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“Withup these next nine days before the election,” their dad continued, “I can’t devote the ti with him”

He looked back to find his dad’s gaze locked on him

“And if the vote goes in ton quite a bit, and still won’t have time”

He did not like the sound of where this was going “What’s your point, Dad?”

“I’d like you to take a seat on the board with Grayson”

“What?” Grayson stiffened so fast, Rerowl His hand on the Shepherd’s head immediately quieted her

“You want h contained no hu happen”

“Loyal,” Grande”

He cringed, but kept his focus on the right end of the table

“That was not part of the deal” Grayson seemed equally shocked at the unexpected offer And pissed off, too

“No, it wasn’t, but it is now,” his dad said in a firave a subtle nod They were back to ether, like they had ninety-nine-point-nine-percen

t of theirthe result of the point-o-one-percent they hadn’t

“You will still be head of the foundation,” his dad assured him “You’ll make the main decisions of where and how to focus the charity, but Loyal will be the CFO and oversee the money”

“You don’t trust me?” he bristled

“No offense, son, but I don’t know you well enough yet”