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“The right thing?”

“Yeah”

“Okay, I’etting rid of the bad guys, that’s the right thing to do”

She took a deep breath “I was thinking that it ht be in her best interest if I considered adoption”

Silence estion She tucked soain well up in her eyes

She couldn’t look at hi about it made her feel like an utter failure

“I want you to think about soht now, Belle”

“I’m a horrible person?”

“No, and don’t even think for a second like that I don’t want to hear it I can see the tears in your eyes, hear the pain in your voice You’re in serious agony just by thinking about giving Ava up Just iine what it would be like after a week, aable to see her”

“I can’t see her now,” she said, looking him in the eye

“But you will one day That’s the point here, Belle You give her up, you’ll never be able to see her To watch her smile To make all her firsts To hear her talk To complain about a boy that hasn’t noticed her yet These are all things you can look forward to and ht up? You love her”

“Look at o I can’t … my own father wanted her so that he could have so to killto have a normal life with her”

“You will”

“Please, just listen to me”

“I a, Belle I won’t let any of thee over us Your father’s going to wish that he never messed with you, and then he’ll wish he never hter,” he said

She looked at him then, taken aback by his words

“She’s not yours, Drago”

“I know I’ical father, but she’s part of you I’ll do anything for you, and seeing the way you love that little girl and how I feel about you, she’s going to be ours Once all of this is done Do you really think I’ to be able to do that?”

“I don’t know I haven’t really thought about it”