...Someone would expect your father to hand out retribution.
[She finishes the sentence for him, glumly, missing his internalized distress only because she's preoccupied with her own — selfishness that she can't hardly be faulted for, really.]
They don't know. My people — no one knows. But you knew, and you were the only one. Now you and I know.
[And the horrible thing is, the Speakers will only know if she tells them.]
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[She finishes the sentence for him, glumly, missing his internalized distress only because she's preoccupied with her own — selfishness that she can't hardly be faulted for, really.]
They don't know. My people — no one knows. But you knew, and you were the only one. Now you and I know.
[And the horrible thing is, the Speakers will only know if she tells them.]