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F R A N C I N E R I V E R S

“Your father was selfish and cruel. That doesn’t mean every man in the

world is the same as him.”

“Every man I’ve ever known is.”

“Does that include me? What about John Altman? What about Joseph

Hochschild, and a thousand others?”

Her face jerked in pain.

Seeing her torment, he gentled. “You’re a bird who’s been in a cage all

your life, and suddenly all the walls are gone, and you’re in the wide open.

You’re so afraid you’re looking for any way back into the cage again.” He saw

the emotions flicker across her pale face. “Whatever you choose to think

now, it’s not safer there, Amanda. Even if you tried to go back now, I don’t

think you could survive that way again.”

He was right. She knew he was. She had reached the end of enduring it

even before Michael claimed her. Yet, being here was no assurance.

What if she couldn’t fly?

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