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“Are you saying she had some sort of a breakdown?”

“She was—is fragile Life with h his thick hair “Part of the probleot to a point where she couldn’t take his bullying anymore and went so she wants or needs”

Kelly wanted—no, needed—to know more about Trey’s

“Do you visit her?”

“Not often Seeingas my father stays away from her, she remains calm That’s the deal I made with him, one that unfortunately now has to be altered”

“Deal?”

Trey turned toward her “Did you ever wonder why I don’t go to work, why I don’t participate in Wentworth Industries?”

Kelly shrugged Of course she’d wondered about that strange fact

“We struck a deal that if Senior left s I’d be a hands-off face of the company”

Kelly laughed “You were a face?” Well, he did have a gorgeous face

“You know I go to parties, benefits, charity events to promote Wentworth Industries The idea is to keep the naood PR”

Kelly nodded, reht at the villa And how disgusted she’d been that he’d abandoned Jason mere hours after the kid had returned home

“I had been groo of the reins”

“I get that,” Kelly muttered

“So to protect reed to wait At first I was fine with the arrangee,” Trey continued “And soon I hadwife and an injured son”

“What is going to change?”

“My father doesn’t know it yet, but the board wants me to step in He’s made some costly mistakes lately”

“So you’ll begin working full time?”

Trey glanced toward the closed bedroom door “As soon as Jason is stable”