He had insisted on buying it.
He had insisted on putting it in my name.
He had looked me in the eyes and told me he wanted me to feel secure.
Now I understood why he’d been so eager to make that particular decision.
He had not been giving me a gift.
He had been preparing a weapon.
“She’s easy to manage,” Lorna said. “That girl has spent her entire life believing people mean what they say.”
“That’s why I chose her.”
The sentence was so casual that it took me a moment to understand it.
I pressed my hand over my mouth.
Lorna laughed again.
“And what happens when she finds out your father left more money than anyone told her?”
Silence.
Not a long silence. Just long enough.
Then Grayson said, “She won’t.”
“Your sister nearly did.”
“Saoirse doesn’t know what she’s talking about.”
“Your sister knows exactly what she’s talking about. That’s why she’s a problem.”
