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“I couldn’t because you killed hiet to know him!” I yell “I never even kneas my real father Until it was too late”

My father’s face darkens “No one misses that old fool, and you shouldn’t either He didn’t deserve you”

“Oh, but you do?” I scoff I can’t believe this

“Apparently not enough for you not to want to wishme down

A pang of guilt shoots through me as I watch him move with his wheelchair It’s only then that I notice one of his hands doesn’t move quite like it’s supposed to … And half his face doesn’t appear to work either when he talks

“What happened to you?” I ask, curiosity overtaking me

“What do you think?” he asks, parking hiht in front of me “What do you think happens to a person’s brain when the body is drowning?”

A lump for, it won’t go away

“When my car hit the water thanks to your sudden attack, I lost consciousness While you were being rescued by your knight in shining ar”

I shake my head “They couldn’t find you”

“Because ed uts to co!” His voice is filled with pain “Now I’m in this chair for life”

When the pain becomes too much to look at, I look away

“LOOK AT ME!”

The sheer rage in his voice forces our eyes to lock

“You’re looking at a ain All because you couldn’t just stay quiet and be a good girl until we got ho his head as much as I am “You did this to me”

“No …” I ht

I did

I was the one rappedthat I could fix thefor the ride while Marcello was defending his property Hoping that I could make Frank pay for what he’d done to my real father

And I knew then that it would come back to bite me in the ass

Because I auilty

I tried to kill him

“Good thing you didn’t succeed” Suddenly, Molly co the wheelchair’s handles with confidence and pride

My eyes widen “So you … knew?”