my family who knew I lived in Hartas my dad

When I called hi through a separation froested he take a vacation in Hartwell by himself He didn’t mention to Michael I happened to live there, and he didn’t tell me Michael was on his way to obliterate my week I knehat my dad had hoped that vacation would accomplish

What he hadn’t counted on was Michael giving hison a ro to learn Michael was married Of course, he was He was a catch However, it had been excruciatingly painful

Suffice it to say I was pretty mad at my dad

And I loved my dad

I adored my father