Lucien “What is it to you?” Gerald hissed. “That’s what you want, isn’t it? You want me dead, so you can forget I ever existed. So you can put me out of your life—like I’m a cancer cell.”“Which,” he laughed sarcastically, “is ironically, what I have. And it’s terminal,” he added briskly, before Lucien could say anything, “so don’t try to play Doctor on me. I might be a dying man, but I’d take the cruel hands of the sickness, instead of becoming a charity case for you so that you can feel better about yourself.”The corner of Lucien’s mouth twitched with a dry smile. He shook his head slowly. “Why would you assume I’d help you?” His tone was calm, his words matter-of-fact. It took Gerald by surprise. He tried shaking it off with a nonchalant shrug. “Isn’t that how you got to her? Playing damsel in distress? You can’t help but be the hero in everyone’s story. My daughter-in-law, Michael…” he scoffed, leaning back and folding his arms. The back of his arms had suspicious markings,
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