An Affair of Deceit
“Abigail blurted, quite unconsciously, before she considered the fact that she didn’t really want Beta to know her father’s name.
But now the two nearly identical names had been spoken aloud. They mingled in the air, merging until they became one. Then Abigail didn’t move, didn’t breathe, didn’t do anything but consider the possibility that Kral’s cousin could be her father. It would mean that she was related to Kral, too. The man’s madness and corruption were in her blood.
Her stomach turned at... the thought.
Riley’s hand slipped back over hers. She felt unclean and wanted to pull away, but his fingers clamped around hers as he asked Beta his next questions.
“Kral’s cousin was named Petr? What was his last name?”
Beta stared at Abigail with wide-eyed curiosity. “Both boys were named Kral. Their fathers were brothers. Petr’s father and mother died when he was a baby. Lukas’s parents looked after him. Is your father Japanese, like you?”
Abigail shook her head, still half-stunned.MoreLess
But now the two nearly identical names had been spoken aloud. They mingled in the air, merging until they became one. Then Abigail didn’t move, didn’t breathe, didn’t do anything but consider the possibility that Kral’s cousin could be her father. It would mean that she was related to Kral, too. The man’s madness and corruption were in her blood.
Her stomach turned at... the thought.
Riley’s hand slipped back over hers. She felt unclean and wanted to pull away, but his fingers clamped around hers as he asked Beta his next questions.
“Kral’s cousin was named Petr? What was his last name?”
Beta stared at Abigail with wide-eyed curiosity. “Both boys were named Kral. Their fathers were brothers. Petr’s father and mother died when he was a baby. Lukas’s parents looked after him. Is your father Japanese, like you?”
Abigail shook her head, still half-stunned.MoreLess
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