Highest Bidder by Le Carre Georgia

Author:Le Carre, Georgia
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Georgia Le Carre
Published: 2019-05-31T16:00:00+00:00

Freya

I sat in bed alone that night, completely bewildered.

I didn’t know what to believe. Maybe I was being a sappy idiot, but I couldn’t bring myself to believe that Brent had anything to do with my father’s death. Even the idea made me shake with dread. He was everything to me and I just couldn’t imagine giving him up now.

No, I’d rather trust Brent than Liam any day, and yet Liam had been convincing. As detestable as he was, I knew there was some truth in what he was saying. The problem was which part was true and which part was the lie?

I considered calling Maddie, but I knew she would immediately talk me out of everything, especially out of ever having anything to do with the Lucan family again. I also needed to talk to my mother and get her take on Liam’s accusation, but it bothered me that it would reopen barely healed wounds, and force my relationship with Brent out in the open.

I remained on my bed in the dark, my arms around my knees and my head swirling endlessly with a maddening blend of dread and confusion. A message beeped its arrival on my phone, I looked down to see it was Brent’s long awaited response to my message earlier in the day.

I was occupied. What do you need to ask?

I stared at the message, a couple of questions already coming to mind. Did you orchestrate the entire downfall of my father and family? was at the top of the list and the second sadly, which hurt just a bit more ... was why you purchased me and at such a ridiculous amount?

I dropped my head in my palms and rocked my body slowly. In the end, I couldn’t take it any longer. I picked up the phone and called Maddie. After I explained it all to her, she went into the longest silence I had ever heard. It went on for so long, I literally had to keep asking her if she was still connected.

“I am. Just give me a minute. I’m thinking.” The silence went on again until, eventually she spoke, “Can you forget about everything?”

I sighed. It was just as I had expected.

“Can you forget about it all? About Brent, about his brother and what he told you and about the club? Can you forget about all of this and just move on with your life? Your father is past, Freya. You need to start thinking of your future. And your mother’s. How is helping this guy going to help either you or your mother?”

I answered as best as I could, “I don’t know if I can forget everything and just move on as if nothing happened.”

“If you go forward with this, you will dig yourself even deeper into whatever mess is going on between the both of them. To be perfectly honest, I really don’t like the sound of what Liam is suggesting. He wants you to get involved in something that actually sounds dangerous.

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