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My dad gave erous”

“Danger seems to be my middle name—haven’t you noticed?”

“Not exactly so I’m happy about”

“Well, it is what it is For now And you did have to go through two FBI agents and Aet” I sipped my tea and tried to appear nonchalant I didn’t want h on his plate, especially with this latest flare-up from my mother

I wondered how best to handle that predicaotten the initial hefty chunk of change she’d been looking for when she’d first coly advised her to stay away fro had been heeded, until Dane had been presuh to prey upon under the circumstances She’d been correct with her assumption

But my mother wasn’t my only current dilemma The distance between me and Amano was palpable It ate atfrouilt against him

I wasn’t proud of that Or happy with the outcoy wasn’t as easy as one , resolute man who didn’t like to show emotions or vulnerabilities The fact that he racked with remorse over how deeply I’d been wounded because he hadn’t shared with me that Dane had survived the Lux blast was his weakness When I was pretty sure he felt he shouldn’t have one

There wasn’t just a web growing on hout this entire house And the strands continued to grow despairingly tenuous

After my dad reluctantly relinquished his hold on Aolf club I fed the baby and put hi toward the inner portion of the house where the office was, A stride purposeful

“I have news,” he said

My stolowered His jaas set and his eyes were dark and flat

I followed him into the office and he turned up the sound on CNN

Ca carefully dismantled until it was safe for an implosion

“What’s up?” I asked, shooting for amiable, not tense I wasn’t sure I succe

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