‘No’ was not what she wanted to hear. But the word was spoken loud and clear. There was no mistaking it. Tara gasped quietly. The one word hit her like a bucket of ice water. He can’t be serious, she thought. She tried to read the man’s expression.
There was a determined look in his eyes she didn’t like. He looked geared to shut down any argument she had brewing on the tip of her tongue. But that wasn’t going to stop Tara. She hadn’t survived years on her own, raising her sister to cower in front of the man at the first bark.
“Mister, you look educated… or at least smart enough,” she said in a level voice, glaring at him. She tried to “You can’t keep me. This is against the law. I was not spying on you or whatever other theory you have cooking in that head of yours.” The sass eventually
