Matter of Life

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don't get it, Dad," I said, tugging the door open and stepping into his office without knocking. "How long were you planning on keeping me in the dark?" My father was sitting behind his oversized mahogany desk, looking as composed as ever. His cold blue eyes glanced up at me, not a hint of surprise or guilt in them, just the usual calculating distance. The kind of look I’d gotten used to over the years. It was a look that never gave anything away. "What now, Jaxon?" His voice was smooth, but the edge in it was as clear as crystal. I didn't sit. I couldn't. Not with my mind racing from the discovery I had made. Digging through the finances of the company, secret deals, and hidden investments were an entire network of manipulations that all wove a web pointing to him-to my father. "I'm t

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