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“Complicated.”
“There’s that word again, and I’ll tell you the same thing I told her. Family is family. You support each other. It’s not all that complicated.”
He sighs heavily. “I had to make some choices, Silas. I did what I did to protect her.”
“Protect her from what?”
His jaw is clenched so tight he’s going to crack a molar.
“Something stinks here, Horatio.”
“That stink is prison, son.”
“Don’t call me son.”
“I advise you to avoid it,” he continues.
“No. The stink is Sullivan Fox.”
He’s silent.
“Does he have something on you?”
“What could he have? I confessed.”
“He’s going to do away with the low-income housing project. You know that, don’t you?”
“That doesn’t come as a surprise.”
“It was your legacy. Are you going to let him destroy it?”
“And my legacy is your concern how?”
“Why take the fall for a man like Sullivan Fox?”
There’s that sigh again. “I made my choices, Silas. My daughter is more important than my legacy. You should go home. And if I can give you some advice, forget about Sullivan Fox. He’s slippery as a snake.” He stands.
I push my chair back and stand too. “You helped me once, Hart. I owe you for that,” I say, but I’m not here because of that, not really. I’m here for information. And, if I’m being honest, because of Ophelia.
“Help yourself, Silas. Stay away from Sullivan Fox.”
“I’m not afraid of him.”
He walks toward the door he’d come out of.
“She’s engaged to that son-of-a-bitch,” I blurt out. It’s the thing that makes him stop.
His back stiffens. He didn’t know.
“He’s no good for her. You and I both know that,” I say.
He turns slowly, eyes narrowed. “Why do you care who my daughter marries?”
“It’s not about your daughter. It’s about not letting that bastard take one more thing.”
“From you?” he asks, eyebrows raised.
“Tell me why you did it. Why you saved his ass.”
