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No I would have known
Wouldn’t I?
“Why would he do that?” I hear my sister say Well, she h for no one to hear it because then he speaks The one whose full attention is still pinned oninside hiravel
“I know exactly why he did it He put it in that little girl’s name, so we couldn’t touch it”
Little girl
He spits it out like I’m beneath him If I were any less secure in ers curling inward, nails pinching the sensitive flesh of my palms
“But why not put it in my name?” Erin stands and whines
“Because it’s obvious” He moves away from the wall and into the middle of the room; his focus is now on her, and it’s lethal So lethal, ers back On the other hand, Trent’s sister reaches out to stop him, but the man she’s with holds her back
“You were just a whore,” Trent says as if he’s reading the weather He circles her like a predator at the top of the food chain “And if you think he gave a shit about either of you, you’re wrong Whatever proave you are lies” This ti breath with the bloodthirst leaping out of hiive a shit about anyone Only hi You are no one”
“Trent,” his sister begs
“Stay out of this, Ivy,” he warns, but for her, he pulls back the bite from his voice For me, it reappears in full force He jerks his thumb at Erin “This ho us his money, Ivy This was in place just in case Mom divorced him?which she eventually did?and couldn’t touch this hter is a dry rumble He peers down at the floor as if he has a direct line to hell “Good work, Dad Point to you, fucking bastard”
No one corrects Trent
Not his sister
Not her man
Not their mother
Certainly not Erin, who looks unapologetic Actually, she looks furious at me I can’t wait to hear all the accusations she’ll hurladjourns
Not
Mr Baker clears his throat “There’s so else you should know”
Jeez The more tidbits he iets
“Great” Trent throws his hands in the air, releasing a scoff “Nohat? What else did that asshole do?”
“As I was saying before, we set the account up before his death He controlled the , but your father saw toit She can’t access the funds When he was in jail, I served as his proxy He gavehe wanted was taken care of”
Trent’s eyes narrow “You knew This whole time, you knew”