I lay in the dark, listening
and closed. The roar of Dante's armored SU
t to f
remembering the fi
here my father had brought me along. Back
ily threatened to disown me. Thr
But then, he consolidated his posi
bsence, spent birthdays alone in this vast house, and smiled when
very day and brought them to his office. I want
coming. He said my pre
reason weeks later: he had
mmended Tess as his ward, and he co
ized Tess was a
Tess sit in his office for hours. He started texting her late at nig
oded back, and m
st haunting a house he no l
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