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“I accepted the money your father paid me to send my child to America to get rid of your seed.”
My heart shatters on the floor. When I turn back to look at Maria, her eyes are downcast.
“Why didn’t you tell me? Why did you lie and say that you were going to visit your grandmother for a few days?”
“I had no choice,” she says softly.
“You had every choice!”
“Your father is a bad man, Marco. A scary man,” she cries.
“I would protect you from him,” I grunt.
“You weren’t here! You weren’t here! I did only what I could,” she cries.
“Getting rid of what belongs to me...you just cut my fucking heart out!” I grunt and turn away from her.
As I expected, Maria’s cunt of a mother is nowhere to be seen when I leave. My only choice is to face the man who did this to me. Maria’s cries and pleas for me to forgive her fall on deaf ears.
I can’t deal with my father or anyone in this situation. I head straight for Graziella.
CHAPTER 9 – PIPER
“What’s wrong?” I ask, looking over Kenneth’s shoulder as he looks through the proofs of the pictures on his desk we took for the magazine.
He’s been rattled since I stepped foot in his office. I didn’t knock, I just entered, and he had the phone on loudspeaker. I guess the woman was a city council member although I thought I heard a child in the background.
“Nothing,” he mutters.
“Then why are you frowning?” I ask, handing him a glass of wine I’ve just poured him and swiveling his chair just enough so I can sit on his lap.
Kenneth looks up at me and forces a smile to his lips. “Are you happy, Piper?”
My face contorts just a bit as I try to control it, wondering where this line of questioning is coming from.
“Of course I’m happy. Why would you ask me that?”
