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His chest rose and fell in a heavy movement After a short onna detail that for you, sweetheart, but I don’t want that a secret between us”

It didn’t surprisethat, a horrible revelation came to me “Dad played on your past didn’t he? The stuff that happened to your cousin”

Pain flared on his face, and he nodded “Yeah, he did”

“You said he waited till it suited his purpose Why now?”

“The guy was the VP and was blocking a drug deal that the President wanted passed Marcus helped hi me”

Myto process all this “Where are you and Dad at now?”

“He told me today that he wants h I’m done with hiht for that because I’”

“Scott won’t let that happen”

“No, but your father has an agenda, babe He told me he won’t let me marry you”

Butterflies hitmarried?”

His forehead creased “Of course, we’re fucking getting ot no say in it”

I sst all the awful stuff he’d toldI really needed to hear I leant ot no say in it,” I promised

Now he smiled “I know” His hand curled around ainst ood not to have all that shit between us any to deal with it”

My ar to go insane wondering what the hell was going on with you”

We sat there like that for a long tiinnings J was finally ain; completely mine I chose to focus on this for the moment rather than on the sense of loss I felt over my father