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“No,” Kent answers, interrupting my train of thought, his voice low and flat. “Too much damage has been done. Your relationship is a laughing stock now. It’s dead.” He flicks his eyes to Daniel then. “I’ll find you a new bride, soon. One a little more manageable than
this one.”
I blush at this, looking down at my hands, feeling terribly guilty. I
had thought it was just a date with Ivan – a little freedom. I hadn’t realized how much I was ruining.
“Dad,” Daniel says, leaning forward in his chair, “this can’t be the end of it – I like Fay – she’s precisely the girl I want to marry –”
“It’s done, Daniel,” Kent intones, dismissive, looking down at a thin document on his desk. “Forget it. Move on. I’ll arrange for your first date with an appropriate girl sometime this week.” Daniel apparently forgotten, Kent shoves the document in my direction, looking directly at me.
“You’re still an important person in this world, Fay,” he says cooly, and I feel myself surprised to hear him admit what I’ve long suspected. That my relationship with the family means something to him. “I’d still like to have you formally tied to the Lippert family, to be known and understood as one of mine. Here is the offer I’d like to make you, in exchange for your allegiance.”
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I hesitate, glancing at Daniel before reaching forward and taking the document off the desk. I page through it, not understanding most of the legal wording there, until I get to the third page which
details…
“Oh my god,” I stammer, my eyes going wide as I look up at Kent
in disbelief. “Is this – is this for real?”
Slowly, Kent nods, studying me. “Yes, Fay. One million dollars
a year, and the purchase of your childhood home with the
deed immediately signed over to your adoptive father. Plus, the
purchase and gift of a beach house, in your name, so you can spend your spare time there with your dad, your sister. Anyone
you choose. I don’t care which house – you can pick it.”
My jaw drops open to hear him confirm what I saw on the paper. I
take a moment to digest this in silence, my eyes fixed on Kent, his
on me.
“What – what do you want from me?” I ask quietly. “What do you
want me to do?”
“I want you to turn on your father.” he answers. “Quietly,
discreetly, so that I can wipe out his power in this world and take it
for myself. I’ll direct your every move, don’t worry. But in particular,
I want you to continue your relationship with Ivan, to convince him
to leave Alden and ally with me instead.”
I blink in shock, staring up at his audacity. But, frankly, it’s – it’s
brilliant…
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“Fay,” Daniel protests, worried. “Don’t do it – don’t get involved in this, it’s too dangerous – I can give you more, keep you safe -”
“Do you have a pen?” I interrupt, my eyes on Kent. Kent pulls a pen from a cup on his desk and slides it across the desk to me. Daniel tries to grab it first, but I swat his hand away, snagging the pen and hastily signing my name to the bottom of the fourth page.
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