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one was coming back for you. So what they think about you now? Today? Tomorrow? Who gives a

fuck? You were supposed to die on that island. And then I came along and got you out. I’m looking for

Charlotte Kane because like it or not, she’s part of my family now. Understand me?”

“I get that part,” I say. “I understand that she’s your… not-sister-in-law. But that doesn’t give you

the right to just pluck her out of her job and take her back to wherever it is you come from. You’ve got

your purpose and she’s got hers. So what the hell are you doing?”

He laughs.

“Why are you laughing at me?”

“They locked you up in a prison, Megan. They starved you, deprived you of water, and then they left you there. Probably tortured you too, so maybe the better question is what the hell are you doing?

Why do you even care? Your father’s missing, for fuck’s sake.”

“I know, but he—”

“But? He? There’s no but he. They disappeared your father, Megan. He’s dead, OK? He’s fucking

dead!”

“He’s not dead!”

“He’s fucking dead and you’re just gonna what? Go along with the program? You have nowhere to

go. As far as the Way is concerned, you’re dead too. They’re done with you. So why aren’t you done

with them?”

“I don’t want to get involved, OK? I’ll help you find the island because you saved my life. But

whatever it is you’re planning? That’s suicide. And I just got my life back so… I’m done after that.”

“Fine,” he says. “Where should I drop you off? Tell me. Where do you have to go? Some relative

gonna take you in? You got sisters, maybe? A brother?”

“No. I’m an only child.”

“It was a rhetorical question,” he says. “I know you’re an only fucking child. Everyone in the Way

is an only fucking child.”

“What’s that mean? You’re not.”

“No. And my father paid for that. He paid for that and then one day, they finally just killed him and

took me instead.”

“Look, you can do whatever you want. I get it. You’re not satisfied—”

“Not satisfied? Are you fuckin’ satisfied?”

“You’re gonna start something and we both know they’re gonna be the ones to finish it. We’ll both