Shadow Girl by Kat Cotton

Author:Kat Cotton
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kat Cotton
Published: 2020-05-30T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 23

“WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN doing?”

I searched my mind for a good excuse to tell him but, with the files in my arms, I couldn’t think of anything but the truth.

“I’ve been in your father’s office —”

“You did what?” He looked horrified. “And what do you have there? You can’t just steal things.”

“I stole nothing.” I tightened my grip on the files. No matter what, Ren still saw me as the orphan girl who couldn’t be trusted. “These files are on me. He stole from me. Not the other way around.”

Ren huffed. “But they’re my —”

“Don’t even go there. There are private things in here. Photos. Notes. All about me. I’m not leaving them sitting around for some lawyer to read through.”

Ren got up and stepped toward me. I stepped back, not sure what he intended doing, but I would not give up these files.

“You didn’t know this stuff was in there when you broke in, though. You couldn’t have possibly known.”

“Yeah. I didn’t. But you know what? He’s got a ton of files on you, too. And someone, your lawyers or whoever, will go through those files and read that information. You need to do something — take the files yourself and burn them or destroy them. It’s better that no one else sees those files.”

“Did you read them?”

“No.”

“Did you?” He glared.

I glared back with an intensity that totally triumphed over his.

“I said no.”

Right now, I did not want Ren in my room. I didn’t want to have this conversation and I didn’t even want to be in this house. I exhaled, figuring I should tell him the whole truth. He might be angry now but when he had time to consider things, he’d have agree that my idea was best.

“Ren, there’s a reason I’m doing this. I want to help you. I want to find your mother.”

“What?” The anger flashing in his eyes scared me. That was an intensity I couldn’t win against.

“If your mother is alive, she can claim the estate. She’ll be able to return here and, as the next of kin, she can restore your fortune, pay for your tuition and all that. I’m sure the only reason she left was because she was scared of your father. Now, he’s gone and she can safely return.”

The color of Ren’s face and the way that his nostrils flared screamed that he didn’t agree at all.

“Do not interfere.” He walked to the door. “This is none of your business.”

“It is my business.” I grabbed him. “This isn’t fair. I need to make this right. I need to do something to fix things.”

“No. You. Don’t.” Ren shook loose from my grip. He wasn’t the same person who’d kissed me in the garden earlier. He wasn’t the boy I’d joked around with or who’d been caught up in studying all afternoon. Ren had become a stranger. “I’m fine with things the way they are. It’s not your place to interfere with my family. If my mother cared...”

“But...”

“Just stay out of my sight for the rest of the time you’re here.

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