Eden thought for a moment, and I knew I was in trouble by how her brow furrowed and her bottom lip quivered. I watched her begin to get upset all over again. It broke my heart that she was so sad by the mere thought of what my father could have said about her.
"You paid for me." Eden whispered beneath her breath. "Of course, it would be about that. Of course, you would say such things to him. You probably told him things that didn't happen while I was sleeping."
Her words surprised me and cut me like a sharp dagger. She really thought so little of me to think that I was anything like my father. She knew nothing! Knew absolutely nothing about me! I was so frustrated. We had been getting closer and it had been so good. Why now? Why this very moment did she choose to go backwards?
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