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Are you watching this, Dad? The illusion you crafted is cruhter” is about to see you for who you are This is just a taste of the ugly and cruel world you made me create from the broken pieces of your shattered dynasty

After I burn his legacy to the ground and force her to realize the evil of the man Payton idolizes, leave her poor, then, and only then, will I walk away

“I—” she starts, but I stop her

“Don’t want to hear it, princess Get out of my house Go somewhere I can’t stand to look at your face for another second”

“I have no place to goyou took everything”

“They were never yours to have” I stalk toward her, enjoying the emptiness of this place “And frankly, not my problem Leave, Payton But know this isn’t over”

“I have nothing left for you to take”

“That’s what you think It wouldn’t be fun to just tell you my plan, noould it?”

She doesn’t respond, and I’m happy about that

Instead, she storms out of my house

The house I bought just to fuck with her

Mature? No

Fun? Hell yeah

She is right about one thing; I airl walk alone at this ti out As soon as she has a reasonable head start, I follow her

This neighborhood is safe, but you still can’t be sure

After what happened to my sister, I wouldn’t do that to anyone, even if I hate everything she stands for

She walks in the direction I expect her to—toward her friend’s place—and knocks on the door

Her body is pressed up against it as if she is afraid

A few seconds pass, but then it opens, and she throws her arms around her friend, holds her, then pulls away

A single moment of weakness

Because once she’s a few feet away froht Her actions make her uncomfortable

Interesting

I file that away in my brain

Another thing I have learned about Payton

She doesn’t want to appear weak in front of her friend, not just me

Good to know

This I can use

I smile to myself as I watch the door close

Soon, she will be exactly where I want her to be