Chapter 28
OLALLIE “Stop it! Goddamn it, can’t you see I am trying to help you!” Lawson’s face is loud and angry. Red blotches appear on his cheeks as he glares at me. Tanned skin is so lovely; the shade of brown makes me want to believe in autumn. “No, I can’t see it. But, boy, do I hear it! I feel it; this benefits you more than it does to me. I’m not even a trophy at your side. The deaf girl, aside bargains to getting what you really want—Knox’s kingdom.” I twirl my ring around my finger; he looks at it as if my fingers are too scrawny. I bet he wants to ask if I’ve been eating. Of course, I have. “It doesn’t matter what I get out of this. You got what you wanted; you wanted to be free from the Krause name; you wanted to be out of his house. I am giving you protection; I am giving us our fam
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