LOGAN: My Demon Protector

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wondered how my father didn't see it. But whatever mid-life crisis he was havin

big, empty house. So, I focused on business school. I buried myself in all the schoolwork until I knew everything that the family business

s burning an insatiable hole in my chest. And when I found him, he made me feel like a new person. One that

settle down for life. The truth is we all knew it. We kne

it so perfectly into that stereotype. He simply gave her what

, there it was aga

. They gather their things and walk out silently

gain Shannon. W

calmly, taking a few steps away from the do

you're here. You think he didn't write you out of his will a long time ago? Or d

ff, smiling down at me as if she ca

t makes me uncomfortable to hear t

..." she scoffs. "Well, now you th

leave before I have you removed,

ch you don't know. So much you don't understand," she

at I don't. Maybe that's the reason you're here," I say calmly.

t me from the moment I walked in." She shakes her head while I fight the urge

the new CEO before he died. And as for his will," she laughs

nough, but my mind instantl

do you

l. So quiet. It's a

s face-to-face out of the respect I have for the daughter of

lls

yers will be here soon. And I don't care

. I lean back in my chair. Of all the possible outcomes t

, unaffected

g into the records and I think there are a lot of people better suited for the p

y family like that? The same family that put designer clothes on your

little brat,"

family lawyers, and the last one must be hers. Whatever this is, it

ere.," she says as if i

pecial time, but this is necessary. You'll need proof that

r a file and she slides it over to me across the table. I take it with hesitant fingers, already knowing what I'll find. And as

ll I can say is, "Wh

ther jacket. She seems satisfied t

our father never thought you were suited for the job. Never strong enou

o this company and this name my entire life. Was it truly all for nothing? A

rge to scream, it

t with my eyes. She stares back, no

, making sure that she's the only one in the room that can h

and I am ultimately appalled by it. "If you still think that t

"Well, congratulations, Shannon. Th

honest, I don't really care. She has

taken something away from me. Something important. Something I have

you try," she rep

les back in her heels as I walk pa

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