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“Not now,” Burnett said. “We need to get this trial over with. If he loses it, he could hurt his case. And we both know if he gets convicted Della wouldn’t be able to handle it.”
* * *
Della walked to the door. Put her hand on the handle. I love you, Daddy. I just need to understand and you need to understand.
She’d practiced what she’d say on the ride over here. Now she took a deep breath and, holding it, she walked inside. She walked past the booth where her dad had told her he had done his homework every evening. She walked past the huge lion that her dad claimed he used to climb on as child. She walked past the picture of her grandparents that still hung on the wall.
Finally, she plopped her butt across from her dad.
She saw his paper stiffen. And only then did she breathe.
Only then did she realize her mistake.
The scent of vampire filled her nose.
“Hello, Della,” her uncle said.
Chapter Forty-three
Della sat frozen as her uncle lowered the paper. His eyes, his face, all his features were a dead ringer for her dad. Every reason she disliked this man ran through Della’s mind, but her heart recalled how in the beginning she’d longed to know him. Longed to have a family member who would understand, who wouldn’t look at her like a monster.
