Celeste's POVMy father smiled at the question, which told me everything before he even opened his mouth. Not an apologetic smile or an embarrassed one. Just the calm, knowing smile of a man who expected the question and already knew where it was going."Yes," he said. "This home. They come by to check on the training, see how things are progressing, sometimes just to sit and talk." He settled back slightly in his chair, comfortable with all of it. "Based on our last conversation, it's been a while since their last visit. They could show up any day, truthfully."I set the water bottle down on the table between us. Not hard, but deliberately."You didn't mention that before I came," I said."No," he agreed. He didn't sound apologetic about it, more like someone who made a considered choice and stood behind it without needing to defend it. "Because if I told you that before you left, you wouldn't have come.""That's not true."He gave me the look. The quiet, patient one that said he d
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