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Sophie Lawson stepped into the room, a look of sheer terror on her face.
‘What’s going on? Who are you? What have you done to him?’ she asked, panic rising in her voice.
‘One question at a time, Sophie,’ Owen replied. ‘To answer your first, I’m pretty sure you can see exactly what’s going on. You never had any trouble with that. Your only problem was having the guts to do anything about it. To your second question, I’m not surprised you haven’t worked that one out either. But, to be honest, that just goes to prove you never did give a shit.’ For the first time, Caroline could hear real venom beginning to creep into Owen’s voice. ‘And to answer your third, nothing. Yet.’
‘Let him go! Get him down! Why are you doing this?’
‘Really, Sophie, you must calm down. You didn’t get this exci
