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Chapter Two - BeckyI hadafter Jessica for every waking hour for nearly two full weeks Dean seemed barely aware of her existence He didn't even know that she was allergic to peanut butter! I would be da all the hile he sat in his ho lord knehat

I had a sneaking suspicion heoff Why else would he keep the door locked? Though I did occasionally hear guitar riffs when I would go up there to ask for help with soh this labyrinthine of a building

Plucking up hts of stairs and stopped short in front of the office door A quite elaborate Heavy Metal riff caonforce I didn't know he liked Dragonforce Dean had struck h that could have been my own assumption based on his house and his clothes and such Maybe he was the black sheep of his blue blood family Every family had its skeletons It sure would explain a lot if Dean was alorious number

Shaking ave a quick, hard knock on the ivory white, gold-tri about the cost of each door and how many there were in the house

I was sure I had left h there was nothing like actually living with the bourgeoisie to bring up the pro-union firebrand,violet herself She did what she wanted when she wanted, part of how I caht me to hold the sae to stand up when I saw so

“Yeah?”

I went into the office without any further conversation,my arms My conviction resolute

“You have to take care of your niece Ithe lockdown,” I said, as sternly as I could muster

He blinked at me “But you have to take care of Jessica What will happen to Jessica if you are gone?” Dean asked, s

“I'h She's toilet trained and doesn't even throw her spoon at lunch anyht to sleep if you read her a story first”

“I'll pay you double,” Dean said, not letting it go

“No That's not good enough You are her legal guardian and the only faht now You need to be with her She-she's having a tough time”

“Triple,” Dean said, as though he hadn't heard a word that had just come out of my mouth

How could he be so cold?

“No I can't I love Jessica and have liked helping, but that's what I was for Help I can't raise her myself I'm not her mother I'm not even blood!”