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Voices froe in the main deck drifted down the hallway; the first one was familiar; it was Raaf, and he sounded harsh The second voice, however

"And your biological father?"

Sara's steps came into a clumsy stop

"Didn't he rape your mother?"

That voice was also familiar

"Gacy and company suffered unspeakable horror"

That truly was her father speaking

Her father!

She was shocked at first Confused after And finally, agitated

Panic overrode all thoughts and emotions, and Sara ran up the steps, a part of her already fearing the worst But when she finally reached the landing, all she saere the two most important men in her life, both of theaze

Raaf watched his Sara's eyes dart between hi accusation darken her gaze, another part of him almost needed to see it, if only so he could convince himself that she was not perfect

He needed her to be imperfect, dammit

But instead, she was looking at hi to do

A man, but not a monster, and it was that which killed him

Williaer hter's innocently bewildered gaze, and he knew then that his words had succeeded in sowing a few seeds of doubt in Karvelas' row, but for that to happen—-

Sara was startled with how her father suddenly blocked her hen she atte, but her father onlyat Raaf in ainst her father's wishes like this Would he not do so about this?

Raaf knehat his Sara was asking of hi about Williaht?

Raaf was the product of rape, and he had also been raised by a woman who reveled in the abuse and torirl like Sara, and when he heard her say his naly—-

"Raaf?"

It no longer sounded right, his naentle as his dove