Craig's POV A stunned silence followed his declaration, a chasm of disbelief between my father’s words and the reality I assumed was actual. My heart dropped as I felt the weight of everything Cady hadn’t said, the fragments of her past swirling like unformed ghosts. Cady blinked rapidly, processing the implications of his words. “Uncle?” she echoed, her voice shaky as if testing its resonance against the walls of the terrace. “That can’t be right. I have no—” “Ah, but here’s the thing, Cady,” my father interrupted smoothly, a predatory gleam in his eye. “You do have family, whether you know it or not. Fascinating, isn’t it, how well-hidden truths can be? Secrets buried beneath the surface, waiting to bubble to the top?” I felt a rising anger surge through my veins, a heat fueled by the desperation to protect Cady from this vile game. “Stop it,” I snapped, stepping closer to her, my presence a barricade between her and my father’s manipulations. I could see a flicker of fear danc
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