ANGELA’S POVI took it. I told him about Silver Creek, about the assets, how big it all was. I talked about my father’s pride, the weight of it. I was careful, so careful, to keep my voice steady.He listened, asking a few sharp questions that showed he got it. He understood the stakes.When I finished, we ate quietly for a minute. The food was good, but it might as well have been cardboard. The thing we were not saying was right there at the table with us.I could not take it. I put my fork down. “Aaron, when he grabbed me, it was just for a second. I told him to let go. And I walked away.”He looked up from his plate, his eyes catching mine. The intensity in them was almost too much.“I know,” he said, his voice low. “I believe you.”The relief was so sudden it made me dizzy.“But,” he continued, and I stopped breathing, “him being anywhere near you, near your family’s business, it ends now. I do not care about the contracts.”“Aaron, my father”“I will handle your father,” he state
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